San Diego State University Student Population and Demographics

San Diego State Student Population

There are 41,137 students including 35,782 undergraduate and 5,355 graduate students at San Diego State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 35,588 full-time and 5,549 part-time students with gender distribution of 17,570 male and 23,567 female students.

San Diego State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,454 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

San Diego State University has a total enrollment of 41,137 with a gender distribution of 42.71% male (17,570 students) and 57.29% female (23,567 students). There are 15,537 male and 20,245 female students in undergraduate school and 2,033 male and 3,322 female students are attending graduate school at San Diego State University.

Student Population By Gender
San Diego State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	41,137	17,570	23,567
Undergraduate	35,782	15,537	20,245
Graduate	5,355	2,033	3,322
Full-time	35,588	14,968	20,620
Part-time	5,549	2,602	2,947

[Chart] San Diego State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

San Diego State University has 35,588 full-time and 5,549 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 32,309 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,473 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,279 students are full-time and 2,076 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
San Diego State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	41,137	35,588	5,549
Undergraduate	35,782	32,309	3,473
Graduate	5,355	3,279	2,076
Men	17,570	14,968	2,602
Women	23,567	20,620	2,947

[Chart] San Diego State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At San Diego State University, 2,454 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 21,435 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 41,137 students.

In undergraduate schools, 22,173 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,716 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
San Diego State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	41,137	35,782	5,355
Online Exclusively	2,454	1,580	874
In Some Online Classes	21,435	20,593	842
Not In Online Classes	17,248	13,609	3,639

[Chart] San Diego State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at San Diego State University. There are 70 American Indian/Native American, 13,607 White, 1,421 Black/African American, 5,308 Asian, 14,962 Hispanic, 102 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,998 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
San Diego State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	41,137	17,570	23,567
American Indian/Native American	70	27	43
Asian	5,308	2,456	2,852
Black/African American	1,421	620	801
Hispanic	14,962	5,915	9,047
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	102	46	56
White	13,607	5,805	7,802
Two More	2,930	1,283	1,647
Race Un-Known	1,392	715	677

[Chart] San Diego State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at San Diego State University.

Age Distribution
San Diego State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	41,137	35,782	5,355
Under 18	456	456	0
Age 18-19	11,909	11,909	0
Age 20-21	13,448	13,346	102
Age 22-24	7,884	6,110	1,774
Age 25-29	3,916	2,215	1,701
Age 30-34	1,537	820	717
Age 35-39	805	403	402
Age 40-49	834	373	461
Age 50-64	331	140	191
Over 64	17	10	7
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] San Diego State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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