Enrollment Trends at Cal State East Bay

The student population at California State University-East Bay is 12,326 (9,909 undergraduate and 2,417 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,202 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Cal State East Bay is 80.39% which is decreased by 3,149 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 53 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,497 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 364.09% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,039 where 12,326 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

80.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,149 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 53 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Cal State East Bay than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,528	13,058	5,025	8,033	2,470	947	1,523
2016-17	15,855 327	13,407 349	5,223 198	8,184 151	2,448 -22	928 -19	1,520 -3
2017-18	16,538 683	13,474 67	5,165 -58	8,309 125	3,064 616	1,109 181	1,955 435
2018-19	15,628 -910	12,836 -638	5,027 -138	7,809 -500	2,792 -272	1,033 -76	1,759 -196
2019-20	16,064 436	13,202 366	5,259 232	7,943 134	2,862 70	1,017 -16	1,845 86
2020-21	16,253 189	13,141 -61	5,239 -20	7,902 -41	3,112 250	1,047 30	2,065 220
2021-22	15,189 -1,064	12,114 -1,027	4,827 -412	7,287 -615	3,075 -37	1,040 -7	2,035 -30
2022-23	13,673 -1,516	10,796 -1,318	4,369 -458	6,427 -860	2,877 -198	1,112 72	1,765 -270
2023-24	13,333 -340	10,562 -234	4,353 -16	6,209 -218	2,771 -106	1,057 -55	1,714 -51
2024-25	12,326 -1,007	9,909 -653	4,113 -240	5,796 -413	2,417 -354	895 -162	1,522 -192
Average	15,039	12,250	4,860	7,390	2,789	1,019	1,770

California State University-East Bay Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,250 where 9,909 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-East Bay since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,058	11,138	4,266	6,872	1,920	759	1,161
2016-17	13,407	11,578	4,490	7,088	1,829	733	1,096
2017-18	13,474	11,539	4,400	7,139	1,935	765	1,170
2018-19	12,836	10,187	3,924	6,263	2,649	1,103	1,546
2019-20	13,202	10,635	4,168	6,467	2,567	1,091	1,476
2020-21	13,141	10,473	4,099	6,374	2,668	1,140	1,528
2021-22	12,114	9,447	3,726	5,721	2,667	1,101	1,566
2022-23	10,796	8,165	3,312	4,853	2,631	1,057	1,574
2023-24	10,562	7,974	3,307	4,667	2,588	1,046	1,542
2024-25	9,909	7,594	3,156	4,438	2,315	957	1,358
Average	12,250	12,250	3,885	5,988	12,250	975	1,402

California State University-East Bay Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,789 where 2,417 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-East Bay since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,470	1,195	398	797	1,275	549	726
2016-17	2,448	1,213	408	805	1,235	520	715
2017-18	3,064	1,553	541	1,012	1,511	568	943
2018-19	2,792	1,699	610	1,089	1,093	423	670
2019-20	2,862	1,859	650	1,209	1,003	367	636
2020-21	3,112	2,034	658	1,376	1,078	389	689
2021-22	3,075	2,092	694	1,398	983	346	637
2022-23	2,877	1,951	754	1,197	926	358	568
2023-24	2,771	1,900	733	1,167	871	324	547
2024-25	2,417	1,616	623	993	801	272	529
Average	2,789	2,789	607	1,104	2,789	412	666

California State University-East Bay Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.34% and the percentage of black students is 8.96% at California State University-East Bay. 20.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 37.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 17.57% to 16.34%. Asian enrollment declined from 22.04% to 20.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.41% to 8.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 28.32% to 37.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7824 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8266 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-East Bay 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	37	3,422	1,617	4,397	141	2,728	826
2016-17	30	3,551	1,619	4,694	137	2,664	838
2017-18	34	3,820	1,589	5,005	131	2,680	915
2018-19	27	3,523	1,526	4,983	142	2,512	766
2019-20	13	3,638	1,537	5,317	150	2,601	767
2020-21	24	3,679	1,490	5,483	167	2,730	813
2021-22	18	3,441	1,355	5,284	159	2,470	716
2022-23	21	2,990	1,202	4,951	133	2,218	658
2023-24	17	2,774	1,153	4,894	123	2,139	645
2024-25	21	2,523	1,105	4,589	104	2,014	588
Average	24	3,336	1,419	4,960	139	2,476	753

California State University-East Bay Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,497 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 364.09% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-East Bay from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	15,528	969	6,715	7,844
2016-17	15,855	983	6,930	7,942
2017-18	16,538	1,641	6,967	7,930
2018-19	15,628	1,554	6,927	7,147
2019-20	16,064	1,885	7,476	6,703
2020-21	16,253	15,367	858	28
2021-22	15,189	7,069	5,815	2,305
2022-23	13,673	3,715	6,231	3,727
2023-24	13,333	4,382	6,177	2,774
2024-25	12,326	4,497	5,436	2,393
Average	15,039	4,206	5,953	4,879

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Enrollment Trends at Cal State East Bay

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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