San Francisco State University Student Population and Demographics

San Francisco State Student Population

There are 22,563 students including 19,444 undergraduate and 3,119 graduate students at San Francisco State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 17,419 full-time and 5,144 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,086 male and 12,477 female students.

San Francisco State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,684 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

San Francisco State University has a total enrollment of 22,563 with a gender distribution of 44.70% male (10,086 students) and 55.30% female (12,477 students). There are 8,956 male and 10,488 female students in undergraduate school and 1,130 male and 1,989 female students are attending graduate school at San Francisco State University.

Student Population By Gender
San Francisco State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,563	10,086	12,477
Undergraduate	19,444	8,956	10,488
Graduate	3,119	1,130	1,989
Full-time	17,419	7,705	9,714
Part-time	5,144	2,381	2,763

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

San Francisco State University has 17,419 full-time and 5,144 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 15,416 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 4,028 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,003 students are full-time and 1,116 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
San Francisco State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	22,563	17,419	5,144
Undergraduate	19,444	15,416	4,028
Graduate	3,119	2,003	1,116
Men	10,086	7,705	2,381
Women	12,477	9,714	2,763

[Chart] San Francisco State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At San Francisco State University, 1,684 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,257 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 22,563 students.

In undergraduate schools, 12,540 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,401 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
San Francisco State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,563	19,444	3,119
Online Exclusively	1,684	1,345	339
In Some Online Classes	12,257	11,195	1,062
Not In Online Classes	8,622	6,904	1,718

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at San Francisco State University. There are 38 American Indian/Native American, 3,621 White, 1,396 Black/African American, 5,075 Asian, 8,341 Hispanic, 126 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,293 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
San Francisco State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,563	10,086	12,477
American Indian/Native American	38	14	24
Asian	5,075	2,567	2,508
Black/African American	1,396	561	835
Hispanic	8,341	3,373	4,968
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	126	62	64
White	3,621	1,617	2,004
Two More	1,330	600	730
Race Un-Known	1,487	693	794

[Chart] San Francisco State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
San Francisco State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,563	19,444	3,119
Under 18	725	725	0
Age 18-19	4,739	4,739	0
Age 20-21	6,015	5,988	27
Age 22-24	5,223	4,442	781
Age 25-29	3,090	2,056	1,034
Age 30-34	1,171	695	476
Age 35-39	631	354	277
Age 40-49	621	301	320
Age 50-64	313	127	186
Over 64	35	17	18
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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