Enrollment Trends at Chico State

The student population at California State University-Chico is 15,257 (13,792 undergraduate and 1,465 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,963 (11.40%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Chico State is 90.40% which is decreased by 2,335 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 372 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, down from 88 in 2015.
2,599 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 606.25% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,375 where 15,257 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 17,875 students in 2018 and was lowest at 14,183 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 17,220 to 15,257 students, a net loss of 1,963 (11.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,220	16,127	7,669	8,458	1,093	373	720
2016-17	17,557 337	16,471 344	7,802 133	8,669 211	1,086 -7	349 -24	737 17
2017-18	17,875 318	16,710 239	7,860 58	8,850 181	1,165 79	354 5	811 74
2018-19	17,578 -297	16,483 -227	7,751 -109	8,732 -118	1,095 -70	320 -34	775 -36
2019-20	17,110 -468	16,164 -319	7,574 -177	8,590 -142	946 -149	266 -54	680 -95
2020-21	16,746 -364	15,747 -417	7,226 -348	8,521 -69	999 53	270 4	729 49
2021-22	15,702 -1,044	14,462 -1,285	6,586 -640	7,876 -645	1,240 241	417 147	823 94
2022-23	14,183 -1,519	12,981 -1,481	5,939 -647	7,042 -834	1,202 -38	398 -19	804 -19
2023-24	14,523 340	13,160 179	5,857 -82	7,303 261	1,363 161	456 58	907 103
2024-25	15,257 734	13,792 632	6,006 149	7,786 483	1,465 102	520 64	945 38
Average	16,375	15,210	7,027	8,183	1,165	372	793

California State University-Chico Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 15,210 where 13,792 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-Chico since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,127	14,934	7,043	7,891	1,193	626	567
2016-17	16,471	15,246	7,187	8,059	1,225	615	610
2017-18	16,710	15,446	7,252	8,194	1,264	608	656
2018-19	16,483	15,254	7,161	8,093	1,229	590	639
2019-20	16,164	15,000	7,021	7,979	1,164	553	611
2020-21	15,747	14,228	6,450	7,778	1,519	776	743
2021-22	14,462	12,908	5,867	7,041	1,554	719	835
2022-23	12,981	11,584	5,295	6,289	1,397	644	753
2023-24	13,160	11,831	5,266	6,565	1,329	591	738
2024-25	13,792	12,415	5,480	6,935	1,377	526	851
Average	15,210	15,210	6,402	7,482	15,210	625	700

California State University-Chico Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,165 where 1,465 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-Chico since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,093	772	257	515	321	116	205
2016-17	1,086	759	222	537	327	127	200
2017-18	1,165	777	210	567	388	144	244
2018-19	1,095	747	208	539	348	112	236
2019-20	946	721	201	520	225	65	160
2020-21	999	751	195	556	248	75	173
2021-22	1,240	711	219	492	529	198	331
2022-23	1,202	722	225	497	480	173	307
2023-24	1,363	782	226	556	581	230	351
2024-25	1,465	818	287	531	647	233	414
Average	1,165	1,165	225	531	1,165	147	262

California State University-Chico Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.15% and the percentage of black students is 2.97% at California State University-Chico. 5.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 37.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.88% to 41.15%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.75% to 5.47%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.34% to 2.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 27.94% to 37.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6804 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7049 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-Chico 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	98	991	403	4,811	26	7,900	886
2016-17	100	982	426	5,278	33	7,720	936
2017-18	97	940	445	5,645	34	7,700	968
2018-19	90	958	459	5,833	38	7,555	911
2019-20	90	937	461	5,786	40	7,465	902
2020-21	85	911	468	5,864	39	7,319	904
2021-22	74	894	428	5,580	38	6,803	818
2022-23	56	808	366	5,192	27	6,179	752
2023-24	68	826	393	5,397	33	6,143	808
2024-25	80	835	453	5,768	39	6,279	893
Average	84	908	430	5,515	35	7,106	878

California State University-Chico Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,599 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 606.25% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Chico from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	17,220	368	4,280	12,572
2016-17	17,557	406	4,824	12,327
2017-18	17,875	514	4,693	12,668
2018-19	17,578	529	4,803	12,246
2019-20	17,110	568	5,456	11,086
2020-21	16,746	15,669	1,064	13
2021-22	15,702	3,334	10,804	1,564
2022-23	14,183	1,703	8,526	3,954
2023-24	14,523	2,144	8,554	3,825
2024-25	15,257	2,599	8,894	3,764
Average	16,375	2,783	6,190	7,402

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Enrollment Trends at Chico State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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