California State University-Bakersfield Student Population and Demographics

CSU Bakersfield Student Population

There are 10,419 students including 8,865 undergraduate and 1,554 graduate students at California State University-Bakersfield for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,333 full-time and 2,086 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,567 male and 6,852 female students.

California State University-Bakersfield is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,212 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

California State University-Bakersfield has a total enrollment of 10,419 with a gender distribution of 34.24% male (3,567 students) and 65.76% female (6,852 students). There are 3,136 male and 5,729 female students in undergraduate school and 431 male and 1,123 female students are attending graduate school at California State University-Bakersfield.

Student Population By Gender
California State University-Bakersfield
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,419	3,567	6,852
Undergraduate	8,865	3,136	5,729
Graduate	1,554	431	1,123
Full-time	8,333	2,818	5,515
Part-time	2,086	749	1,337

[Chart] California State University-Bakersfield 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

California State University-Bakersfield has 8,333 full-time and 2,086 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,167 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,698 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,166 students are full-time and 388 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California State University-Bakersfield
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	10,419	8,333	2,086
Undergraduate	8,865	7,167	1,698
Graduate	1,554	1,166	388
Men	3,567	2,818	749
Women	6,852	5,515	1,337

[Chart] California State University-Bakersfield Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At California State University-Bakersfield, 1,212 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,881 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 10,419 students.

In undergraduate schools, 6,238 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 855 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
California State University-Bakersfield
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,419	8,865	1,554
Online Exclusively	1,212	910	302
In Some Online Classes	5,881	5,328	553
Not In Online Classes	3,326	2,627	699

[Chart] California State University-Bakersfield Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California State University-Bakersfield. There are 34 American Indian/Native American, 1,379 White, 439 Black/African American, 637 Asian, 7,074 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 275 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
California State University-Bakersfield
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,419	3,567	6,852
American Indian/Native American	34	8	26
Asian	637	300	337
Black/African American	439	152	287
Hispanic	7,074	2,252	4,822
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	6	11
White	1,379	505	874
Two More	240	87	153
Race Un-Known	470	188	282

[Chart] California State University-BakersfieldRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at California State University-Bakersfield.

Age Distribution
California State University-Bakersfield
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,419	8,865	1,554
Under 18	353	353	0
Age 18-19	2,269	2,268	1
Age 20-21	2,309	2,278	31
Age 22-24	2,261	1,874	387
Age 25-29	1,500	1,041	459
Age 30-34	722	456	266
Age 35-39	430	263	167
Age 40-49	399	242	157
Age 50-64	154	78	76
Over 64	22	12	10
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] California State University-Bakersfield 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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