How many students at Sacramento State? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 31,818 students have enrolled in California State University-Sacramento with 28,921 undergraduate and 2,897 graduate students.

By gender, 13,586 male and 18,232 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)).

2,262 students are enrolled exclusively, and 17,615 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-Sacramento has a total of 31,818 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 28,921 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,897 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 13,586 male and 18,232 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total31,81828,9212,897
Men13,58612,647939
Women18,23216,2741,958
California State University-Sacramento 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,530 White, 2,009 Black, and 6,313 Asian students out of a total of 31,818 are attending at California State University-Sacramento. 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 American883751
Asian6,3133,1043,209
Black2,0098251,184
Hispanic11,9754,5027,473
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders301130171
White7,5303,2814,249
Two or more races1,8107781,032
Race Unknown1,126566560
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American783345
Asian5,9122,9582,954
Black1,8567781,078
Hispanic11,1674,2766,891
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders283127156
White6,5032,9763,527
Two or more races1,661732929
Race Unknown979505474
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1046
Asian401146255
Black15347106
Hispanic808226582
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders18315
White1,027305722
Two or more races14946103
Race Unknown1476186
California State University-Sacramento 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Sacramento State has 673 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 23,697 students under 25 years old, and 8,121 students over 25 years old out of 31,818 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 673 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. Sacramento State has 22,883 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 6,038 students aged 25 and over.

It has 814 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,083 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18673367306
18-196,6073,8382,769
20-218,1614,9713,190
22-248,2564,4563,800
25-294,3722,2832,089
30-341,7441,004740
35-39852539313
40-49843558285
50-6429020387
Over 6520137
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18673367306
18-196,6073,8382,769
20-218,1124,9403,172
22-247,4913,9093,582
25-293,4281,6751,753
30-341,266698568
35-39614371243
40-49539351188
50-6417811860
Over 651376
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21493118
22-24765547218
25-29944608336
30-34478306172
35-3923816870
40-4930420797
50-641128527
Over 65761
California State University-Sacramento 2023 Student Population by Age chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia State University-Sacramento 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-Sacramento, 2,262 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 17,615 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,227 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 35 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students31,8182,26217,615
Undergraduate28,9211,88116,695
Graduate2,897381920
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,227629
Undergraduate1,858617
Graduate369-12
California State University-Sacramento 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 28,921 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 3,732 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.90%.2,910 students have transferred in as full-time status and 822 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time19,688
Transfer-in Full-time2,910
Regular Part-time5,501
Transfer-in Part-time822

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