California State University-Chico Student Population and Demographics

Chico State Student Population

There are 15,257 students including 13,792 undergraduate and 1,465 graduate students at California State University-Chico for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 13,233 full-time and 2,024 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,526 male and 8,731 female students.

California State University-Chico is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,599 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

California State University-Chico has a total enrollment of 15,257 with a gender distribution of 42.77% male (6,526 students) and 57.23% female (8,731 students). There are 6,006 male and 7,786 female students in undergraduate school and 520 male and 945 female students are attending graduate school at California State University-Chico.

Student Population By Gender
California State University-Chico
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,257	6,526	8,731
Undergraduate	13,792	6,006	7,786
Graduate	1,465	520	945
Full-time	13,233	5,767	7,466
Part-time	2,024	759	1,265

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

California State University-Chico has 13,233 full-time and 2,024 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 12,415 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,377 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 818 students are full-time and 647 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California State University-Chico
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,257	13,233	2,024
Undergraduate	13,792	12,415	1,377
Graduate	1,465	818	647
Men	6,526	5,767	759
Women	8,731	7,466	1,265

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At California State University-Chico, 2,599 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,894 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,257 students.

In undergraduate schools, 10,494 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 999 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
California State University-Chico
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,257	13,792	1,465
Online Exclusively	2,599	2,084	515
In Some Online Classes	8,894	8,410	484
Not In Online Classes	3,764	3,298	466

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California State University-Chico. There are 80 American Indian/Native American, 6,279 White, 453 Black/African American, 835 Asian, 5,768 Hispanic, 39 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 691 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
California State University-Chico
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,257	6,526	8,731
American Indian/Native American	80	34	46
Asian	835	420	415
Black/African American	453	172	281
Hispanic	5,768	2,199	3,569
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	16	23
White	6,279	2,784	3,495
Two More	893	404	489
Race Un-Known	591	287	304

[Chart] California State University-ChicoRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
California State University-Chico
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,257	13,792	1,465
Under 18	193	193	0
Age 18-19	3,838	3,837	1
Age 20-21	4,312	4,285	27
Age 22-24	3,374	2,919	455
Age 25-29	1,590	1,173	417
Age 30-34	746	543	203
Age 35-39	473	341	132
Age 40-49	526	358	168
Age 50-64	184	126	58
Over 64	21	17	4
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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