Sonoma State University Student Population and Demographics

Sonoma State Student Population

There are 5,891 students including 5,272 undergraduate and 619 graduate students at Sonoma State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,940 full-time and 951 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,307 male and 3,584 female students.

Sonoma State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 210 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Sonoma State University has a total enrollment of 5,891 with a gender distribution of 39.16% male (2,307 students) and 60.84% female (3,584 students). There are 2,127 male and 3,145 female students in undergraduate school and 180 male and 439 female students are attending graduate school at Sonoma State University.

Student Population By Gender
Sonoma State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,891	2,307	3,584
Undergraduate	5,272	2,127	3,145
Graduate	619	180	439
Full-time	4,940	1,917	3,023
Part-time	951	390	561

[Chart] Sonoma State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Sonoma State University has 4,940 full-time and 951 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,572 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 700 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 368 students are full-time and 251 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Sonoma State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,891	4,940	951
Undergraduate	5,272	4,572	700
Graduate	619	368	251
Men	2,307	1,917	390
Women	3,584	3,023	561

[Chart] Sonoma State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Sonoma State University, 210 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,717 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,891 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,614 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 313 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Sonoma State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,891	5,272	619
Online Exclusively	210	187	23
In Some Online Classes	2,717	2,427	290
Not In Online Classes	2,964	2,658	306

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Sonoma State University. There are 23 American Indian/Native American, 2,436 White, 164 Black/African American, 272 Asian, 2,394 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 242 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Sonoma State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,891	2,307	3,584
American Indian/Native American	23	9	14
Asian	272	115	157
Black/African American	164	57	107
Hispanic	2,394	867	1,527
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	6	10
White	2,436	994	1,442
Two More	367	151	216
Race Un-Known	187	91	96

[Chart] Sonoma State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Sonoma State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,891	5,272	619
Under 18	126	126	0
Age 18-19	1,558	1,558	0
Age 20-21	1,669	1,662	7
Age 22-24	1,232	1,083	149
Age 25-29	584	431	153
Age 30-34	248	150	98
Age 35-39	199	114	85
Age 40-49	186	96	90
Age 50-64	80	46	34
Over 64	9	6	3
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Sonoma State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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