How many students at Cal State Fullerton? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 40,386 students have enrolled in California State University-Fullerton with 35,432 undergraduate and 4,954 graduate students.
By gender, 16,775 male and 23,611 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
4,122 students are enrolled exclusively, and 19,249 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-Fullerton has a total of 40,386 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 35,432 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,954 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 16,775 male and 23,611 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
| Total | Undergraduate | Graduate |
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| Total | 40,386 | 35,432 | 4,954 |
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| Men | 16,775 | 14,920 | 1,855 |
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| Women | 23,611 | 20,512 | 3,099 |
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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity
By race/ethnicity, 6,637 White, 905 Black, and 8,817 Asian students out of a total of 40,386 are attending at California State University-Fullerton. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 40 | 14 | 26 |
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| Asian | 8,817 | 4,196 | 4,621 |
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| Black | 905 | 364 | 541 |
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| Hispanic | 20,265 | 7,572 | 12,693 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 62 | 32 | 30 |
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| White | 6,637 | 2,863 | 3,774 |
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| Two or more races | 1,450 | 588 | 862 |
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| Race Unknown | 1,000 | 478 | 522 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 33 | 11 | 22 |
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| Asian | 7,861 | 3,819 | 4,042 |
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| Black | 769 | 314 | 455 |
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| Hispanic | 18,502 | 7,001 | 11,501 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 54 | 29 | 25 |
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| White | 5,497 | 2,485 | 3,012 |
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| Two or more races | 1,292 | 543 | 749 |
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| Race Unknown | 808 | 396 | 412 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 7 | 3 | 4 |
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| Asian | 956 | 377 | 579 |
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| Black | 136 | 50 | 86 |
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| Hispanic | 1,763 | 571 | 1,192 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 8 | 3 | 5 |
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| White | 1,140 | 378 | 762 |
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| Two or more races | 158 | 45 | 113 |
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| Race Unknown | 192 | 82 | 110 |
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Student Age Distribution
By age, Cal State Fullerton has 633 students under 18 years old and 10 students over 65 years old. There are 30,554 students under 25 years old, and 9,832 students over 25 years old out of 40,386 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 633 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Cal State Fullerton has 29,183 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 6,249 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,371 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,583 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 633 | 369 | 264 |
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| 18-19 | 8,612 | 5,224 | 3,388 |
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| 20-21 | 11,280 | 6,876 | 4,404 |
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| 22-24 | 10,029 | 5,439 | 4,590 |
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| 25-29 | 5,420 | 2,942 | 2,478 |
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| 30-34 | 2,098 | 1,217 | 881 |
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| 35-39 | 1,015 | 655 | 360 |
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| 40-49 | 936 | 637 | 299 |
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| 50-64 | 353 | 247 | 106 |
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| Over 65 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
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Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 633 | 369 | 264 |
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| 18-19 | 8,611 | 5,223 | 3,388 |
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| 20-21 | 11,197 | 6,819 | 4,378 |
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| 22-24 | 8,742 | 4,640 | 4,102 |
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| 25-29 | 3,705 | 1,890 | 1,815 |
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| 30-34 | 1,309 | 757 | 552 |
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| 35-39 | 603 | 388 | 215 |
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| 40-49 | 463 | 309 | 154 |
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| 50-64 | 163 | 114 | 49 |
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| Over 65 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| 18-19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 20-21 | 83 | 57 | 26 |
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| 22-24 | 1,287 | 799 | 488 |
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| 25-29 | 1,715 | 1,052 | 663 |
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| 30-34 | 789 | 460 | 329 |
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| 35-39 | 412 | 267 | 145 |
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| 40-49 | 473 | 328 | 145 |
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| 50-64 | 190 | 133 | 57 |
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| Over 65 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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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-Fullerton, 4,122 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,249 students are enrolled in some online courses.
4,063 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 59 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
| All Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses | Enrolled in Some Online Courses |
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| All Students | 40,386 | 4,122 | 19,249 |
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| Undergraduate | 35,432 | 3,069 | 18,300 |
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| Graduate | 4,954 | 1,053 | 949 |
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Online Student Population by Locality
| California Residents | Other States in U.S. | Outside of U.S. |
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| All Students | 4,063 | 37 | 22 |
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| Undergraduate | 3,045 | 11 | 13 |
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| Graduate | 1,018 | 26 | 9 |
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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Among 35,432 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 4,520 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.76%.3,517 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1,003 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
| Number of Students |
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| Regular Full-time | 24,305 |
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| Transfer-in Full-time | 3,517 |
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| Regular Part-time | 6,607 |
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| Transfer-in Part-time | 1,003 |
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