California State University-Long Beach Student Population and Demographics

Cal State Long Beach Student Population

There are 42,003 students including 36,082 undergraduate and 5,921 graduate students at California State University-Long Beach for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 34,437 full-time and 7,566 part-time students with gender distribution of 17,258 male and 24,745 female students.

California State University-Long Beach is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,404 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

California State University-Long Beach has a total enrollment of 42,003 with a gender distribution of 41.09% male (17,258 students) and 58.91% female (24,745 students). There are 14,950 male and 21,132 female students in undergraduate school and 2,308 male and 3,613 female students are attending graduate school at California State University-Long Beach.

Student Population By Gender
California State University-Long Beach
	Total	Men	Women
Total	42,003	17,258	24,745
Undergraduate	36,082	14,950	21,132
Graduate	5,921	2,308	3,613
Full-time	34,437	13,971	20,466
Part-time	7,566	3,287	4,279

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

California State University-Long Beach has 34,437 full-time and 7,566 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 30,788 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,294 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,649 students are full-time and 2,272 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California State University-Long Beach
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	42,003	34,437	7,566
Undergraduate	36,082	30,788	5,294
Graduate	5,921	3,649	2,272
Men	17,258	13,971	3,287
Women	24,745	20,466	4,279

[Chart] California State University-Long Beach Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At California State University-Long Beach, 2,404 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 20,273 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 42,003 students.

In undergraduate schools, 20,163 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,514 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
California State University-Long Beach
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	42,003	36,082	5,921
Online Exclusively	2,404	1,461	943
In Some Online Classes	20,273	18,702	1,571
Not In Online Classes	19,326	15,919	3,407

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California State University-Long Beach. There are 48 American Indian/Native American, 6,272 White, 1,668 Black/African American, 8,012 Asian, 21,521 Hispanic, 94 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,241 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
California State University-Long Beach
	Total	Men	Women
Total	42,003	17,258	24,745
American Indian/Native American	48	16	32
Asian	8,012	3,656	4,356
Black/African American	1,668	688	980
Hispanic	21,521	8,164	13,357
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	94	37	57
White	6,272	2,674	3,598
Two More	1,968	833	1,135
Race Un-Known	893	408	485

[Chart] California State University-Long BeachRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
California State University-Long Beach
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	42,003	36,082	5,921
Under 18	734	734	0
Age 18-19	11,062	11,062	0
Age 20-21	11,239	11,152	87
Age 22-24	9,646	7,743	1,903
Age 25-29	5,223	3,243	1,980
Age 30-34	2,065	1,165	900
Age 35-39	973	507	466
Age 40-49	743	332	411
Age 50-64	289	128	161
Over 64	29	16	13
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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