Enrollment Trends at San Jose State

The student population at San Jose State University is 37,661 (28,008 undergraduate and 9,653 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,888 (14.91%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at San Jose State is 74.37% which is increased by 1,186 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,702 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 94 male students for every 100 female students, down from 104 in 2015.
6,027 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,065.76% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 35,506 where 37,661 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 37,661 students in 2025 and was lowest at 32,154 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 32,773 to 37,661 students, a net gain of 4,888 (14.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	32,773	26,822	14,012	12,810	5,951	2,735	3,216
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
2023-24	36,062 311	27,111 248	14,103 104	13,008 144	8,951 63	3,369 68	5,582 -5
2024-25	37,661 1,599	28,008 897	14,636 533	13,372 364	9,653 702	3,644 275	6,009 427
Average	35,506	27,424	14,130	13,293	8,083	3,128	4,955

San Jose State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 27,424 where 28,008 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 Jose State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	27,111	21,807	11,199	10,608	5,304	2,904	2,400
2024-25	28,008	22,714	11,686	11,028	5,294	2,950	2,344
Average	27,424	27,424	11,503	11,049	27,424	2,628	2,244

San Jose State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8,083 where 9,653 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 Jose State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	8,951	4,416	1,752	2,664	4,535	1,617	2,918
2024-25	9,653	4,993	1,989	3,004	4,660	1,655	3,005
Average	8,083	8,083	1,717	2,516	8,083	1,411	2,439

San Jose State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.01% and the percentage of black students is 3.29% at San Jose State University. 33.83% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 19.87% to 16.01%. Asian enrollment grew from 32.10% to 33.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.08% to 3.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 23.19% to 29.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7679 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8003 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at San Jose 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	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
2023-24	44	12,330	1,179	10,469	146	5,794	1,747
2024-25	38	12,740	1,238	11,208	150	6,028	1,855
Average	38	11,618	1,153	9,468	147	6,280	1,662

San Jose State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,027 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,065.76% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at San Jose State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	36,062	5,358	17,954	12,750
2024-25	37,661	6,027	17,894	13,740
Average	35,506	7,137	11,579	16,790

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Enrollment Trends at San Jose 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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