San Jose State University Student Population

How many students at San Jose State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 37,661 students have enrolled in San Jose State University with 28,008 undergraduate and 9,653 graduate students.

By gender, 18,280 male and 19,381 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

6,027 students are enrolled exclusively, and 17,894 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

San Jose State University has a total of 37,661 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 28,008 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 9,653 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 18,280 male and 19,381 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,028 White, 1,238 Black, and 12,740 Asian students out of a total of 37,661 are attending at San Jose State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

San Jose State University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 76.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, San Jose State has 811 students under 18 years old and 37 students over 65 years old. There are 26,454 students under 25 years old, and 11,207 students over 25 years old out of 37,661 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 811 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. San Jose State has 23,872 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 4,136 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,582 graduate students aged under 25 and 7,071 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 Jose State University, 6,027 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 17,894 students are enrolled in some online courses.

5,082 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 945 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 28,008 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 3,353 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.97%.2,809 students have transferred in as full-time status and 544 students transferred in as part-time status.