Enrollment Trends at UCSD

The student population at University of California-San Diego is 44,256 (34,955 undergraduate and 9,301 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 11,350 (34.49%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UCSD is 78.98% which is increased by 8,365 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,985 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 90 male students for every 100 female students, down from 118 in 2015.
236 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,850.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 39,038 where 44,256 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 32,906 to 44,256 students, a gain of 11,350 (34.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	32,906	26,590	13,956	12,634	6,316	3,866	2,450
2016-17	34,979 2,073	28,127 1,537	14,620 664	13,507 873	6,852 536	4,187 321	2,665 215
2017-18	35,772 793	28,587 460	14,553 -67	14,034 527	7,185 333	4,347 160	2,838 173
2018-19	37,887 2,115	30,285 1,698	15,195 642	15,090 1,056	7,602 417	4,611 264	2,991 153
2019-20	38,736 849	30,794 509	15,390 195	15,404 314	7,942 340	4,647 36	3,295 304
2020-21	39,576 840	31,842 1,048	15,855 465	15,987 583	7,734 -208	4,468 -179	3,266 -29
2021-22	41,885 2,309	33,343 1,501	16,242 387	17,101 1,114	8,542 808	4,918 450	3,624 358
2022-23	42,006 121	33,096 -247	15,764 -478	17,332 231	8,910 368	5,119 201	3,791 167
2023-24	42,376 370	33,792 696	15,610 -154	18,182 850	8,584 -326	4,840 -279	3,744 -47
2024-25	44,256 1,880	34,955 1,163	15,782 172	19,173 991	9,301 717	5,193 353	4,108 364
Average	39,038	31,141	15,297	15,844	7,897	4,620	3,277

University of California-San Diego Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 31,141 where 34,955 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-San Diego since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	26,590	25,922	13,573	12,349	668	383	285
2016-17	28,127	27,386	14,200	13,186	741	420	321
2017-18	28,587	27,880	14,140	13,740	707	413	294
2018-19	30,285	29,491	14,728	14,763	794	467	327
2019-20	30,794	29,966	14,919	15,047	828	471	357
2020-21	31,842	30,939	15,330	15,609	903	525	378
2021-22	33,343	32,327	15,680	16,647	1,016	562	454
2022-23	33,096	32,138	15,217	16,921	958	547	411
2023-24	33,792	32,852	15,086	17,766	940	524	416
2024-25	34,955	34,114	15,336	18,778	841	446	395
Average	31,141	31,141	14,821	15,481	31,141	476	364

University of California-San Diego Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,897 where 9,301 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-San Diego since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,316	5,984	3,625	2,359	332	241	91
2016-17	6,852	6,435	3,885	2,550	417	302	115
2017-18	7,185	6,686	3,999	2,687	499	348	151
2018-19	7,602	7,099	4,285	2,814	503	326	177
2019-20	7,942	7,350	4,271	3,079	592	376	216
2020-21	7,734	7,133	4,091	3,042	601	377	224
2021-22	8,542	7,953	4,552	3,401	589	366	223
2022-23	8,910	8,114	4,636	3,478	796	483	313
2023-24	8,584	7,864	4,386	3,478	720	454	266
2024-25	9,301	8,487	4,668	3,819	814	525	289
Average	7,897	7,897	4,240	3,071	7,897	380	207

University of California-San Diego Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 17.73% and the percentage of black students is 1.67% at University of California-San Diego. 30.94% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.90% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 23.73% to 17.73%. Asian enrollment declined from 33.13% to 30.94%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.31% to 1.67%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.10% to 22.90%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8166 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8119 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-San Diego 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	44	10,903	431	4,639	96	7,808	1,467
2016-17	35	11,096	515	5,198	93	7,693	1,516
2017-18	29	10,868	558	5,860	82	7,662	1,566
2018-19	40	11,307	614	6,697	91	7,982	1,661
2019-20	43	11,266	645	7,332	82	8,072	1,757
2020-21	49	11,841	698	7,616	65	8,173	1,898
2021-22	43	12,548	712	8,110	58	8,455	2,187
2022-23	42	12,607	715	8,688	39	8,132	2,301
2023-24	42	12,946	769	9,348	29	7,946	2,464
2024-25	41	13,694	739	10,133	26	7,847	2,634
Average	41	11,908	640	7,362	66	7,977	1,945

University of California-San Diego Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

236 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,850.00% since 2019. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-San Diego from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	32,906	0	0	32,906
2016-17	34,979	0	0	34,979
2017-18	35,772	0	0	35,772
2018-19	37,887	0	0	37,887
2019-20	38,736	8	390	38,338
2020-21	39,576	26,615	10,239	2,722
2021-22	41,885	1,070	21,222	19,593
2022-23	42,006	48	3,257	38,701
2023-24	42,376	310	7,676	34,390
2024-25	44,256	236	7,655	36,365
Average	39,038	2,829	5,044	31,165

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Enrollment Trends at UCSD

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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