Enrollment Trends at CSU Channel Islands

The student population at California State University-Channel Islands is 5,592 (5,118 undergraduate and 474 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 575 (9.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CSU Channel Islands is 91.52% which is decreased by 822 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 247 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, down from 53 in 2015.
929 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,217.86% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,707 where 5,592 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 7,525 students in 2020 and was lowest at 5,592 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,167 to 5,592 students, a net loss of 575 (9.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,167	5,940	2,082	3,858	227	58	169
2016-17	6,611 444	6,355 415	2,246 164	4,109 251	256 29	63 5	193 24
2017-18	7,455 844	7,054 699	2,537 291	4,517 408	401 145	169 106	232 39
2018-19	7,488 33	7,120 66	2,537	4,583 66	368 -33	166 -3	202 -30
2019-20	7,525 37	7,112 -8	2,513 -24	4,599 16	413 45	181 15	232 30
2020-21	7,446 -79	6,947 -165	2,446 -67	4,501 -98	499 86	206 25	293 61
2021-22	6,966 -480	6,471 -476	2,203 -243	4,268 -233	495 -4	188 -18	307 14
2022-23	6,128 -838	5,734 -737	1,948 -255	3,786 -482	394 -101	151 -37	243 -64
2023-24	5,688 -440	5,290 -444	1,815 -133	3,475 -311	398 4	167 16	231 -12
2024-25	5,592 -96	5,118 -172	1,719 -96	3,399 -76	474 76	190 23	284 53
Average	6,707	6,314	2,205	4,110	393	154	239

California State University-Channel Islands Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,314 where 5,118 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 University-Channel Islands since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,940	5,070	1,739	3,331	870	343	527
2016-17	6,355	5,365	1,841	3,524	990	405	585
2017-18	7,054	5,858	2,057	3,801	1,196	480	716
2018-19	7,120	5,975	2,105	3,870	1,145	432	713
2019-20	7,112	5,958	2,055	3,903	1,154	458	696
2020-21	6,947	5,631	1,912	3,719	1,316	534	782
2021-22	6,471	4,991	1,648	3,343	1,480	555	925
2022-23	5,734	4,319	1,409	2,910	1,415	539	876
2023-24	5,290	4,024	1,350	2,674	1,266	465	801
2024-25	5,118	3,893	1,301	2,592	1,225	418	807
Average	6,314	6,314	1,742	3,367	6,314	463	743

California State University-Channel Islands Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 393 where 474 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 University-Channel Islands since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	227	130	31	99	97	27	70
2016-17	256	165	35	130	91	28	63
2017-18	401	179	70	109	222	99	123
2018-19	368	185	77	108	183	89	94
2019-20	413	214	68	146	199	113	86
2020-21	499	235	74	161	264	132	132
2021-22	495	213	59	154	282	129	153
2022-23	394	149	50	99	245	101	144
2023-24	398	182	79	103	216	88	128
2024-25	474	206	86	120	268	104	164
Average	393	393	63	123	393	91	116

California State University-Channel Islands Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.46% and the percentage of black students is 2.36% at California State University-Channel Islands. 6.40% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 58.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.11% to 22.46%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.74% to 6.40%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.32% to 2.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 48.09% to 58.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6009 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6593 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 University-Channel Islands 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	23	354	143	2,966	5	1,980	307
2016-17	23	368	154	3,178	7	1,978	324
2017-18	26	419	176	3,622	9	2,175	339
2018-19	20	456	166	3,765	10	2,114	305
2019-20	17	478	147	3,896	12	2,056	323
2020-21	11	449	153	4,021	18	1,940	313
2021-22	12	454	130	3,839	18	1,734	269
2022-23	13	412	123	3,594	14	1,443	223
2023-24	9	380	125	3,321	9	1,317	212
2024-25	10	358	132	3,272	9	1,256	222
Average	16	413	145	3,547	11	1,799	284

California State University-Channel Islands Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

929 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,217.86% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Channel Islands from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,167	28	1,274	4,865
2016-17	6,611	36	1,459	5,116
2017-18	7,455	34	1,999	5,422
2018-19	7,488	71	2,601	4,816
2019-20	7,525	227	3,060	4,238
2020-21	7,446	7,247	169	30
2021-22	6,966	1,245	4,439	1,282
2022-23	6,128	718	3,532	1,878
2023-24	5,688	871	3,641	1,176
2024-25	5,592	929	3,197	1,466
Average	6,707	1,141	2,537	3,029

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Enrollment Trends at CSU Channel Islands

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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