How many students at Cal State LA? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 26,460 students have enrolled in California State University-Los Angeles with 22,737 undergraduate and 3,723 graduate students.

By gender, 10,904 male and 15,556 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)).

1,227 students are enrolled exclusively, and 10,875 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-Los Angeles has a total of 26,460 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 22,737 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,723 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,904 male and 15,556 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total26,46022,7373,723
Men10,9049,5161,388
Women15,55613,2212,335
California State University-Los Angeles 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,481 White, 1,045 Black, and 2,994 Asian students out of a total of 26,460 are attending at California State University-Los Angeles. 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 American331122
Asian2,9941,4871,507
Black1,045423622
Hispanic19,2817,56311,718
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders19712
White1,481657824
Two or more races400160240
Race Unknown618285333
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American26818
Asian2,5201,2991,221
Black890365525
Hispanic17,1826,85010,332
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1459
White1,010469541
Two or more races330134196
Race Unknown489233256
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American734
Asian474188286
Black1555897
Hispanic2,0997131,386
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders523
White471188283
Two or more races702644
Race Unknown1295277
California State University-Los Angeles 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Cal State LA has 565 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 18,178 students under 25 years old, and 8,282 students over 25 years old out of 26,460 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 565 students are younger than 18 and 18 students are older than 65. Cal State LA has 17,386 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 5,351 students aged 25 and over.

It has 792 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,931 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18565312253
18-196,4583,6972,761
20-215,5403,3942,146
22-245,6153,1912,424
25-294,2222,4901,732
30-342,0111,206805
35-39975596379
40-49762477285
50-64283182101
Over 65291118
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18565312253
18-196,4573,6962,761
20-215,5033,3662,137
22-244,8612,7302,131
25-292,8591,5951,264
30-341,283748535
35-39591363228
40-49452304148
50-641489850
Over 651899
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19110
20-2137289
22-24754461293
25-291,363895468
30-34728458270
35-39384233151
40-49310173137
50-641358451
Over 651129
California State University-Los Angeles 2023 Student Population by Age chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Los Angeles 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-Los Angeles, 1,227 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,875 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,212 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students26,4601,22710,875
Undergraduate22,7371,07110,017
Graduate3,723156858
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,212312
Undergraduate1,059210
Graduate15312
California State University-Los Angeles 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 22,737 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,663 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.71%.2,092 students have transferred in as full-time status and 571 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time16,602
Transfer-in Full-time2,092
Regular Part-time3,472
Transfer-in Part-time571

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