Enrollment Trends at CSUN

The student population at California State University-Northridge is 38,313 (32,756 undergraduate and 5,557 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,235 (7.79%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CSUN is 85.50% which is decreased by 4,432 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,197 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 84 male students for every 100 female students, up from 83 in 2015.
2,866 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 585.65% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 39,705 where 38,313 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 41,548 students in 2016 and was lowest at 37,579 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 41,548 to 38,313 students, a net loss of 3,235 (7.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	41,548	37,188	17,194	19,994	4,360	1,590	2,770
2016-17	39,916 -1,632	35,756 -1,432	16,461 -733	19,295 -699	4,160 -200	1,516 -74	2,644 -126
2017-18	41,319 1,403	35,839 83	16,470 9	19,369 74	5,480 1,320	1,759 243	3,721 1,077
2018-19	40,212 -1,107	35,051 -788	16,101 -369	18,950 -419	5,161 -319	1,685 -74	3,476 -245
2019-20	39,910 -302	34,799 -252	15,739 -362	19,060 110	5,111 -50	1,641 -44	3,470 -6
2020-21	40,381 471	34,916 117	15,609 -130	19,307 247	5,465 354	1,799 158	3,666 196
2021-22	40,108 -273	34,496 -420	15,534 -75	18,962 -345	5,612 147	1,853 54	3,759 93
2022-23	37,579 -2,529	32,181 -2,315	14,710 -824	17,471 -1,491	5,398 -214	1,872 19	3,526 -233
2023-24	37,760 181	32,429 248	15,172 462	17,257 -214	5,331 -67	1,968 96	3,363 -163
2024-25	38,313 553	32,756 327	15,429 257	17,327 70	5,557 226	2,101 133	3,456 93
Average	39,705	34,541	15,842	18,699	5,164	1,778	3,385

California State University-Northridge Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 34,541 where 32,756 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-Northridge since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	37,188	30,281	13,689	16,592	6,907	3,505	3,402
2016-17	35,756	29,104	13,119	15,985	6,652	3,342	3,310
2017-18	35,839	29,739	13,426	16,313	6,100	3,044	3,056
2018-19	35,051	29,289	13,203	16,086	5,762	2,898	2,864
2019-20	34,799	29,320	12,985	16,335	5,479	2,754	2,725
2020-21	34,916	29,191	12,743	16,448	5,725	2,866	2,859
2021-22	34,496	28,242	12,332	15,910	6,254	3,202	3,052
2022-23	32,181	26,188	11,714	14,474	5,993	2,996	2,997
2023-24	32,429	26,653	12,251	14,402	5,776	2,921	2,855
2024-25	32,756	27,614	12,753	14,861	5,142	2,676	2,466
Average	34,541	34,541	12,822	15,741	34,541	3,020	2,959

California State University-Northridge Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,164 where 5,557 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-Northridge since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,360	2,165	759	1,406	2,195	831	1,364
2016-17	4,160	2,149	764	1,385	2,011	752	1,259
2017-18	5,480	2,266	745	1,521	3,214	1,014	2,200
2018-19	5,161	2,235	714	1,521	2,926	971	1,955
2019-20	5,111	2,158	677	1,481	2,953	964	1,989
2020-21	5,465	2,702	848	1,854	2,763	951	1,812
2021-22	5,612	2,702	851	1,851	2,910	1,002	1,908
2022-23	5,398	2,709	940	1,769	2,689	932	1,757
2023-24	5,331	2,740	1,080	1,660	2,591	888	1,703
2024-25	5,557	2,797	1,103	1,694	2,760	998	1,762
Average	5,164	5,164	848	1,614	5,164	930	1,771

California State University-Northridge Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.45% and the percentage of black students is 5.21% at California State University-Northridge. 8.56% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 54.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 24.00% to 18.45%. Asian enrollment declined from 11.01% to 8.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.99% to 5.21%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 42.02% to 54.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6531 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7502 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-Northridge 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	63	4,575	2,073	17,457	37	9,972	1,360
2016-17	52	4,304	1,843	17,530	45	9,265	1,338
2017-18	47	4,218	1,936	18,716	40	9,290	1,371
2018-19	47	3,935	1,847	18,852	42	8,714	1,222
2019-20	40	3,739	1,862	19,461	42	8,550	1,178
2020-21	35	3,592	1,830	20,221	53	8,713	1,156
2021-22	37	3,475	1,797	20,511	53	8,382	1,171
2022-23	28	3,344	1,750	20,107	52	7,535	1,110
2023-24	32	3,260	1,861	20,475	49	7,226	1,135
2024-25	38	3,280	1,996	21,049	44	7,068	1,201
Average	42	3,772	1,880	19,438	46	8,472	1,224

California State University-Northridge Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,866 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 585.65% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Northridge from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	41,548	418	15,712	25,418
2016-17	39,916	369	17,015	22,532
2017-18	41,319	1,112	19,015	21,192
2018-19	40,212	1,304	19,451	19,457
2019-20	39,910	1,506	20,249	18,155
2020-21	40,381	34,499	4,877	1,005
2021-22	40,108	28,617	9,659	1,832
2022-23	37,579	3,333	18,503	15,743
2023-24	37,760	2,913	19,303	15,544
2024-25	38,313	2,866	19,186	16,261
Average	39,705	7,694	16,297	15,714

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Enrollment Trends at CSUN

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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