Enrollment Trends at UCSD

The student population at University of California-San Diego is 42,006 (33,096 undergraduate and 8,910 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 12,489 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UCSD is 78.79% which is increased by 9,291 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,198 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.01 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

48 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 36,397 where 42,006 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.79% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.21% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 9,291 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,198 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.01 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UCSD.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-San Diego since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29,517	23,805	12,270	11,535	5,712	3,482	2,230
2014-15	30,709 1,192	24,810 1,005	13,024 754	11,786 251	5,899 187	3,583 101	2,316 86
2015-16	32,906 2,197	26,590 1,780	13,956 932	12,634 848	6,316 417	3,866 283	2,450 134
2016-17	34,979 2,073	28,127 1,537	14,620 664	13,507 873	6,852 536	4,187 321	2,665 215
2017-18	35,772 793	28,587 460	14,553 -67	14,034 527	7,185 333	4,347 160	2,838 173
2018-19	37,887 2,115	30,285 1,698	15,195 642	15,090 1,056	7,602 417	4,611 264	2,991 153
2019-20	38,736 849	30,794 509	15,390 195	15,404 314	7,942 340	4,647 36	3,295 304
2020-21	39,576 840	31,842 1,048	15,855 465	15,987 583	7,734 -208	4,468 -179	3,266 -29
2021-22	41,885 2,309	33,343 1,501	16,242 387	17,101 1,114	8,542 808	4,918 450	3,624 358
2022-23	42,006 121	33,096 -247	15,764 -478	17,332 231	8,910 368	5,119 201	3,791 167
Average	36,397	29,128	14,687	14,441	7,269	4,323	2,947

University of California-San Diego Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 29,128 where 33,096 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 University of California-San Diego since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23,805	23,152	11,887	11,265	653	383	270
2014-15	24,810	24,159	12,629	11,530	651	395	256
2015-16	26,590	25,922	13,573	12,349	668	383	285
2016-17	28,127	27,386	14,200	13,186	741	420	321
2017-18	28,587	27,880	14,140	13,740	707	413	294
2018-19	30,285	29,491	14,728	14,763	794	467	327
2019-20	30,794	29,966	14,919	15,047	828	471	357
2020-21	31,842	30,939	15,330	15,609	903	525	378
2021-22	33,343	32,327	15,680	16,647	1,016	562	454
2022-23	33,096	32,138	15,217	16,921	958	547	411
Average	29,128	29,128	14,230	14,106	29,128	457	335

University of California-San Diego Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,269 where 8,910 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 University of California-San Diego since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,712	5,454	3,308	2,146	258	174	84
2014-15	5,899	5,607	3,388	2,219	292	195	97
2015-16	6,316	5,984	3,625	2,359	332	241	91
2016-17	6,852	6,435	3,885	2,550	417	302	115
2017-18	7,185	6,686	3,999	2,687	499	348	151
2018-19	7,602	7,099	4,285	2,814	503	326	177
2019-20	7,942	7,350	4,271	3,079	592	376	216
2020-21	7,734	7,133	4,091	3,042	601	377	224
2021-22	8,542	7,953	4,552	3,401	589	366	223
2022-23	8,910	8,114	4,636	3,478	796	483	313
Average	7,269	7,269	4,004	2,778	7,269	319	169

University of California-San Diego Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.36% and the percentage of black students is 1.70% at University of California-San Diego. 30.01% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-San Diego 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	51	10,478	385	4,194	106	7,884	1,304
2014-15	43	10,443	388	4,493	94	7,755	1,370
2015-16	44	10,903	431	4,639	96	7,808	1,467
2016-17	35	11,096	515	5,198	93	7,693	1,516
2017-18	29	10,868	558	5,860	82	7,662	1,566
2018-19	40	11,307	614	6,697	91	7,982	1,661
2019-20	43	11,266	645	7,332	82	8,072	1,757
2020-21	49	11,841	698	7,616	65	8,173	1,898
2021-22	43	12,548	712	8,110	58	8,455	2,187
2022-23	42	12,607	715	8,688	39	8,132	2,301
Average	42	11,336	566	6,283	81	7,962	1,703

University of California-San Diego Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

48 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-San Diego from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	30,709	0	0	30,709
2015-16	32,906	0	0	32,906
2016-17	34,979	0	0	34,979
2017-18	35,772	0	0	35,772
2018-19	37,887	0	0	37,887
2019-20	38,736	8	390	38,338
2020-21	39,576	26,615	10,239	2,722
2021-22	41,885	1,070	21,222	19,593
2022-23	42,006	48	3,257	38,701
Average	37,162	3,082	3,901	30,179

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