San Francisco State University Student Population

How many students at San Francisco State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, San Francisco State University has a total enrollment of 22,563 students, including 19,444 undergraduate and 3,119 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 10,086 male students (44.7%) and 12,477 female students (55.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 8,341 Hispanic students (37%) and 5,075 Asian students (22.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 19,444 undergraduate students (86.2%) and 3,119 graduate students (13.8%).
• Class Delivery: 1,684 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 12,257 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - San Francisco State's body is significantly larger.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 10,086 male (44.70%) and 12,477 female (55.30%) students are attending San Francisco State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 80.84.

By class level, 19,444 (86.18%) are undergraduate students and 3,119 (13.82%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 46.06% are male and 53.94% are female, while among graduate students, 36.23% are male and 63.77% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,621 White, 1,396 Black, and 5,075 Asian students out of a total of 22,563 are attending at San Francisco State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

San Francisco State University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 77.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, San Francisco State has 725 students under 18 years old and 35 students over 65 years old. There are 16,702 students under 25 years old, and 5,861 students over 25 years old out of 22,563 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 725 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. San Francisco State has 15,894 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,550 students aged 25 and over.

It has 808 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,311 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At San Francisco State University, 1,684 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,257 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,622 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 62 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 19,444 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,318 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.92%.1,951 students have transferred in as full-time status and 367 students transferred in as part-time status.