Enrollment Trends at UC Berkeley

The student population at University of California-Berkeley is 45,882 (33,070 undergraduate and 12,812 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 7,693 (20.14%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UC Berkeley is 72.08% which is increased by 5,574 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,119 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 85 male students for every 100 female students, down from 99 in 2015.
1,793 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 301.12% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 43,017 where 45,882 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 45,882 students in 2025 and was lowest at 38,189 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 38,189 to 45,882 students, a net gain of 7,693 (20.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-Berkeley since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	38,189	27,496	13,183	14,313	10,693	5,783	4,910
2016-17	40,154 1,965	29,310 1,814	14,165 982	15,145 832	10,844 151	5,884 101	4,960 50
2017-18	41,891 1,737	30,574 1,264	14,608 443	15,966 821	11,317 473	6,101 217	5,216 256
2018-19	42,501 610	30,853 279	14,622 14	16,231 265	11,648 331	6,244 143	5,404 188
2019-20	43,185 684	31,348 495	14,431 -191	16,917 686	11,837 189	6,360 116	5,477 73
2020-21	42,327 -858	30,799 -549	14,178 -253	16,621 -296	11,528 -309	6,143 -217	5,385 -92
2021-22	45,036 2,709	31,814 1,015	14,442 264	17,372 751	13,222 1,694	6,831 688	6,391 1,006
2022-23	45,307 271	32,479 665	14,435 -7	18,044 672	12,828 -394	6,550 -281	6,278 -113
2023-24	45,699 392	33,078 599	14,575 140	18,503 459	12,621 -207	6,455 -95	6,166 -112
2024-25	45,882 183	33,070 -8	14,622 47	18,448 -55	12,812 191	6,518 63	6,294 128
Average	43,017	31,082	14,326	16,756	11,935	6,287	5,648

University of California-Berkeley Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 31,082 where 33,070 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 University of California-Berkeley since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	27,496	26,622	12,756	13,866	874	427	447
2016-17	29,310	28,108	13,575	14,533	1,202	590	612
2017-18	30,574	29,351	14,016	15,335	1,223	592	631
2018-19	30,853	29,570	14,000	15,570	1,283	622	661
2019-20	31,348	29,991	13,825	16,166	1,357	606	751
2020-21	30,799	29,300	13,478	15,822	1,499	700	799
2021-22	31,814	30,200	13,697	16,503	1,614	745	869
2022-23	32,479	30,824	13,636	17,188	1,655	799	856
2023-24	33,078	31,548	13,871	17,677	1,530	704	826
2024-25	33,070	31,576	13,883	17,693	1,494	739	755
Average	31,082	31,082	13,674	16,035	31,082	652	721

University of California-Berkeley Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 11,935 where 12,812 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 University of California-Berkeley since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,693	9,338	4,892	4,446	1,355	891	464
2016-17	10,844	9,213	4,794	4,419	1,631	1,090	541
2017-18	11,317	9,601	4,976	4,625	1,716	1,125	591
2018-19	11,648	9,823	5,053	4,770	1,825	1,191	634
2019-20	11,837	9,959	5,169	4,790	1,878	1,191	687
2020-21	11,528	9,502	4,872	4,630	2,026	1,271	755
2021-22	13,222	10,737	5,355	5,382	2,485	1,476	1,009
2022-23	12,828	10,198	4,992	5,206	2,630	1,558	1,072
2023-24	12,621	10,024	4,906	5,118	2,597	1,549	1,048
2024-25	12,812	10,183	4,961	5,222	2,629	1,557	1,072
Average	11,935	11,935	4,997	4,861	11,935	1,290	787

University of California-Berkeley Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.96% and the percentage of black students is 2.51% at University of California-Berkeley. 31.24% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 29.97% to 21.96%. Asian enrollment grew from 29.65% to 31.24%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.31% to 2.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.22% to 18.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8147 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8050 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Berkeley 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	79	11,322	883	4,666	78	11,447	1,626
2016-17	87	11,963	877	5,149	49	11,797	1,635
2017-18	64	12,158	828	5,660	39	11,970	2,231
2018-19	48	12,501	842	5,633	44	11,678	2,288
2019-20	66	13,026	920	6,099	64	11,569	2,316
2020-21	59	12,931	1,025	6,884	56	10,761	2,328
2021-22	67	13,444	1,138	7,634	60	10,776	2,408
2022-23	63	13,742	1,140	7,919	61	10,369	2,485
2023-24	65	14,082	1,152	8,474	51	10,034	2,608
2024-25	74	14,333	1,152	8,581	47	10,075	2,844
Average	67	12,950	996	6,670	55	11,048	2,277

University of California-Berkeley Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,793 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 301.12% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-Berkeley from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	38,189	447	744	36,998
2016-17	40,154	503	272	39,379
2017-18	41,891	651	930	40,310
2018-19	42,501	651	930	40,920
2019-20	43,185	870	1,472	40,843
2020-21	42,327	31,439	9,725	1,163
2021-22	45,036	4,681	26,398	13,957
2022-23	45,307	1,622	8,078	35,607
2023-24	45,699	1,745	8,683	35,271
2024-25	45,882	1,793	7,867	36,222
Average	43,017	4,440	6,510	32,067

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Enrollment Trends at UC Berkeley

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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