Enrollment Trends at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

The student population at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona is 27,636 (25,255 undergraduate and 2,381 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,919 (16.52%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona is 91.38% which is increased by 3,098 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 821 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 125 male students for every 100 female students, up from 124 in 2015.
742 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,548.89% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 27,121 where 27,636 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 30,014 students in 2021 and was lowest at 23,717 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 23,717 to 27,636 students, a net gain of 3,919 (16.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	23,717	22,157	12,349	9,808	1,560	775	785
2016-17	25,326 1,609	23,733 1,576	13,038 689	10,695 887	1,593 33	781 6	812 27
2017-18	26,053 727	24,319 586	13,087 49	11,232 537	1,734 141	853 72	881 69
2018-19	26,598 545	24,934 615	13,319 232	11,615 383	1,664 -70	850 -3	814 -67
2019-20	28,058 1,460	26,454 1,520	13,974 655	12,480 865	1,604 -60	792 -58	812 -2
2020-21	30,014 1,956	27,912 1,458	14,850 876	13,062 582	2,102 498	1,017 225	1,085 273
2021-22	29,456 -558	26,974 -938	14,437 -413	12,537 -525	2,482 380	1,173 156	1,309 224
2022-23	27,503 -1,953	25,181 -1,793	13,707 -730	11,474 -1,063	2,322 -160	1,072 -101	1,250 -59
2023-24	26,848 -655	24,455 -726	13,578 -129	10,877 -597	2,393 71	1,165 93	1,228 -22
2024-25	27,636 788	25,255 800	14,168 590	11,087 210	2,381 -12	1,173 8	1,208 -20
Average	27,121	25,137	13,651	11,487	1,984	965	1,018

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 25,137 where 25,255 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,157	19,615	10,782	8,833	2,542	1,567	975
2016-17	23,733	21,148	11,458	9,690	2,585	1,580	1,005
2017-18	24,319	21,668	11,509	10,159	2,651	1,578	1,073
2018-19	24,934	21,824	11,510	10,314	3,110	1,809	1,301
2019-20	26,454	23,596	12,333	11,263	2,858	1,641	1,217
2020-21	27,912	24,388	12,733	11,655	3,524	2,117	1,407
2021-22	26,974	23,140	12,174	10,966	3,834	2,263	1,571
2022-23	25,181	21,491	11,628	9,863	3,690	2,079	1,611
2023-24	24,455	21,007	11,579	9,428	3,448	1,999	1,449
2024-25	25,255	22,057	12,274	9,783	3,198	1,894	1,304
Average	25,137	25,137	11,798	10,195	25,137	1,853	1,291

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,984 where 2,381 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,560	641	286	355	919	489	430
2016-17	1,593	658	275	383	935	506	429
2017-18	1,734	690	295	395	1,044	558	486
2018-19	1,664	802	387	415	862	463	399
2019-20	1,604	808	362	446	796	430	366
2020-21	2,102	979	439	540	1,123	578	545
2021-22	2,482	1,165	497	668	1,317	676	641
2022-23	2,322	1,042	412	630	1,280	660	620
2023-24	2,393	1,040	430	610	1,353	735	618
2024-25	2,381	959	401	558	1,422	772	650
Average	1,984	1,984	378	500	1,984	587	518

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.02% and the percentage of black students is 2.46% at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona. 21.39% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 53.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 19.74% to 13.02%. Asian enrollment declined from 23.65% to 21.39%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.26% to 2.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 38.99% to 53.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6443 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7505 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	52	5,610	772	9,248	32	4,681	924
2016-17	56	5,692	830	10,402	37	4,657	1,000
2017-18	50	5,689	872	11,094	41	4,505	1,011
2018-19	42	5,614	917	11,898	44	4,354	997
2019-20	40	5,944	941	13,053	55	4,340	1,006
2020-21	37	6,431	956	14,570	59	4,463	1,028
2021-22	32	6,407	863	14,508	56	4,300	1,003
2022-23	32	6,110	755	14,370	45	3,849	967
2023-24	30	5,819	683	14,210	43	3,625	992
2024-25	31	5,911	680	14,906	40	3,599	1,058
Average	40	5,923	827	12,826	45	4,237	999

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

742 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,548.89% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	23,717	45	6,253	17,419
2016-17	25,326	96	7,775	17,455
2017-18	26,053	103	9,113	16,837
2018-19	26,598	100	10,261	16,237
2019-20	28,058	182	10,583	17,293
2020-21	30,014	29,675	52	287
2021-22	29,456	7,720	20,284	1,452
2022-23	27,503	1,366	15,882	10,255
2023-24	26,848	857	15,169	10,822
2024-25	27,636	742	14,977	11,917
Average	27,121	4,089	11,035	11,997

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Enrollment Trends at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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