How many students at UCSD? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 42,006 students have enrolled in University of California-San Diego with 33,096 undergraduate and 8,910 graduate students.

By gender, 20,883 male and 21,123 female students are attending the school.

It has more students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

48 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,257 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

University of California-San Diego has a total of 42,006 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 33,096 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,910 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 20,883 male and 21,123 female students (the male-female ratio is 50:50) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total42,00633,0968,910
Men20,88315,7645,119
Women21,12317,3323,791
University of California-San Diego 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,132 White, 715 Black, and 12,607 Asian students out of a total of 42,006 are attending at University of California-San Diego. 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 American422418
Asian12,6076,2726,335
Black715282433
Hispanic8,6883,4925,196
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders392019
White8,1324,0414,091
Two or more races2,3011,0451,256
Race Unknown896468428
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American261610
Asian11,2235,5935,630
Black546212334
Hispanic7,8593,1244,735
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders331815
White6,1502,9703,180
Two or more races1,9908921,098
Race Unknown662343319
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1688
Asian1,384679705
Black1697099
Hispanic829368461
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders624
White1,9821,071911
Two or more races311153158
Race Unknown234125109
University of California-San Diego 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, UCSD has 947 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 35,427 students under 25 years old, and 6,579 students over 25 years old out of 42,006 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 946 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. UCSD has 31,659 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,437 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at UCSD, 1 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. It has 3,768 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,142 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18947562385
18-1913,1367,4535,683
20-2113,6246,9916,633
22-247,7203,3034,417
25-294,5251,9422,583
30-341,332557775
35-39421180241
40-49233102131
50-64612932
Over 65743
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18946561385
18-1913,1337,4535,680
20-2113,3436,8576,486
22-244,2371,8552,382
25-29990413577
30-34270107163
35-391034756
40-49562927
50-641688
Over 65220
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18110
18-19303
20-21281134147
22-243,4831,4482,035
25-293,5351,5292,006
30-341,062450612
35-39318133185
40-4917773104
50-64452124
Over 65523
University of California-San Diego 2023 Student Population by Age chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of California-San Diego 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of California-San Diego 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 University of California-San Diego, 48 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,257 students are enrolled in some online courses.

24 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 24 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students42,006483,257
Undergraduate33,09652,860
Graduate8,91043397
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students24321
Undergraduate4-1
Graduate20320
University of California-San Diego 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 33,096 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 3,068 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.27%.2,983 students have transferred in as full-time status and 85 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time29,155
Transfer-in Full-time2,983
Regular Part-time873
Transfer-in Part-time85

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