San Jose State University Student Population and Demographics

San Jose State Student Population

There are 37,661 students including 28,008 undergraduate and 9,653 graduate students at San Jose State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 27,707 full-time and 9,954 part-time students with gender distribution of 18,280 male and 19,381 female students.

San Jose State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,027 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

San Jose State University has a total enrollment of 37,661 with a gender distribution of 48.54% male (18,280 students) and 51.46% female (19,381 students). There are 14,636 male and 13,372 female students in undergraduate school and 3,644 male and 6,009 female students are attending graduate school at San Jose State University.

Student Population By Gender
San Jose State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	37,661	18,280	19,381
Undergraduate	28,008	14,636	13,372
Graduate	9,653	3,644	6,009
Full-time	27,707	13,675	14,032
Part-time	9,954	4,605	5,349

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

Enrollment by Attending Status

San Jose State University has 27,707 full-time and 9,954 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 22,714 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 5,294 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 4,993 students are full-time and 4,660 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
San Jose State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	37,661	27,707	9,954
Undergraduate	28,008	22,714	5,294
Graduate	9,653	4,993	4,660
Men	18,280	13,675	4,605
Women	19,381	14,032	5,349

[Chart] San Jose State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At San Jose State University, 6,027 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 17,894 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 37,661 students.

In undergraduate schools, 17,848 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 6,073 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
San Jose State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	37,661	28,008	9,653
Online Exclusively	6,027	1,869	4,158
In Some Online Classes	17,894	15,979	1,915
Not In Online Classes	13,740	10,160	3,580

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at San Jose State University. There are 38 American Indian/Native American, 6,028 White, 1,238 Black/African American, 12,740 Asian, 11,208 Hispanic, 150 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,795 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
San Jose State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	37,661	18,280	19,381
American Indian/Native American	38	13	25
Asian	12,740	6,879	5,861
Black/African American	1,238	583	655
Hispanic	11,208	4,710	6,498
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	150	77	73
White	6,028	2,621	3,407
Two More	1,855	945	910
Race Un-Known	1,669	850	819

[Chart] San Jose State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
San Jose State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	37,661	28,008	9,653
Under 18	811	811	0
Age 18-19	8,262	8,259	3
Age 20-21	8,797	8,664	133
Age 22-24	8,584	6,138	2,446
Age 25-29	5,780	2,575	3,205
Age 30-34	2,324	822	1,502
Age 35-39	1,164	334	830
Age 40-49	1,291	287	1,004
Age 50-64	611	111	500
Over 64	37	7	30
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

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

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