Enrollment Trends at Sacramento State

The student population at California State University-Sacramento is 31,818 (28,921 undergraduate and 2,897 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,279 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Sacramento State is 90.90% which is increased by 3,297 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 18 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,262 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,163.69% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 30,841 where 31,818 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,297 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 18 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Sacramento State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California State University-Sacramento since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	28,539	25,624	11,066	14,558	2,915	921	1,994
2013-14	28,811 272	26,094 470	11,333 267	14,761 203	2,717 -198	939 18	1,778 -216
2014-15	29,349 538	26,739 645	11,661 328	15,078 317	2,610 -107	945 6	1,665 -113
2015-16	30,284 935	27,723 984	12,194 533	15,529 451	2,561 -49	927 -18	1,634 -31
2016-17	30,510 226	27,951 228	12,323 129	15,628 99	2,559 -2	911 -16	1,648 14
2017-18	31,255 745	28,454 503	12,528 205	15,926 298	2,801 242	998 87	1,803 155
2018-19	31,902 647	28,813 359	12,831 303	15,982 56	3,089 288	1,104 106	1,985 182
2019-20	31,992 90	28,819 6	12,823 -8	15,996 14	3,173 84	1,087 -17	2,086 101
2020-21	32,293 301	29,296 477	12,664 -159	16,632 636	2,997 -176	986 -101	2,011 -75
2021-22	32,498 205	29,451 155	12,603 -61	16,848 216	3,047 50	1,002 16	2,045 34
2022-23	31,818 -680	28,921 -530	12,647 44	16,274 -574	2,897 -150	939 -63	1,958 -87
Average	30,841	27,990	12,243	15,747	2,851	978	1,873

California State University-Sacramento Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 27,990 where 28,921 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Sacramento since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	25,624	20,667	8,736	11,931	4,957	2,330	2,627
2013-14	26,094	21,094	8,982	12,112	5,000	2,351	2,649
2014-15	26,739	21,352	9,121	12,231	5,387	2,540	2,847
2015-16	27,723	22,165	9,549	12,616	5,558	2,645	2,913
2016-17	27,951	23,234	10,061	13,173	4,717	2,262	2,455
2017-18	28,454	23,491	10,202	13,289	4,963	2,326	2,637
2018-19	28,813	23,676	10,410	13,266	5,137	2,421	2,716
2019-20	28,819	24,105	10,555	13,550	4,714	2,268	2,446
2020-21	29,296	24,068	10,076	13,992	5,228	2,588	2,640
2021-22	29,451	23,473	9,703	13,770	5,978	2,900	3,078
2022-23	28,921	22,598	9,637	12,961	6,323	3,010	3,313
Average	27,990	27,990	9,730	12,990	27,990	2,513	2,756

California State University-Sacramento Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,851 where 2,897 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Sacramento since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,915	1,721	473	1,248	1,194	448	746
2013-14	2,717	1,641	493	1,148	1,076	446	630
2014-15	2,610	1,588	499	1,089	1,022	446	576
2015-16	2,561	1,552	469	1,083	1,009	458	551
2016-17	2,559	1,577	474	1,103	982	437	545
2017-18	2,801	1,588	501	1,087	1,213	497	716
2018-19	3,089	1,791	578	1,213	1,298	526	772
2019-20	3,173	1,857	564	1,293	1,316	523	793
2020-21	2,997	1,618	472	1,146	1,379	514	865
2021-22	3,047	1,647	485	1,162	1,400	517	883
2022-23	2,897	1,655	463	1,192	1,242	476	766
Average	2,851	2,851	497	1,160	2,851	481	713

California State University-Sacramento Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.67% and the percentage of black students is 6.31% at California State University-Sacramento. 19.84% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Sacramento over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	145	5,506	1,701	6,462	230	10,247	1,515
2013-14	137	5,736	1,639	7,120	250	9,642	1,640
2014-15	126	5,910	1,608	7,794	248	9,165	1,785
2015-16	118	6,047	1,679	8,474	226	9,041	1,871
2016-17	103	6,141	1,719	8,983	223	8,619	1,891
2017-18	91	6,278	1,812	9,334	200	8,488	1,932
2018-19	87	6,140	1,850	9,893	220	8,645	1,942
2019-20	79	5,946	1,888	10,660	260	8,444	1,895
2020-21	76	6,063	1,972	11,123	282	8,392	1,887
2021-22	80	6,145	2,023	11,497	280	8,152	1,844
2022-23	88	6,313	2,009	11,975	301	7,530	1,810
Average	103	6,020	1,809	9,392	247	8,760	1,819

California State University-Sacramento Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,262 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,163.69% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Sacramento from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	29,349	179	5,124	24,046
2015-16	30,284	93	7,418	22,773
2016-17	30,510	118	9,968	20,424
2017-18	31,255	286	11,373	19,596
2018-19	31,902	578	12,655	18,669
2019-20	31,992	590	11,711	19,691
2020-21	32,293	25,082	6,663	548
2021-22	32,498	13,693	16,876	1,929
2022-23	31,818	2,262	17,615	11,941
Average	31,322	4,765	11,045	15,513

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