Student Population by Gender

San Jose State University has a total of 35,751 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 26,863 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,888 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 17,300 male and 18,451 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total35,75126,8638,888
Men17,30013,9993,301
Women18,45112,8645,587
San Jose State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSan Jose State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSan Jose State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,934 White, 1,181 Black, and 12,304 Asian students out of a total of 35,751 are attending at San Jose State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
San Jose State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSan Jose State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSan Jose State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American462224
Asian12,3046,5385,766
Black1,181580601
Hispanic10,1434,2685,875
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1478562
White5,9342,5693,365
Two or more races1,653823830
Race Unknown1,292616676
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American21138
Asian10,4985,8474,651
Black965517448
Hispanic8,3963,7614,635
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1287949
White3,4241,8911,533
Two or more races1,372731641
Race Unknown883488395
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American312
Asian1,108618490
Black925240
Hispanic1,161501660
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders17107
White487242245
Two or more races1538667
Race Unknown1126151

Student Age Distribution

By age, San Jose State has 442 students under 18 years old and 37 students over 65 years old. There are 24,579 students under 25 years old, and 11,172 students over 25 years old out of 35,751 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 442 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. San Jose State has 22,428 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 4,435 students aged 25 and over.
It has 2,151 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,737 students aged 25 and over.
San Jose State University 2023 Student Population by Age chartSan Jose State University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSan Jose State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSan Jose State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSan Jose State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSan Jose State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18442237205
18-197,3513,4673,884
20-217,9754,0533,922
22-248,8114,0274,784
25-296,0783,2412,837
30-342,3371,470867
35-391,058712346
40-491,105803302
50-64557415142
Over 65372611
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18442237205
18-197,3503,4663,884
20-217,8884,0043,884
22-246,7482,9803,768
25-292,9371,3431,594
30-34815414401
35-39321185136
40-4925916891
50-64936231
Over 651055
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 Jose State University, 5,790 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,698 students are enrolled in some online courses.
4,613 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,177 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
San Jose State University 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students35,7515,79019,698
Undergraduate26,8632,08117,154
Graduate8,8883,7092,544
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students4,613842335
Undergraduate2,033543
Graduate2,580837292

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 26,863 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 3,289 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.24%.2,619 students have transferred in as full-time status and 670 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time19,007
Transfer-in Full-time2,619
Regular Part-time4,567
Transfer-in Part-time670
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