Enrollment Trends at Fresno State

The student population at California State University-Fresno is 24,427 (21,954 undergraduate and 2,473 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 291 (1.21%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Fresno State is 89.88% which is increased by 472 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 181 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 69 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
855 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 165.53% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 24,626 where 24,427 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 25,497 students in 2021 and was lowest at 23,986 in 2024. Overall, enrollment rose from 24,136 to 24,427 students, a net gain of 291 (1.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	24,136	21,482	9,142	12,340	2,654	910	1,744
2016-17	24,405 269	21,530 48	9,125 -17	12,405 65	2,875 221	956 46	1,919 175
2017-18	25,325 920	22,261 731	9,378 253	12,883 478	3,064 189	1,025 69	2,039 120
2018-19	25,137 -188	22,125 -136	9,108 -270	13,017 134	3,012 -52	982 -43	2,030 -9
2019-20	24,298 -839	21,541 -584	8,834 -274	12,707 -310	2,757 -255	880 -102	1,877 -153
2020-21	25,497 1,199	22,704 1,163	9,209 375	13,495 788	2,793 36	891 11	1,902 25
2021-22	25,047 -450	22,187 -517	8,852 -357	13,335 -160	2,860 67	967 76	1,893 -9
2022-23	23,999 -1,048	21,354 -833	8,696 -156	12,658 -677	2,645 -215	888 -79	1,757 -136
2023-24	23,986 -13	21,430 76	8,937 241	12,493 -165	2,556 -89	854 -34	1,702 -55
2024-25	24,427 441	21,954 524	9,123 186	12,831 338	2,473 -83	827 -27	1,646 -56
Average	24,626	21,857	9,040	12,816	2,769	918	1,851

California State University-Fresno Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 21,857 where 21,954 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-Fresno since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,482	18,671	7,782	10,889	2,811	1,360	1,451
2016-17	21,530	18,843	7,873	10,970	2,687	1,252	1,435
2017-18	22,261	19,432	8,037	11,395	2,829	1,341	1,488
2018-19	22,125	19,369	7,841	11,528	2,756	1,267	1,489
2019-20	21,541	18,901	7,635	11,266	2,640	1,199	1,441
2020-21	22,704	19,297	7,623	11,674	3,407	1,586	1,821
2021-22	22,187	18,516	7,226	11,290	3,671	1,626	2,045
2022-23	21,354	17,563	7,010	10,553	3,791	1,686	2,105
2023-24	21,430	17,763	7,281	10,482	3,667	1,656	2,011
2024-25	21,954	18,227	7,453	10,774	3,727	1,670	2,057
Average	21,857	21,857	7,576	11,082	21,857	1,464	1,734

California State University-Fresno Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,769 where 2,473 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-Fresno since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,654	1,858	614	1,244	796	296	500
2016-17	2,875	2,092	649	1,443	783	307	476
2017-18	3,064	2,114	678	1,436	950	347	603
2018-19	3,012	2,075	618	1,457	937	364	573
2019-20	2,757	1,895	553	1,342	862	327	535
2020-21	2,793	1,916	576	1,340	877	315	562
2021-22	2,860	1,991	633	1,358	869	334	535
2022-23	2,645	1,849	587	1,262	796	301	495
2023-24	2,556	1,786	556	1,230	770	298	472
2024-25	2,473	1,783	573	1,210	690	254	436
Average	2,769	2,769	604	1,332	2,769	314	519

California State University-Fresno Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 15.41% and the percentage of black students is 2.95% at California State University-Fresno. 11.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 61.42% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 22.41% to 15.41%. Asian enrollment declined from 14.04% to 11.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.25% to 2.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 45.77% to 61.42%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5844 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7186 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-Fresno 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	75	3,388	785	11,048	44	5,409	694
2016-17	88	3,352	746	11,651	40	5,157	677
2017-18	102	3,423	753	12,442	43	4,982	720
2018-19	105	3,245	694	12,844	44	4,820	698
2019-20	98	3,041	642	12,801	44	4,606	656
2020-21	106	3,084	712	13,939	48	4,670	682
2021-22	85	3,036	708	14,009	40	4,460	645
2022-23	69	2,881	672	14,189	32	4,055	573
2023-24	75	2,793	702	14,444	30	3,810	581
2024-25	79	2,801	720	15,002	28	3,765	633
Average	88	3,104	713	13,237	39	4,573	656

California State University-Fresno Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

855 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 165.53% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Fresno from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	24,136	322	6,358	17,456
2016-17	24,405	264	6,632	17,509
2017-18	25,325	296	6,903	18,126
2018-19	25,137	231	6,013	18,893
2019-20	24,298	232	7,379	16,687
2020-21	25,497	24,324	998	175
2021-22	25,047	3,207	17,956	3,884
2022-23	23,999	812	12,144	11,043
2023-24	23,986	953	11,782	11,251
2024-25	24,427	855	13,004	10,568
Average	24,626	3,150	8,917	12,559

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Enrollment Trends at Fresno 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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