Enrollment Trends at San Francisco State

The student population at San Francisco State University is 22,563 (19,444 undergraduate and 3,119 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7,693 (25.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at San Francisco State is 86.18% which is decreased by 7,462 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 231 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 81 male students for every 100 female students, up from 75 in 2015.
1,684 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 351.47% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 27,387 where 22,563 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 30,256 students in 2016 and was lowest at 22,563 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 30,256 to 22,563 students, a net loss of 7,693 (25.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at San Francisco State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,256	26,906	11,738	15,168	3,350	1,240	2,110
2016-17	29,045 -1,211	25,945 -961	11,472 -266	14,473 -695	3,100 -250	1,107 -133	1,993 -117
2017-18	29,758 713	26,680 735	11,781 309	14,899 426	3,078 -22	1,055 -52	2,023 30
2018-19	29,778 20	26,531 -149	11,739 -42	14,792 -107	3,247 169	1,109 54	2,138 115
2019-20	29,032 -746	25,924 -607	11,603 -136	14,321 -471	3,108 -139	1,079 -30	2,029 -109
2020-21	27,349 -1,683	24,024 -1,900	10,710 -893	13,314 -1,007	3,325 217	1,148 69	2,177 148
2021-22	26,899 -450	23,424 -600	10,430 -280	12,994 -320	3,475 150	1,205 57	2,270 93
2022-23	25,282 -1,617	21,961 -1,463	9,749 -681	12,212 -782	3,321 -154	1,185 -20	2,136 -134
2023-24	23,908 -1,374	20,756 -1,205	9,446 -303	11,310 -902	3,152 -169	1,103 -82	2,049 -87
2024-25	22,563 -1,345	19,444 -1,312	8,956 -490	10,488 -822	3,119 -33	1,130 27	1,989 -60
Average	27,387	24,160	10,762	13,397	3,228	1,136	2,091

San Francisco State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 24,160 where 19,444 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 San Francisco State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	26,906	22,206	9,397	12,809	4,700	2,341	2,359
2016-17	25,945	21,515	9,262	12,253	4,430	2,210	2,220
2017-18	26,680	22,263	9,568	12,695	4,417	2,213	2,204
2018-19	26,531	22,191	9,557	12,634	4,340	2,182	2,158
2019-20	25,924	21,687	9,486	12,201	4,237	2,117	2,120
2020-21	24,024	19,847	8,595	11,252	4,177	2,115	2,062
2021-22	23,424	18,629	8,058	10,571	4,795	2,372	2,423
2022-23	21,961	17,379	7,574	9,805	4,582	2,175	2,407
2023-24	20,756	16,695	7,450	9,245	4,061	1,996	2,065
2024-25	19,444	15,416	6,984	8,432	4,028	1,972	2,056
Average	24,160	24,160	8,593	11,190	24,160	2,169	2,207

San Francisco State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,228 where 3,119 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 San Francisco State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,350	2,067	750	1,317	1,283	490	793
2016-17	3,100	1,900	646	1,254	1,200	461	739
2017-18	3,078	1,952	611	1,341	1,126	444	682
2018-19	3,247	1,995	634	1,361	1,252	475	777
2019-20	3,108	1,921	624	1,297	1,187	455	732
2020-21	3,325	2,172	699	1,473	1,153	449	704
2021-22	3,475	2,236	761	1,475	1,239	444	795
2022-23	3,321	2,084	707	1,377	1,237	478	759
2023-24	3,152	2,021	703	1,318	1,131	400	731
2024-25	3,119	2,003	721	1,282	1,116	409	707
Average	3,228	3,228	686	1,350	3,228	451	742

San Francisco State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.05% and the percentage of black students is 6.19% at San Francisco State University. 22.49% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 36.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 22.09% to 16.05%. Asian enrollment declined from 25.91% to 22.49%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.69% to 6.19%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 27.50% to 36.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7797 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8031 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at San Francisco State University 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	50	7,838	1,420	8,321	142	6,685	1,683
2016-17	52	7,640	1,404	8,383	128	6,086	1,687
2017-18	55	7,435	1,593	9,261	120	5,924	1,831
2018-19	50	7,393	1,611	9,595	135	5,650	1,755
2019-20	49	7,209	1,706	9,505	157	5,286	1,603
2020-21	47	6,789	1,573	9,195	153	4,737	1,457
2021-22	45	6,457	1,505	9,232	167	4,653	1,384
2022-23	38	6,031	1,472	9,237	147	4,376	1,311
2023-24	39	5,462	1,465	8,821	139	3,929	1,345
2024-25	38	5,075	1,396	8,341	126	3,621	1,330
Average	46	6,733	1,515	8,989	141	5,095	1,539

San Francisco State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,684 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 351.47% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at San Francisco State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	30,256	373	6,184	23,699
2016-17	29,045	322	7,825	20,898
2017-18	29,758	386	9,878	19,494
2018-19	29,778	418	10,593	18,767
2019-20	29,032	473	10,880	17,679
2020-21	27,349	25,452	1,107	790
2021-22	26,899	14,003	11,185	1,711
2022-23	25,282	3,034	14,727	7,521
2023-24	23,908	1,965	13,635	8,308
2024-25	22,563	1,684	12,257	8,622
Average	27,387	4,811	9,827	12,749

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Enrollment Trends at San Francisco 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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