Student Population by Gender

San Diego State University has a total of 37,402 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 32,194 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,208 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 15,692 male and 21,710 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total37,40232,1945,208
Men15,69213,8151,877
Women21,71018,3793,331
San Diego State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSan Diego State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSan Diego State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,762 White, 1,468 Black, and 4,757 Asian students out of a total of 37,402 are attending at San Diego State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
San Diego State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSan Diego State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSan Diego State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American843054
Asian4,7572,1362,621
Black1,468605863
Hispanic12,9764,9917,985
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1114863
White12,7625,3887,374
Two or more races2,4761,0731,403
Race Unknown1,158561597
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American682444
Asian4,2721,9902,282
Black1,264535729
Hispanic11,2284,4496,779
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders793841
White11,0864,7496,337
Two or more races2,2279871,240
Race Unknown940476464
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American844
Asian446234212
Black1397267
Hispanic2,0288071,221
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders844
White1,176595581
Two or more races232118114
Race Unknown1537578

Student Age Distribution

By age, San Diego State has 480 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 30,087 students under 25 years old, and 7,315 students over 25 years old out of 37,402 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 480 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. San Diego State has 28,430 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,764 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,657 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,551 students aged 25 and over.
San Diego State University 2023 Student Population by Age chartSan Diego State University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSan Diego State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSan Diego State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSan Diego State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSan Diego State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18480343137
18-1910,8376,6244,213
20-2111,2916,7414,550
22-247,4793,8963,583
25-293,9452,1211,824
30-341,556849707
35-39755434321
40-49759502257
50-6427718493
Over 6523167
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18480343137
18-1910,8376,6244,213
20-2111,1996,6784,521
22-245,9142,8553,059
25-292,1981,0361,162
30-34815425390
35-39363179184
40-49277164113
50-641016635
Over 651091
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At San Diego State University, 1,456 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,356 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,367 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 89 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
San Diego State University 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students37,4021,45619,356
Undergraduate32,19493218,509
Graduate5,208524847
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,3674544
Undergraduate8932910
Graduate4741634

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 32,194 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 4,273 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.27%.3,810 students have transferred in as full-time status and 463 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time24,824
Transfer-in Full-time3,810
Regular Part-time3,097
Transfer-in Part-time463
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