Enrollment Trends at Cal State Long Beach

The student population at California State University-Long Beach is 38,973 (32,931 undergraduate and 6,042 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,387 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Cal State Long Beach is 84.50% which is increased by 2,338 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,049 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,307 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,118.27% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 38,061 where 38,973 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.50% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.50% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,338 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,049 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Cal State Long Beach than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California State University-Long Beach since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35,586	30,593	13,270	17,323	4,993	1,934	3,059
2014-15	36,809 1,223	31,642 1,049	13,792 522	17,850 527	5,167 174	2,028 94	3,139 80
2015-16	37,446 637	32,195 553	14,103 311	18,092 242	5,251 84	2,044 16	3,207 68
2016-17	37,776 330	32,345 150	14,104 1	18,241 149	5,431 180	1,999 -45	3,432 225
2017-18	37,622 -154	31,566 -779	13,722 -382	17,844 -397	6,056 625	2,168 169	3,888 456
2018-19	37,466 -156	31,690 124	13,760 38	17,930 86	5,776 -280	2,062 -106	3,714 -174
2019-20	38,674 1,208	33,054 1,364	14,427 667	18,627 697	5,620 -156	2,095 33	3,525 -189
2020-21	40,069 1,395	34,216 1,162	14,715 288	19,501 874	5,853 233	2,142 47	3,711 186
2021-22	40,190 121	33,897 -319	14,332 -383	19,565 64	6,293 440	2,359 217	3,934 223
2022-23	38,973 -1,217	32,931 -966	13,772 -560	19,159 -406	6,042 -251	2,315 -44	3,727 -207
Average	38,061	32,413	14,000	18,413	5,648	2,115	3,534

California State University-Long Beach Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 32,413 where 32,931 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Long Beach since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30,593	25,815	11,042	14,773	4,778	2,228	2,550
2014-15	31,642	27,227	11,802	15,425	4,415	1,990	2,425
2015-16	32,195	27,829	12,047	15,782	4,366	2,056	2,310
2016-17	32,345	27,953	12,048	15,905	4,392	2,056	2,336
2017-18	31,566	27,507	11,756	15,751	4,059	1,966	2,093
2018-19	31,690	27,617	11,823	15,794	4,073	1,937	2,136
2019-20	33,054	28,752	12,398	16,354	4,302	2,029	2,273
2020-21	34,216	29,110	12,180	16,930	5,106	2,535	2,571
2021-22	33,897	28,353	11,723	16,630	5,544	2,609	2,935
2022-23	32,931	27,710	11,319	16,391	5,221	2,453	2,768
Average	32,413	32,413	11,814	15,974	32,413	2,186	2,440

California State University-Long Beach Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,648 where 6,042 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Long Beach since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,993	2,625	1,031	1,594	2,368	903	1,465
2014-15	5,167	2,865	1,122	1,743	2,302	906	1,396
2015-16	5,251	3,010	1,136	1,874	2,241	908	1,333
2016-17	5,431	3,157	1,104	2,053	2,274	895	1,379
2017-18	6,056	3,473	1,209	2,264	2,583	959	1,624
2018-19	5,776	3,462	1,169	2,293	2,314	893	1,421
2019-20	5,620	3,408	1,217	2,191	2,212	878	1,334
2020-21	5,853	3,619	1,224	2,395	2,234	918	1,316
2021-22	6,293	3,791	1,375	2,416	2,502	984	1,518
2022-23	6,042	3,661	1,385	2,276	2,381	930	1,451
Average	5,648	5,648	1,197	2,110	5,648	917	1,424

California State University-Long Beach Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.13% and the percentage of black students is 3.65% at California State University-Long Beach. 20.82% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Long Beach over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	231	7,832	1,472	12,407	163	7,966	1,481
2014-15	213	8,091	1,443	13,293	158	7,722	1,636
2015-16	63	8,243	1,469	14,037	71	7,473	1,746
2016-17	66	8,086	1,528	14,718	79	7,238	1,806
2017-18	55	7,917	1,480	15,223	92	7,053	1,775
2018-19	49	7,891	1,424	15,705	110	6,870	1,707
2019-20	43	7,786	1,496	16,757	103	6,972	1,697
2020-21	42	8,026	1,550	18,147	97	6,985	1,762
2021-22	39	8,176	1,513	18,379	95	6,857	1,690
2022-23	43	8,114	1,422	18,932	85	6,288	1,689
Average	84	8,016	1,480	15,760	105	7,142	1,699

California State University-Long Beach Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,307 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,118.27% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Long Beach from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	36,809	104	3,983	32,722
2015-16	37,446	254	5,830	31,362
2016-17	37,776	174	7,329	30,273
2017-18	37,622	406	9,185	28,031
2018-19	37,466	443	10,391	26,632
2019-20	38,674	497	11,017	27,160
2020-21	40,069	38,645	1,418	6
2021-22	40,190	10,047	24,806	5,337
2022-23	38,973	2,307	19,002	17,664
Average	38,336	5,875	10,329	22,132

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