California State University-Los Angeles Student Population and Demographics

Cal State LA Student Population

There are 23,163 students including 19,586 undergraduate and 3,577 graduate students at California State University-Los Angeles for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 18,533 full-time and 4,630 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,065 male and 13,098 female students.

California State University-Los Angeles is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,217 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

California State University-Los Angeles has a total enrollment of 23,163 with a gender distribution of 43.45% male (10,065 students) and 56.55% female (13,098 students). There are 8,686 male and 10,900 female students in undergraduate school and 1,379 male and 2,198 female students are attending graduate school at California State University-Los Angeles.

Student Population By Gender
California State University-Los Angeles
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,163	10,065	13,098
Undergraduate	19,586	8,686	10,900
Graduate	3,577	1,379	2,198
Full-time	18,533	7,987	10,546
Part-time	4,630	2,078	2,552

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

California State University-Los Angeles has 18,533 full-time and 4,630 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,130 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,456 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,403 students are full-time and 1,174 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California State University-Los Angeles
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,163	18,533	4,630
Undergraduate	19,586	16,130	3,456
Graduate	3,577	2,403	1,174
Men	10,065	7,987	2,078
Women	13,098	10,546	2,552

[Chart] California State University-Los Angeles Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At California State University-Los Angeles, 1,217 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,921 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,163 students.

In undergraduate schools, 11,180 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 958 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
California State University-Los Angeles
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,163	19,586	3,577
Online Exclusively	1,217	1,076	141
In Some Online Classes	10,921	10,104	817
Not In Online Classes	11,025	8,406	2,619

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California State University-Los Angeles. There are 26 American Indian/Native American, 1,120 White, 1,000 Black/African American, 2,354 Asian, 17,299 Hispanic, 12 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 407 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
California State University-Los Angeles
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,163	10,065	13,098
American Indian/Native American	26	14	12
Asian	2,354	1,215	1,139
Black/African American	1,000	412	588
Hispanic	17,299	7,212	10,087
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	7	5
White	1,120	528	592
Two More	383	169	214
Race Un-Known	501	238	263

[Chart] California State University-Los AngelesRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
California State University-Los Angeles
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,163	19,586	3,577
Under 18	377	377	0
Age 18-19	5,181	5,181	0
Age 20-21	5,478	5,447	31
Age 22-24	4,798	3,964	834
Age 25-29	3,572	2,408	1,164
Age 30-34	1,716	1,048	668
Age 35-39	889	527	362
Age 40-49	819	455	364
Age 50-64	304	163	141
Over 64	29	16	13
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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