How many students at Cuesta? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,908 students have enrolled in Cuesta College and all students are attending undergraduate schools.

By gender, 4,876 male and 5,032 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (8,960 students in average - public Associate's - Public Rural-serving Medium).

3,285 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,000 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

Cuesta College has a total of 9,908 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. All 9,908 students are enrolled into undergraduate programs.

By gender, 4,876 male and 5,032 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
Undergraduate
Total9,908
Men4,876
Women5,032
Cuesta College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,903 White, 251 Black, and 310 Asian students out of a total of 9,908 are attending at Cuesta College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American452223
Asian310144166
Black25118071
Hispanic3,3581,5741,784
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders24915
White4,9032,3722,531
Two or more races642329313
Race Unknown358234124
Cuesta College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Cuesta has 2,547 students under 18 years old and 76 students over 65 years old. There are 7,321 students under 25 years old, and 2,584 students over 25 years old out of 9,908 total students.

Student Age Distribution
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 182,5471,2511,296
18-192,5861,2681,318
20-211,321646675
22-24867457410
25-29754420334
30-34559291268
35-39416248168
40-49428246182
50-64351173178
Over 65763145
Cuesta College 2023 Student Population by Age chartCuesta College 2023 Student Population 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 Cuesta College, 3,285 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,000 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,223 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 62 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students9,9083,2853,000
Undergraduate9,9083,2853,000
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,223548
Cuesta College 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,908 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 706 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.13%.239 students have transferred in as full-time status and 467 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time2,519
Transfer-in Full-time239
Regular Part-time6,683
Transfer-in Part-time467

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