California State University-Northridge Student Population and Demographics

CSUN Student Population

There are 37,579 students including 32,181 undergraduate and 5,398 graduate students at California State University-Northridge for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 28,897 full-time and 8,682 part-time students with gender distribution of 16,582 male and 20,997 female students. California State University-Northridge is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,333 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

California State University-Northridge has a total enrollment of 37,579 with a gender distribution of 44.13% male (16,582 students) and 55.87% female (20,997 students). There are 14,710 male and 17,471 female students in undergraduate school and 1,872 male and 3,526 female students are attending graduate school at California State University-Northridge.

Student Population By Gender
California State University-Northridge
	Total	Men	Women
Total	37,579	16,582	20,997
Undergraduate	32,181	14,710	17,471
Graduate	5,398	1,872	3,526
Full-time	28,897	12,654	16,243
Part-time	8,682	3,928	4,754

[Chart] California State University-Northridge 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

California State University-Northridge has 28,897 full-time and 8,682 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 26,188 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,993 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,709 students are full-time and 2,689 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California State University-Northridge
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	37,579	28,897	8,682
Undergraduate	32,181	26,188	5,993
Graduate	5,398	2,709	2,689
Men	16,582	12,654	3,928
Women	20,997	16,243	4,754

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At California State University-Northridge, 3,333 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 18,503 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 37,579 students. In undergraduate schools, 19,510 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,326 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
California State University-Northridge
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	37,579	32,181	5,398
Online Exclusively	3,333	2,123	1,210
In Some Online Classes	18,503	17,387	1,116
Not In Online Classes	15,743	12,671	3,072

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California State University-Northridge. There are 28 American Indian/Native American, 7,535 White, 1,750 Black/African American, 3,344 Asian, 20,107 Hispanic, 52 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,293 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
California State University-Northridge
	Total	Men	Women
Total	37,579	16,582	20,997
American Indian/Native American	28	12	16
Asian	3,344	1,776	1,568
Black/African American	1,750	705	1,045
Hispanic	20,107	8,281	11,826
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	52	25	27
White	7,535	3,599	3,936
Two More	1,110	509	601
Race Un-Known	2,023	784	1,239

[Chart] California State University-NorthridgeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
California State University-Northridge
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	37,579	32,181	5,398
Under 18	552	552	0
Age 18-19	8,095	8,095	0
Age 20-21	8,939	8,866	73
Age 22-24	9,149	7,971	1,178
Age 25-29	5,794	3,957	1,837
Age 30-34	2,330	1,392	938
Age 35-39	1,107	601	506
Age 40-49	1,131	530	601
Age 50-64	439	197	242
Over 64	43	20	23
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] California State University-Northridge 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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