Enrollment Trends at San Jose State

The student population at San Jose State University is 35,751 (26,863 undergraduate and 8,888 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,303 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at San Jose State is 75.14% which is increased by 1,706 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,597 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

5,790 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,724.39% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 34,162 where 35,751 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

75.14% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.86% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,706 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,597 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in San Jose State.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at San Jose State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	30,448	25,157	12,606	12,551	5,291	2,084	3,207
2013-14	31,278 830	25,862 705	13,208 602	12,654 103	5,416 125	2,205 121	3,211 4
2014-15	32,713 1,435	26,664 802	13,799 591	12,865 211	6,049 633	2,676 471	3,373 162
2015-16	32,773 60	26,822 158	14,012 213	12,810 -55	5,951 -98	2,735 59	3,216 -157
2016-17	32,154 -619	26,432 -390	13,859 -153	12,573 -237	5,722 -229	2,586 -149	3,136 -80
2017-18	35,835 3,681	27,778 1,346	14,450 591	13,328 755	8,057 2,335	3,150 564	4,907 1,771
2018-19	35,400 -435	27,327 -451	13,867 -583	13,460 132	8,073 16	3,129 -21	4,944 37
2019-20	36,085 685	27,905 578	14,008 141	13,897 437	8,180 107	3,092 -37	5,088 144
2020-21	36,208 123	27,701 -204	13,916 -92	13,785 -112	8,507 327	3,042 -50	5,465 377
2021-22	37,133 925	28,288 587	14,452 536	13,836 51	8,845 338	3,230 188	5,615 150
2022-23	35,751 -1,382	26,863 -1,425	13,999 -453	12,864 -972	8,888 43	3,301 71	5,587 -28
Average	34,162	26,982	13,834	13,148	7,180	2,839	4,341

San Jose State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 26,982 where 26,863 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 San Jose State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	25,157	20,320	10,194	10,126	4,837	2,412	2,425
2013-14	25,862	20,852	10,628	10,224	5,010	2,580	2,430
2014-15	26,664	21,341	10,939	10,402	5,323	2,860	2,463
2015-16	26,822	21,638	11,318	10,320	5,184	2,694	2,490
2016-17	26,432	21,613	11,322	10,291	4,819	2,537	2,282
2017-18	27,778	23,097	11,931	11,166	4,681	2,519	2,162
2018-19	27,327	23,099	11,600	11,499	4,228	2,267	1,961
2019-20	27,905	23,593	11,692	11,901	4,312	2,316	1,996
2020-21	27,701	23,317	11,492	11,825	4,384	2,424	1,960
2021-22	28,288	23,015	11,567	11,448	5,273	2,885	2,388
2022-23	26,863	21,626	11,219	10,407	5,237	2,780	2,457
Average	26,982	26,982	11,264	10,874	26,982	2,570	2,274

San Jose State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 7,180 where 8,888 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 San Jose State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,291	3,100	1,201	1,899	2,191	883	1,308
2013-14	5,416	3,344	1,343	2,001	2,072	862	1,210
2014-15	6,049	4,044	1,817	2,227	2,005	859	1,146
2015-16	5,951	3,833	1,780	2,053	2,118	955	1,163
2016-17	5,722	3,710	1,708	2,002	2,012	878	1,134
2017-18	8,057	4,310	1,836	2,474	3,747	1,314	2,433
2018-19	8,073	4,162	1,709	2,453	3,911	1,420	2,491
2019-20	8,180	4,061	1,566	2,495	4,119	1,526	2,593
2020-21	8,507	4,123	1,426	2,697	4,384	1,616	2,768
2021-22	8,845	4,318	1,633	2,685	4,527	1,597	2,930
2022-23	8,888	4,404	1,768	2,636	4,484	1,533	2,951
Average	7,180	7,180	1,617	2,329	7,180	1,222	2,012

San Jose State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.60% and the percentage of black students is 3.30% at San Jose State University. 34.42% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at San Jose State University 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	59	9,765	1,040	6,491	265	7,789	1,463
2013-14	45	10,089	1,020	6,858	229	7,466	1,504
2014-15	44	10,381	1,029	7,407	242	7,112	1,559
2015-16	46	10,519	1,010	7,601	115	6,511	1,609
2016-17	36	10,282	990	7,798	117	6,041	1,543
2017-18	39	11,098	1,144	8,955	140	6,847	1,658
2018-19	32	11,116	1,099	8,983	150	6,541	1,569
2019-20	28	11,419	1,179	9,470	161	6,418	1,618
2020-21	33	11,777	1,231	9,810	176	6,360	1,651
2021-22	40	12,592	1,277	10,238	168	6,323	1,721
2022-23	46	12,304	1,181	10,143	147	5,934	1,653
Average	41	11,031	1,109	8,523	174	6,667	1,595

San Jose State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,790 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,724.39% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at San Jose State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	32,713	205	1,451	31,057
2015-16	32,773	517	5,909	26,347
2016-17	32,154	593	6,354	25,207
2017-18	35,835	2,505	7,620	25,710
2018-19	35,400	2,633	8,114	24,653
2019-20	36,085	2,935	9,803	23,347
2020-21	36,208	33,220	2,503	485
2021-22	37,133	11,794	19,939	5,400
2022-23	35,751	5,790	19,698	10,263
Average	34,895	6,688	9,043	19,163

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