Enrollment Trends at Sonoma State

The student population at Sonoma State University is 6,637 (5,934 undergraduate and 703 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,384 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Sonoma State is 89.41% which is decreased by 2,230 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 154 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

384 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,376.92% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,729 where 6,637 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,230 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 154 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Sonoma State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,021	8,164	3,273	4,891	857	240	617
2013-14	9,120 99	8,391 227	3,254 -19	5,137 246	729 -128	204 -36	525 -92
2014-15	9,290 170	8,512 121	3,223 -31	5,289 152	778 49	223 19	555 30
2015-16	9,408 118	8,654 142	3,283 60	5,371 82	754 -24	199 -24	555 0
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
Average	8,729	7,965	3,038	4,927	763	217	546

Sonoma State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,965 where 5,934 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 Sonoma State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,164	7,315	2,916	4,399	849	357	492
2013-14	8,391	7,679	2,940	4,739	712	314	398
2014-15	8,512	7,802	2,907	4,895	710	316	394
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
Average	7,965	7,965	2,678	4,489	7,965	360	439

Sonoma State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 763 where 703 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 Sonoma State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	857	470	119	351	387	121	266
2013-14	729	373	99	274	356	105	251
2014-15	778	419	108	311	359	115	244
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
Average	763	763	98	298	763	119	248

Sonoma State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.04% and the percentage of black students is 2.79% at Sonoma State University. 4.84% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sonoma 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	50	350	175	1,798	16	5,199	527
2013-14	54	389	192	2,077	18	5,005	554
2014-15	49	420	202	2,342	20	4,819	606
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
Average	39	418	197	2,603	23	4,160	538

Sonoma State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

384 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,376.92% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sonoma State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,290	26	129	9,135
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
Average	8,653	1,187	1,557	5,909

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