Enrollment Trends at Humboldt State

The student population at California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt is 6,237 (5,661 undergraduate and 576 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,553 (29.04%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Humboldt State is 90.76% which is decreased by 2,598 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 45 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, up from 78 in 2015.
548 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 368.38% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,191 where 6,237 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 8,790 students in 2016 and was lowest at 5,908 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,790 to 6,237 students, a net loss of 2,553 (29%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,790	8,259	3,652	4,607	531	191	340
2016-17	8,503 -287	7,982 -277	3,503 -149	4,479 -128	521 -10	213 22	308 -32
2017-18	8,525 22	7,862 -120	3,398 -105	4,464 -15	663 142	244 31	419 111
2018-19	7,972 -553	7,319 -543	3,163 -235	4,156 -308	653 -10	220 -24	433 14
2019-20	7,180 -792	6,580 -739	2,803 -360	3,777 -379	600 -53	194 -26	406 -27
2020-21	6,612 -568	6,008 -572	2,499 -304	3,509 -268	604 4	197 3	407 1
2021-22	5,908 -704	5,354 -654	2,226 -273	3,128 -381	554 -50	166 -31	388 -19
2022-23	6,025 117	5,461 107	2,330 104	3,131 3	564 10	174 8	390 2
2023-24	6,156 131	5,594 133	2,478 148	3,116 -15	562 -2	194 20	368 -22
2024-25	6,237 81	5,661 67	2,576 98	3,085 -31	576 14	186 -8	390 22
Average	7,191	6,608	2,863	3,745	583	198	385

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,608 where 5,661 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 Polytechnic University-Humboldt since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,259	7,713	3,378	4,335	546	274	272
2016-17	7,982	7,501	3,241	4,260	481	262	219
2017-18	7,862	7,270	3,112	4,158	592	286	306
2018-19	7,319	6,735	2,875	3,860	584	288	296
2019-20	6,580	6,087	2,562	3,525	493	241	252
2020-21	6,008	5,238	2,127	3,111	770	372	398
2021-22	5,354	4,643	1,885	2,758	711	341	370
2022-23	5,461	4,669	1,987	2,682	792	343	449
2023-24	5,594	4,891	2,172	2,719	703	306	397
2024-25	5,661	4,921	2,248	2,673	740	328	412
Average	6,608	6,608	2,559	3,408	6,608	304	337

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 583 where 576 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 Polytechnic University-Humboldt since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	531	385	136	249	146	55	91
2016-17	521	384	163	221	137	50	87
2017-18	663	445	160	285	218	84	134
2018-19	653	413	136	277	240	84	156
2019-20	600	392	125	267	208	69	139
2020-21	604	406	125	281	198	72	126
2021-22	554	412	129	283	142	37	105
2022-23	564	395	131	264	169	43	126
2023-24	562	381	128	253	181	66	115
2024-25	576	400	131	269	176	55	121
Average	583	583	136	265	583	62	120

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.34%. The percentage was 45.53% 10 years ago and Humboldt State still has a high percentage of white students. 3.29% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.49% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 28.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 45.53% to 51.34%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.44% to 3.29%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.30% to 2.49%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 31.47% to 28.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6482 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6873 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 Polytechnic University-Humboldt 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	96	302	290	2,766	16	4,002	558
2016-17	89	279	271	2,869	20	3,715	570
2017-18	108	255	287	2,850	17	3,652	590
2018-19	104	225	280	2,692	23	3,456	519
2019-20	100	199	223	2,378	21	3,216	477
2020-21	100	196	230	2,170	18	2,985	422
2021-22	84	171	183	1,871	20	2,818	369
2022-23	109	171	179	1,803	18	3,032	401
2023-24	88	203	165	1,811	20	3,096	445
2024-25	106	205	155	1,776	15	3,202	449
Average	98	221	226	2,299	19	3,317	480

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

548 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 368.38% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,790	117	1,979	6,694
2016-17	8,503	115	1,886	6,502
2017-18	8,525	306	2,100	6,119
2018-19	7,972	300	1,865	5,807
2019-20	7,180	303	1,808	5,069
2020-21	6,612	5,055	1,525	32
2021-22	5,908	1,923	3,740	245
2022-23	6,025	627	3,301	2,097
2023-24	6,156	560	3,385	2,211
2024-25	6,237	548	2,932	2,757
Average	7,191	985	2,452	3,753

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Enrollment Trends at Humboldt 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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