How many students at Sonoma State? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,637 students have enrolled in Sonoma State University with 5,934 undergraduate and 703 graduate students.

By gender, 2,458 male and 4,179 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

384 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,678 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

Sonoma State University has a total of 6,637 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,934 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 703 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,458 male and 4,179 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total6,6375,934703
Men2,4582,251207
Women4,1793,683496
Sonoma State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSonoma State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSonoma State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,790 White, 185 Black, and 321 Asian students out of a total of 6,637 are attending at Sonoma State University. 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 American25916
Asian321143178
Black18576109
Hispanic2,6288771,751
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders27918
White2,7901,0831,707
Two or more races363132231
Race Unknown258113145
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American22814
Asian287132155
Black17169102
Hispanic2,4288221,606
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders23815
White2,4219801,441
Two or more races329122207
Race Unknown22097123
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American312
Asian341123
Black1477
Hispanic20055145
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders413
White369103266
Two or more races341024
Race Unknown381622
Sonoma State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSonoma State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSonoma State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Sonoma State has 86 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 5,179 students under 25 years old, and 1,458 students over 25 years old out of 6,637 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 86 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Sonoma State has 5,023 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 911 students aged 25 and over.

It has 156 graduate students aged under 25 and 547 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18865432
18-191,564992572
20-211,9941,347647
22-241,535864671
25-29650379271
30-34320198122
35-3918913059
40-4919814256
50-64956926
Over 65642
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18865432
18-191,564992572
20-211,9841,337647
22-241,389758631
25-29455243212
30-3419811979
35-391087434
40-491037132
50-64443311
Over 65321
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2110100
22-2414610640
25-2919513659
30-341227943
35-39815625
40-49957124
50-64513615
Over 65321
Sonoma State University 2023 Student Population by Age chartSonoma State University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSonoma State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSonoma State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSonoma State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSonoma State University 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 Sonoma State University, 384 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,678 students are enrolled in some online courses.

372 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students6,6373843,678
Undergraduate5,9343313,436
Graduate70353242
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students372102
Undergraduate32731
Graduate4571
Sonoma State University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,934 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 736 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.40%.598 students have transferred in as full-time status and 138 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,470
Transfer-in Full-time598
Regular Part-time728
Transfer-in Part-time138

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