Enrollment Trends at CSUMB

The student population at California State University-Monterey Bay is 7,045 (6,248 undergraduate and 797 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,313 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CSUMB is 88.69% which is increased by 942 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 371 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

502 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 709.68% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,147 where 7,045 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.69% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.31% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 942 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 371 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CSUMB than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,732	5,306	2,033	3,273	426	124	302
2014-15	6,631 899	6,231 925	2,396 363	3,835 562	400 -26	118 -6	282 -20
2015-16	7,102 471	6,648 417	2,497 101	4,151 316	454 54	140 22	314 32
2016-17	7,274 172	6,758 110	2,552 55	4,206 55	516 62	141 1	375 61
2017-18	7,584 310	6,764 6	2,517 -35	4,247 41	820 304	277 136	543 168
2018-19	7,540 -44	6,709 -55	2,527 10	4,182 -65	831 11	278 1	553 10
2019-20	7,650 110	6,789 80	2,623 96	4,166 -16	861 30	259 -19	602 49
2020-21	7,409 -241	6,509 -280	2,456 -167	4,053 -113	900 39	261 2	639 37
2021-22	7,503 94	6,692 183	2,550 94	4,142 89	811 -89	242 -19	569 -70
2022-23	7,045 -458	6,248 -444	2,476 -74	3,772 -370	797 -14	212 -30	585 16
Average	7,147	6,465	2,463	4,003	682	205	476

California State University-Monterey Bay Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,465 where 6,248 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-Monterey Bay since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,306	4,954	1,893	3,061	352	140	212
2014-15	6,231	5,783	2,203	3,580	448	193	255
2015-16	6,648	6,171	2,305	3,866	477	192	285
2016-17	6,758	6,226	2,336	3,890	532	216	316
2017-18	6,764	6,109	2,213	3,896	655	304	351
2018-19	6,709	6,048	2,205	3,843	661	322	339
2019-20	6,789	6,055	2,234	3,821	734	389	345
2020-21	6,509	5,703	2,036	3,667	806	420	386
2021-22	6,692	5,848	2,126	3,722	844	424	420
2022-23	6,248	5,423	2,061	3,362	825	415	410
Average	6,465	6,465	2,161	3,671	6,465	302	332

California State University-Monterey Bay Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 682 where 797 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-Monterey Bay since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	426	251	72	179	175	52	123
2014-15	400	253	67	186	147	51	96
2015-16	454	298	85	213	156	55	101
2016-17	516	350	87	263	166	54	112
2017-18	820	428	119	309	392	158	234
2018-19	831	409	104	305	422	174	248
2019-20	861	477	111	366	384	148	236
2020-21	900	637	176	461	263	85	178
2021-22	811	609	172	437	202	70	132
2022-23	797	526	119	407	271	93	178
Average	682	682	111	313	682	94	164

California State University-Monterey Bay Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.44% and the percentage of black students is 2.53% at California State University-Monterey Bay. 6.54% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Monterey Bay 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	30	266	340	2,209	27	1,968	316
2014-15	32	336	394	2,639	25	2,114	385
2015-16	28	358	405	2,909	24	2,156	440
2016-17	21	376	362	3,222	19	2,003	422
2017-18	25	407	316	3,421	27	1,961	448
2018-19	18	403	293	3,440	34	1,898	406
2019-20	19	436	259	3,635	31	1,962	375
2020-21	18	468	227	3,694	28	1,932	371
2021-22	18	479	208	3,788	29	1,946	356
2022-23	11	461	178	3,750	20	1,863	318
Average	22	399	298	3,271	26	1,980	384

California State University-Monterey Bay Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

502 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 709.68% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Monterey Bay from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,631	62	1,151	5,418
2015-16	7,102	67	1,663	5,372
2016-17	7,274	68	2,068	5,138
2017-18	7,584	206	1,920	5,458
2018-19	7,540	487	2,205	4,848
2019-20	7,650	469	2,395	4,786
2020-21	7,409	7,061	318	30
2021-22	7,503	1,228	5,082	1,193
2022-23	7,045	502	2,563	3,980
Average	7,304	1,128	2,152	4,025

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