How many students at Chico State? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 14,183 students have enrolled in California State University-Chico with 12,981 undergraduate and 1,202 graduate students.

By gender, 6,337 male and 7,846 female students are attending the school.

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

1,703 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,526 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-Chico has a total of 14,183 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 12,981 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,202 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,337 male and 7,846 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total14,18312,9811,202
Men6,3375,939398
Women7,8467,042804
California State University-Chico 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,179 White, 366 Black, and 808 Asian students out of a total of 14,183 are attending at California State University-Chico. 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 American562135
Asian808393415
Black366171195
Hispanic5,1922,0813,111
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders271413
White6,1792,8643,315
Two or more races752324428
Race Unknown513273240
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American501931
Asian750374376
Black337158179
Hispanic4,8931,9952,898
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders261412
White5,5772,6892,888
Two or more races702310392
Race Unknown447241206
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American624
Asian581939
Black291316
Hispanic29986213
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White602175427
Two or more races501436
Race Unknown663234
California State University-Chico 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Chico State has 144 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 11,527 students under 25 years old, and 2,656 students over 25 years old out of 14,183 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 144 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Chico State has 11,090 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,891 students aged 25 and over.

It has 437 graduate students aged under 25 and 765 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181449648
18-193,4611,9231,538
20-214,4182,5651,853
22-243,5041,7461,758
25-291,347676671
30-34537308229
35-39309206103
40-4933023397
50-641268838
Over 65752
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181449648
18-193,4611,9231,538
20-214,3982,5511,847
22-243,0871,4421,645
25-291,000459541
30-34371208163
35-3921414173
40-4922216062
50-64795821
Over 65541
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2120146
22-24417304113
25-29347217130
30-3416610066
35-39956530
40-491087335
50-64473017
Over 65211
California State University-Chico 2023 Student Population by Age chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Chico 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Chico 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-Chico, 1,703 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,526 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,693 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students14,1831,7038,526
Undergraduate12,9811,3468,106
Graduate1,202357420
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,69364
Undergraduate1,33754
Graduate35610
California State University-Chico 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,981 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,335 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.28%.1,174 students have transferred in as full-time status and 161 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time10,410
Transfer-in Full-time1,174
Regular Part-time1,236
Transfer-in Part-time161

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