How Student Population Changes at CSU Bakersfield

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 9,908 where 9,613 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 788 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 305 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.04 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CSU Bakersfield than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California State University-Bakersfield since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,520	7,400	2,900	4,500	1,120	365	755
2013-14	8,371 -149	7,350 -50	2,902 2	4,448 -52	1,021 -99	337 -28	684 -71
2014-15	8,720 349	7,634 284	2,990 88	4,644 196	1,086 65	345 8	741 57
2015-16	9,228 508	8,108 474	3,168 178	4,940 296	1,120 34	358 13	762 21
2016-17	9,341 113	8,179 71	3,256 88	4,923 -17	1,162 42	336 -22	826 64
2017-18	10,131 790	8,814 635	3,468 212	5,346 423	1,317 155	363 27	954 128
2018-19	10,816 685	9,368 554	3,603 135	5,765 419	1,448 131	438 75	1,010 56
2019-20	11,531 715	9,981 613	3,763 160	6,218 453	1,550 102	451 13	1,099 89
2020-21	11,745 214	9,979 -2	3,547 -216	6,432 214	1,766 216	446 -5	1,320 221
2021-22	10,972 -773	9,367 -612	3,247 -300	6,120 -312	1,605 -161	403 -43	1,202 -118
2022-23	9,613 -1,359	8,188 -1,179	2,773 -474	5,415 -705	1,425 -180	389 -14	1,036 -166
Average	9,908	8,579	3,238	5,341	1,329	385	944

Student Population Changes of California State University-Bakersfield

California State University-Bakersfield Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 8,579 where 8,188 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Bakersfield since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,400	6,377	2,454	3,923	1,023	446	577
2013-14	7,350	6,519	2,528	3,991	831	374	457
2014-15	7,634	6,786	2,617	4,169	848	373	475
2015-16	8,108	7,299	2,805	4,494	809	363	446
2016-17	8,179	7,066	2,784	4,282	1,113	472	641
2017-18	8,814	7,502	2,936	4,566	1,312	532	780
2018-19	9,368	7,887	3,022	4,865	1,481	581	900
2019-20	9,981	8,452	3,183	5,269	1,529	580	949
2020-21	9,979	8,432	2,947	5,485	1,547	600	947
2021-22	9,367	7,387	2,505	4,882	1,980	742	1,238
2022-23	8,188	6,630	2,230	4,400	1,558	543	1,015
Average	8,579	8,579	2,728	4,575	8,579	510	766

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of California State University-Bakersfield

California State University-Bakersfield Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,329 where 1,425 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Bakersfield since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,120	698	214	484	422	151	271
2013-14	1,021	671	189	482	350	148	202
2014-15	1,086	761	215	546	325	130	195
2015-16	1,120	823	237	586	297	121	176
2016-17	1,162	826	220	606	336	116	220
2017-18	1,317	916	234	682	401	129	272
2018-19	1,448	1,027	288	739	421	150	271
2019-20	1,550	1,103	311	792	447	140	307
2020-21	1,766	1,321	328	993	445	118	327
2021-22	1,605	1,154	266	888	451	137	314
2022-23	1,425	983	253	730	442	136	306
Average	1,329	1,329	250	684	1,329	134	260

Graduate Enrollment Changes of California State University-Bakersfield

California State University-Bakersfield Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.15% and the percentage of black students is 3.90% at California State University-Bakersfield. 6.77% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Bakersfield over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	65	519	588	3,848	14	1,913	243
2013-14	62	527	532	3,965	13	1,771	255
2014-15	53	564	541	4,334	5	1,728	247
2015-16	55	642	614	4,829	9	2,078	259
2016-17	55	651	578	5,010	11	1,927	281
2017-18	62	695	566	5,536	17	2,031	301
2018-19	51	652	552	5,919	22	1,687	275
2019-20	52	690	525	6,669	19	1,819	268
2020-21	35	725	492	7,160	22	1,799	269
2021-22	30	705	436	6,792	20	1,707	240
2022-23	28	651	375	6,439	18	1,360	207
Average	50	638	527	5,500	15	1,802	259

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of California State University-Bakersfield

California State University-Bakersfield Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,893 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 625.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Bakersfield from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,720	261	2,882	5,577
2015-16	9,228	73	3,404	5,751
2016-17	9,341	123	3,501	5,717
2017-18	10,131	188	3,855	6,088
2018-19	10,816	398	4,003	6,415
2019-20	11,531	625	5,296	5,610
2020-21	11,745	10,742	976	27
2021-22	10,972	6,038	3,962	972
2022-23	9,613	1,893	5,136	2,584
Average	10,233	2,260	3,668	4,305

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of California State University-Bakersfield

Enrollment Trends at CSU Bakersfield

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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