Enrollment Trends at Sonoma State

The student population at Sonoma State University is 5,891 (5,272 undergraduate and 619 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,517 (37.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Sonoma State is 89.49% which is decreased by 3,382 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 135 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 64 male students for every 100 female students, up from 59 in 2015.
210 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 483.33% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,047 where 5,891 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 9,481 students in 2018 and was lowest at 5,891 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 9,408 to 5,891 students, a net loss of 3,517 (37.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,408	8,654	3,283	5,371	754	199	555
2016-17	9,323 -85	8,631 -23	3,192 -91	5,439 68	692 -62	178 -21	514 -41
2017-18	9,481 158	8,667 36	3,261 69	5,406 -33	814 122	245 67	569 55
2018-19	9,459 -22	8,682 15	3,376 115	5,306 -100	777 -37	219 -26	558 -11
2019-20	8,887 -572	8,143 -539	3,100 -276	5,043 -263	744 -33	210 -9	534 -24
2020-21	8,018 -869	7,255 -888	2,710 -390	4,545 -498	763 19	216 6	547 13
2021-22	7,371 -647	6,587 -668	2,495 -215	4,092 -453	784 21	244 28	540 -7
2022-23	6,637 -734	5,934 -653	2,251 -244	3,683 -409	703 -81	207 -37	496 -44
2023-24	5,990 -647	5,412 -522	2,097 -154	3,315 -368	578 -125	169 -38	409 -87
2024-25	5,891 -99	5,272 -140	2,127 30	3,145 -170	619 41	180 11	439 30
Average	8,047	7,324	2,789	4,535	723	207	516

Sonoma State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,324 where 5,272 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 Sonoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,654	7,821	2,884	4,937	833	399	434
2016-17	8,631	7,806	2,804	5,002	825	388	437
2017-18	8,667	7,887	2,910	4,977	780	351	429
2018-19	8,682	7,888	3,026	4,862	794	350	444
2019-20	8,143	7,416	2,767	4,649	727	333	394
2020-21	7,255	6,419	2,308	4,111	836	402	434
2021-22	6,587	5,732	2,117	3,615	855	378	477
2022-23	5,934	5,068	1,876	3,192	866	375	491
2023-24	5,412	4,716	1,839	2,877	696	258	438
2024-25	5,272	4,572	1,824	2,748	700	303	397
Average	7,324	7,324	2,436	4,097	7,324	354	438

Sonoma State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 723 where 619 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 Sonoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	754	440	113	327	314	86	228
2016-17	692	379	81	298	313	97	216
2017-18	814	396	101	295	418	144	274
2018-19	777	404	90	314	373	129	244
2019-20	744	368	92	276	376	118	258
2020-21	763	392	98	294	371	118	253
2021-22	784	376	95	281	408	149	259
2022-23	703	342	84	258	361	123	238
2023-24	578	308	69	239	270	100	170
2024-25	619	368	93	275	251	87	164
Average	723	723	92	286	723	115	230

Sonoma State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.35% and the percentage of black students is 2.78% at Sonoma State University. 4.62% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 40.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.67% to 41.35%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.94% to 4.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.19% to 2.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 27.59% to 40.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6571 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6796 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sonoma 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	47	465	206	2,596	19	4,579	623
2016-17	38	473	199	2,758	20	4,393	597
2017-18	42	485	220	2,938	27	4,216	609
2018-19	41	476	214	3,025	30	4,193	580
2019-20	25	438	191	3,002	27	3,900	573
2020-21	27	404	191	2,804	25	3,485	486
2021-22	30	378	192	2,668	25	3,176	404
2022-23	25	321	185	2,628	27	2,790	363
2023-24	20	300	158	2,409	20	2,491	330
2024-25	23	272	164	2,394	16	2,436	367
Average	32	401	192	2,722	24	3,566	493

Sonoma State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

210 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 483.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sonoma State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	9,408	36	626	8,746
2016-17	9,323	21	1,004	8,298
2017-18	9,481	39	1,108	8,334
2018-19	9,459	26	1,268	8,165
2019-20	8,887	90	1,528	7,269
2020-21	8,018	7,382	523	113
2021-22	7,371	2,679	4,146	546
2022-23	6,637	384	3,678	2,575
2023-24	5,990	266	2,804	2,920
2024-25	5,891	210	2,717	2,964
Average	8,047	1,113	1,940	4,993

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Enrollment Trends at Sonoma 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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