California State University-Fullerton Student Population and Demographics

Cal State Fullerton Student Population

There are 43,662 students including 38,760 undergraduate and 4,902 graduate students at California State University-Fullerton for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 33,972 full-time and 9,690 part-time students with gender distribution of 18,958 male and 24,704 female students.

California State University-Fullerton is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,776 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

California State University-Fullerton has a total enrollment of 43,662 with a gender distribution of 43.42% male (18,958 students) and 56.58% female (24,704 students). There are 17,086 male and 21,674 female students in undergraduate school and 1,872 male and 3,030 female students are attending graduate school at California State University-Fullerton.

Student Population By Gender
California State University-Fullerton
	Total	Men	Women
Total	43,662	18,958	24,704
Undergraduate	38,760	17,086	21,674
Graduate	4,902	1,872	3,030
Full-time	33,972	14,648	19,324
Part-time	9,690	4,310	5,380

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

California State University-Fullerton has 33,972 full-time and 9,690 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 31,722 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 7,038 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,250 students are full-time and 2,652 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California State University-Fullerton
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	43,662	33,972	9,690
Undergraduate	38,760	31,722	7,038
Graduate	4,902	2,250	2,652
Men	18,958	14,648	4,310
Women	24,704	19,324	5,380

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At California State University-Fullerton, 3,776 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 23,263 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 43,662 students.

In undergraduate schools, 25,203 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,836 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
California State University-Fullerton
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	43,662	38,760	4,902
Online Exclusively	3,776	2,741	1,035
In Some Online Classes	23,263	22,462	801
Not In Online Classes	16,623	13,557	3,066

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California State University-Fullerton. There are 51 American Indian/Native American, 6,184 White, 1,114 Black/African American, 8,868 Asian, 23,693 Hispanic, 68 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,300 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
California State University-Fullerton
	Total	Men	Women
Total	43,662	18,958	24,704
American Indian/Native American	51	22	29
Asian	8,868	4,476	4,392
Black/African American	1,114	475	639
Hispanic	23,693	9,327	14,366
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	68	34	34
White	6,184	2,723	3,461
Two More	1,630	756	874
Race Un-Known	1,052	544	508

[Chart] California State University-FullertonRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
California State University-Fullerton
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	43,662	38,760	4,902
Under 18	745	745	0
Age 18-19	12,234	12,234	0
Age 20-21	10,820	10,735	85
Age 22-24	10,258	8,822	1,436
Age 25-29	5,309	3,810	1,499
Age 30-34	2,026	1,236	790
Age 35-39	964	548	416
Age 40-49	903	462	441
Age 50-64	383	159	224
Over 64	20	9	11
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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