Enrollment Trends at CSUMB

The student population at California State University-Monterey Bay is 7,713 (6,907 undergraduate and 806 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 611 (8.60%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CSUMB is 89.55% which is increased by 259 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 352 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 65 male students for every 100 female students, up from 59 in 2015.
420 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 526.87% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,356 where 7,713 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 7,713 students in 2025 and was lowest at 6,742 in 2024. Overall, enrollment rose from 7,102 to 7,713 students, a net gain of 611 (8.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,102	6,648	2,497	4,151	454	140	314
2016-17	7,274 172	6,758 110	2,552 55	4,206 55	516 62	141 1	375 61
2017-18	7,584 310	6,764 6	2,517 -35	4,247 41	820 304	277 136	543 168
2018-19	7,540 -44	6,709 -55	2,527 10	4,182 -65	831 11	278 1	553 10
2019-20	7,650 110	6,789 80	2,623 96	4,166 -16	861 30	259 -19	602 49
2020-21	7,409 -241	6,509 -280	2,456 -167	4,053 -113	900 39	261 2	639 37
2021-22	7,503 94	6,692 183	2,550 94	4,142 89	811 -89	242 -19	569 -70
2022-23	7,045 -458	6,248 -444	2,476 -74	3,772 -370	797 -14	212 -30	585 16
2023-24	6,742 -303	5,909 -339	2,411 -65	3,498 -274	833 36	227 15	606 21
2024-25	7,713 971	6,907 998	2,815 404	4,092 594	806 -27	220 -7	586 -20
Average	7,356	6,593	2,542	4,051	763	226	537

California State University-Monterey Bay Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,593 where 6,907 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-Monterey Bay since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,648	6,171	2,305	3,866	477	192	285
2016-17	6,758	6,226	2,336	3,890	532	216	316
2017-18	6,764	6,109	2,213	3,896	655	304	351
2018-19	6,709	6,048	2,205	3,843	661	322	339
2019-20	6,789	6,055	2,234	3,821	734	389	345
2020-21	6,509	5,703	2,036	3,667	806	420	386
2021-22	6,692	5,848	2,126	3,722	844	424	420
2022-23	6,248	5,423	2,061	3,362	825	415	410
2023-24	5,909	5,204	2,066	3,138	705	345	360
2024-25	6,907	6,130	2,436	3,694	777	379	398
Average	6,593	6,593	2,202	3,690	6,593	341	361

California State University-Monterey Bay Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 763 where 806 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-Monterey Bay since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	454	298	85	213	156	55	101
2016-17	516	350	87	263	166	54	112
2017-18	820	428	119	309	392	158	234
2018-19	831	409	104	305	422	174	248
2019-20	861	477	111	366	384	148	236
2020-21	900	637	176	461	263	85	178
2021-22	811	609	172	437	202	70	132
2022-23	797	526	119	407	271	93	178
2023-24	833	580	138	442	253	89	164
2024-25	806	564	138	426	242	82	160
Average	763	763	125	363	763	101	174

California State University-Monterey Bay Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.81% and the percentage of black students is 2.29% at California State University-Monterey Bay. 6.09% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 55.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.36% to 25.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.04% to 6.09%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.70% to 2.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 40.96% to 55.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6174 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7304 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-Monterey 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	28	358	405	2,909	24	2,156	440
2016-17	21	376	362	3,222	19	2,003	422
2017-18	25	407	316	3,421	27	1,961	448
2018-19	18	403	293	3,440	34	1,898	406
2019-20	19	436	259	3,635	31	1,962	375
2020-21	18	468	227	3,694	28	1,932	371
2021-22	18	479	208	3,788	29	1,946	356
2022-23	11	461	178	3,750	20	1,863	318
2023-24	10	429	171	3,586	20	1,796	356
2024-25	18	470	177	4,286	22	1,991	418
Average	19	429	260	3,573	25	1,951	391

California State University-Monterey Bay Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

420 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 526.87% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Monterey Bay from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,102	67	1,663	5,372
2016-17	7,274	68	2,068	5,138
2017-18	7,584	206	1,920	5,458
2018-19	7,540	487	2,205	4,848
2019-20	7,650	469	2,395	4,786
2020-21	7,409	7,061	318	30
2021-22	7,503	1,228	5,082	1,193
2022-23	7,045	502	2,563	3,980
2023-24	6,742	538	2,672	3,532
2024-25	7,713	420	3,559	3,734
Average	7,356	1,105	2,445	3,807

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Enrollment Trends at CSUMB

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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