How many students at CSU Bakersfield? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,613 students have enrolled in California State University-Bakersfield with 8,188 undergraduate and 1,425 graduate students.

By gender, 3,162 male and 6,451 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,893 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,136 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

California State University-Bakersfield has a total of 9,613 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,188 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,425 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,162 male and 6,451 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total9,6138,1881,425
Men3,1622,773389
Women6,4515,4151,036
California State University-Bakersfield 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,360 White, 375 Black, and 651 Asian students out of a total of 9,613 are attending at California State University-Bakersfield. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American28820
Asian651288363
Black375127248
Hispanic6,4391,9664,473
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1899
White1,360479881
Two or more races20771136
Race Unknown396144252
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American21615
Asian579266313
Black330112218
Hispanic5,5731,7483,825
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1697
White1,050383667
Two or more races17464110
Race Unknown323120203
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American725
Asian722250
Black451530
Hispanic866218648
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders202
White31096214
Two or more races33726
Race Unknown732449
California State University-Bakersfield 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, CSU Bakersfield has 135 students under 18 years old and 16 students over 65 years old. There are 6,625 students under 25 years old, and 2,988 students over 25 years old out of 9,613 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 135 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. CSU Bakersfield has 6,243 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,945 students aged 25 and over.

It has 382 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,043 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181359342
18-191,8921,265627
20-212,3871,630757
22-242,2111,423788
25-291,392903489
30-34724507217
35-39390275115
40-4933624987
50-641309733
Over 651697
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181359342
18-191,8911,264627
20-212,3561,606750
22-241,8611,151710
25-29984634350
30-34455306149
35-3925117873
40-4917312152
50-64705416
Over 651284
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19110
20-2131247
22-2435027278
25-29408269139
30-3426920168
35-391399742
40-4916312835
50-64604317
Over 65413
California State University-Bakersfield 2023 Student Population by Age chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Bakersfield 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At California State University-Bakersfield, 1,893 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,136 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,881 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students9,6131,8935,136
Undergraduate8,1881,5104,718
Graduate1,425383418
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,881102
Undergraduate1,50361
Graduate37841
California State University-Bakersfield 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,188 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,135 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.86%.929 students have transferred in as full-time status and 206 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time5,701
Transfer-in Full-time929
Regular Part-time1,352
Transfer-in Part-time206

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