Enrollment Statistics at California Colleges

Student Population at California Colleges

At California colleges, there are 2,761,066 students including 2,440,631 undergraduate and 320,435 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,526,078 full-time and 1,234,988 part-time students.By gender, 44.46% male and 55.54% female students enrolled in California colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
California Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	2,761,066	1,227,580	1,533,486
Undergraduate	2,440,631	1,099,709	1,340,922
Graduate	320,435	127,871	192,564
By Attending Status
Full-time	1,526,078	670,787	855,291
Part-time	1,234,988	556,793	678,195

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - California Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

California colleges have a total of 1,526,078 full-time students and 1,234,988 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 1,295,737 students are attending classes with full-time status and 1,144,894 are part-time students. In graduate school, 230,341 students are full-time and 90,094 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
California Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,761,066	1,526,078	1,234,988
Undergraduate	2,440,631	1,295,737	1,144,894
Graduate	320,435	230,341	90,094

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - California Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For California colleges, 746,510 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 806,931 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 2,761,066 students. In undergraduate schools, 1,404,045 students enrolled in online courses and 149,396 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
California Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	2,761,066	2,440,631	320,435
Online Exclusively	746,510	651,820	94,690
In Some Online Classes	806,931	752,225	54,706
Not In Online Classes	1,207,625	1,036,586	171,039

[Chart] California Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at California colleges. There are 619,548 Caucasian, 160,552 Black/African American, 398,124 Asian, and 1,166,332 Hispanic students in California colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
California Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,761,066	1,227,580	1,533,486
American Indian/Native American	8,834	3,592	5,242
Asian	398,124	187,931	210,193
Black/African American	160,552	66,701	93,851
Hispanic	1,166,332	483,111	683,221
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	10,070	4,706	5,364
White	619,548	284,571	334,977
Two More	136,042	60,515	75,527
Un-Known	147,005	75,180	71,825

[Chart] California Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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