Enrollment Trends at Cal State LA

The student population at California State University-Los Angeles is 26,460 (22,737 undergraduate and 3,723 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,202 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Cal State LA is 85.93% which is increased by 3,148 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 54 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,227 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,091.07% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 26,721 where 26,460 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.93% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.07% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,148 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 54 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Cal State LA than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23,258	19,589	8,073	11,516	3,669	1,398	2,271
2014-15	24,488 1,230	20,681 1,092	8,590 517	12,091 575	3,807 138	1,629 231	2,178 -93
2015-16	27,680 3,192	23,458 2,777	9,741 1,151	13,717 1,626	4,222 415	1,822 193	2,400 222
2016-17	27,827 147	24,074 616	10,146 405	13,928 211	3,753 -469	1,512 -310	2,241 -159
2017-18	28,531 704	24,818 744	10,612 466	14,206 278	3,713 -40	1,345 -167	2,368 127
2018-19	28,036 -495	24,223 -595	10,287 -325	13,936 -270	3,813 100	1,347 2	2,466 98
2019-20	26,671 -1,365	22,797 -1,426	9,593 -694	13,204 -732	3,874 61	1,377 30	2,497 31
2020-21	26,745 74	22,832 35	9,376 -217	13,456 252	3,913 39	1,393 16	2,520 23
2021-22	27,513 768	23,536 704	9,560 184	13,976 520	3,977 64	1,447 54	2,530 10
2022-23	26,460 -1,053	22,737 -799	9,516 -44	13,221 -755	3,723 -254	1,388 -59	2,335 -195
Average	26,721	22,875	9,549	13,325	3,846	1,466	2,381

California State University-Los Angeles Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 22,875 where 22,737 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-Los Angeles since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19,589	16,280	6,691	9,589	3,309	1,382	1,927
2014-15	20,681	17,745	7,245	10,500	2,936	1,345	1,591
2015-16	23,458	20,380	8,383	11,997	3,078	1,358	1,720
2016-17	24,074	20,022	8,286	11,736	4,052	1,860	2,192
2017-18	24,818	21,004	8,920	12,084	3,814	1,692	2,122
2018-19	24,223	20,748	8,724	12,024	3,475	1,563	1,912
2019-20	22,797	19,729	8,198	11,531	3,068	1,395	1,673
2020-21	22,832	19,425	7,785	11,640	3,407	1,591	1,816
2021-22	23,536	19,558	7,782	11,776	3,978	1,778	2,200
2022-23	22,737	18,694	7,707	10,987	4,043	1,809	2,234
Average	22,875	22,875	7,972	11,386	22,875	1,577	1,939

California State University-Los Angeles Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,846 where 3,723 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-Los Angeles since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,669	1,824	600	1,224	1,845	798	1,047
2014-15	3,807	1,812	672	1,140	1,995	957	1,038
2015-16	4,222	2,154	781	1,373	2,068	1,041	1,027
2016-17	3,753	2,148	771	1,377	1,605	741	864
2017-18	3,713	2,315	760	1,555	1,398	585	813
2018-19	3,813	2,349	760	1,589	1,464	587	877
2019-20	3,874	2,448	810	1,638	1,426	567	859
2020-21	3,913	2,526	830	1,696	1,387	563	824
2021-22	3,977	2,530	864	1,666	1,447	583	864
2022-23	3,723	2,344	827	1,517	1,379	561	818
Average	3,846	3,846	768	1,478	3,846	698	903

California State University-Los Angeles Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.60% and the percentage of black students is 3.95% at California State University-Los Angeles. 11.32% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Los Angeles 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	24	3,741	1,092	13,012	82	2,308	406
2014-15	26	3,748	1,041	13,881	70	2,215	433
2015-16	30	4,095	1,175	16,166	25	2,332	535
2016-17	31	3,960	1,129	16,943	29	2,158	545
2017-18	31	3,870	1,073	17,964	24	2,052	518
2018-19	22	3,671	1,019	18,164	28	1,810	451
2019-20	23	3,381	916	17,792	26	1,606	394
2020-21	28	3,136	966	18,484	27	1,473	377
2021-22	30	3,156	1,049	19,081	26	1,531	405
2022-23	33	2,994	1,045	19,281	19	1,481	400
Average	28	3,575	1,051	17,077	36	1,897	446

California State University-Los Angeles Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,227 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,091.07% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Los Angeles from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	24,488	56	1,970	22,462
2015-16	27,680	32	1,731	25,917
2016-17	27,827	36	5,362	22,429
2017-18	28,531	55	6,644	21,832
2018-19	28,036	60	8,829	19,147
2019-20	26,671	130	8,689	17,852
2020-21	26,745	26,603	136	6
2021-22	27,513	8,854	16,268	2,391
2022-23	26,460	1,227	10,875	14,358
Average	27,106	4,117	6,723	16,266

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