Enrollment Statistics at California Colleges

Student Population at California Colleges

At California colleges, there are 2,553,402 students including 2,243,303 undergraduate and 310,099 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2023-2024. By attending status, there are 1,427,675 full-time and 1,125,727 part-time students.By gender, 43.71% male and 56.29% female students enrolled in California colleges in the academic year 2023-2024.

Student Population By Gender
California Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	2,553,402	1,115,996	1,437,406
Undergraduate	2,243,303	993,270	1,250,033
Graduate	310,099	122,726	187,373
By Attending Status
Full-time	1,427,675	616,572	811,103
Part-time	1,125,727	499,424	626,303

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - California Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

California colleges have a total of 1,427,675 full-time students and 1,125,727 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 1,208,346 students are attending classes with full-time status and 1,034,957 are part-time students. In graduate school, 219,329 students are full-time and 90,770 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,553,402	1,427,675	1,125,727
Undergraduate	2,243,303	1,208,346	1,034,957
Graduate	310,099	219,329	90,770

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - California Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For California colleges, 711,394 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 725,099 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 2,553,402 students. In undergraduate schools, 1,295,968 students enrolled in online courses and 140,525 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2023-2024)
California Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	2,553,402	2,243,303	310,099
Online Exclusively	711,394	627,695	83,699
In Some Online Classes	725,099	668,273	56,826
Not In Online Classes	1,116,909	947,335	169,574

[Chart] California Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California colleges. There are 596,978 Caucasian, 144,889 Black/African American, 376,956 Asian, and 1,049,869 Hispanic students in California colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
California Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,553,402	1,115,996	1,437,406
American Indian/Native American	8,168	3,213	4,955
Asian	376,956	175,172	201,784
Black/African American	144,889	59,007	85,882
Hispanic	1,049,869	426,288	623,581
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	10,366	4,723	5,643
White	596,978	268,690	328,288
Two More	120,083	51,977	68,106
Un-Known	129,093	63,833	65,260

[Chart] California Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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