Enrollment Trends at Cal Poly

The student population at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo is 22,000 (21,026 undergraduate and 974 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,321 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Cal Poly is 95.57% which is increased by 3,346 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 25 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.95 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

151 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,675.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 21,209 where 22,000 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.57% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.43% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,346 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 25 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.95 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Cal Poly.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,679	17,680	9,757	7,923	999	543	456
2013-14	19,703 1,024	18,739 1,059	10,263 506	8,476 553	964 -35	509 -34	455 -1
2014-15	20,186 483	19,246 507	10,414 151	8,832 356	940 -24	474 -35	466 11
2015-16	20,944 758	20,049 803	10,710 296	9,339 507	895 -45	451 -23	444 -22
2016-17	21,306 362	20,426 377	10,821 111	9,605 266	880 -15	426 -25	454 10
2017-18	22,370 1,064	21,351 925	11,153 332	10,198 593	1,019 139	508 82	511 57
2018-19	22,013 -357	21,098 -253	10,900 -253	10,198 0	915 -104	451 -57	464 -47
2019-20	21,426 -587	20,503 -595	10,622 -278	9,881 -317	923 8	453 2	470 6
2020-21	22,440 1,014	21,456 953	10,931 309	10,525 644	984 61	511 58	473 3
2021-22	22,231 -209	21,128 -328	10,825 -106	10,303 -222	1,103 119	556 45	547 74
2022-23	22,000 -231	21,026 -102	10,769 -56	10,257 -46	974 -129	497 -59	477 -70
Average	21,209	20,246	10,651	9,594	963	489	474

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 20,246 where 21,026 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,680	17,027	9,351	7,676	653	406	247
2013-14	18,739	18,058	9,836	8,222	681	427	254
2014-15	19,246	18,578	9,981	8,597	668	433	235
2015-16	20,049	19,318	10,245	9,073	731	465	266
2016-17	20,426	19,703	10,334	9,369	723	487	236
2017-18	21,351	20,584	10,662	9,922	767	491	276
2018-19	21,098	20,333	10,438	9,895	765	462	303
2019-20	20,503	19,685	10,105	9,580	818	517	301
2020-21	21,456	20,198	10,142	10,056	1,258	789	469
2021-22	21,128	19,960	10,117	9,843	1,168	708	460
2022-23	21,026	19,990	10,145	9,845	1,036	624	412
Average	20,246	20,246	10,123	9,280	20,246	528	314

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 963 where 974 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	999	742	388	354	257	155	102
2013-14	964	717	372	345	247	137	110
2014-15	940	728	343	385	212	131	81
2015-16	895	664	329	335	231	122	109
2016-17	880	637	297	340	243	129	114
2017-18	1,019	791	372	419	228	136	92
2018-19	915	663	315	348	252	136	116
2019-20	923	694	319	375	229	134	95
2020-21	984	725	362	363	259	149	110
2021-22	1,103	816	389	427	287	167	120
2022-23	974	712	328	384	262	169	93
Average	963	963	347	370	963	142	104

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.29%. The percentage was 61.50% 10 years ago and Cal Poly still has a high percentage of white students. 14.03% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.73% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	57	2,017	131	2,537	61	11,487	1,092
2013-14	45	2,195	148	2,904	52	11,726	1,290
2014-15	32	2,344	142	3,050	40	11,827	1,385
2015-16	32	2,527	166	3,262	30	11,985	1,438
2016-17	31	2,631	152	3,407	31	12,018	1,508
2017-18	31	2,843	168	3,744	32	12,254	1,666
2018-19	32	2,871	170	3,744	42	11,972	1,657
2019-20	30	2,878	180	3,719	46	11,512	1,634
2020-21	27	2,985	173	4,097	48	12,093	1,711
2021-22	27	2,996	160	4,303	51	11,781	1,662
2022-23	23	3,086	161	4,716	57	11,284	1,671
Average	33	2,670	159	3,589	45	11,813	1,519

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

151 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,675.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,186	4	67	20,115
2015-16	20,944	7	642	20,295
2016-17	21,306	14	878	20,414
2017-18	22,370	35	968	21,367
2018-19	22,013	48	1,637	20,328
2019-20	21,426	68	1,631	19,727
2020-21	22,440	18,546	3,798	96
2021-22	22,231	846	15,682	5,703
2022-23	22,000	151	7,938	13,911
Average	21,657	2,191	3,693	15,773

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