How Student Population Changes at CSUN

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 39,598 where 37,579 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.64% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.36% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 739 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 676 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.27 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in CSUN than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	36,164	31,442	14,224	17,218	4,722	1,758	2,964
2013-14	38,310 2,146	33,771 2,329	15,359 1,135	18,412 1,194	4,539 -183	1,661 -97	2,878 -86
2014-15	40,131 1,821	35,616 1,845	16,335 976	19,281 869	4,515 -24	1,663 2	2,852 -26
2015-16	41,548 1,417	37,188 1,572	17,194 859	19,994 713	4,360 -155	1,590 -73	2,770 -82
2016-17	39,916 -1,632	35,756 -1,432	16,461 -733	19,295 -699	4,160 -200	1,516 -74	2,644 -126
2017-18	41,319 1,403	35,839 83	16,470 9	19,369 74	5,480 1,320	1,759 243	3,721 1,077
2018-19	40,212 -1,107	35,051 -788	16,101 -369	18,950 -419	5,161 -319	1,685 -74	3,476 -245
2019-20	39,910 -302	34,799 -252	15,739 -362	19,060 110	5,111 -50	1,641 -44	3,470 -6
2020-21	40,381 471	34,916 117	15,609 -130	19,307 247	5,465 354	1,799 158	3,666 196
2021-22	40,108 -273	34,496 -420	15,534 -75	18,962 -345	5,612 147	1,853 54	3,759 93
2022-23	37,579 -2,529	32,181 -2,315	14,710 -824	17,471 -1,491	5,398 -214	1,872 19	3,526 -233
Average	39,598	34,641	15,794	18,847	4,957	1,709	3,248

Student Population Changes of California State University-Northridge

California State University-Northridge Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 34,641 where 32,181 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-Northridge since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	31,442	25,641	11,477	14,164	5,801	2,747	3,054
2013-14	33,771	28,200	12,656	15,544	5,571	2,703	2,868
2014-15	35,616	29,341	13,189	16,152	6,275	3,146	3,129
2015-16	37,188	30,281	13,689	16,592	6,907	3,505	3,402
2016-17	35,756	29,104	13,119	15,985	6,652	3,342	3,310
2017-18	35,839	29,739	13,426	16,313	6,100	3,044	3,056
2018-19	35,051	29,289	13,203	16,086	5,762	2,898	2,864
2019-20	34,799	29,320	12,985	16,335	5,479	2,754	2,725
2020-21	34,916	29,191	12,743	16,448	5,725	2,866	2,859
2021-22	34,496	28,242	12,332	15,910	6,254	3,202	3,052
2022-23	32,181	26,188	11,714	14,474	5,993	2,996	2,997
Average	34,641	34,641	12,776	15,818	34,641	3,018	3,029

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of California State University-Northridge

California State University-Northridge Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,957 where 5,398 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-Northridge since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,722	2,261	751	1,510	2,461	1,007	1,454
2013-14	4,539	2,223	761	1,462	2,316	900	1,416
2014-15	4,515	2,296	856	1,440	2,219	807	1,412
2015-16	4,360	2,165	759	1,406	2,195	831	1,364
2016-17	4,160	2,149	764	1,385	2,011	752	1,259
2017-18	5,480	2,266	745	1,521	3,214	1,014	2,200
2018-19	5,161	2,235	714	1,521	2,926	971	1,955
2019-20	5,111	2,158	677	1,481	2,953	964	1,989
2020-21	5,465	2,702	848	1,854	2,763	951	1,812
2021-22	5,612	2,702	851	1,851	2,910	1,002	1,908
2022-23	5,398	2,709	940	1,769	2,689	932	1,757
Average	4,957	4,957	788	1,564	4,957	921	1,684

Graduate Enrollment Changes of California State University-Northridge

California State University-Northridge Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.05% and the percentage of black students is 4.66% at California State University-Northridge. 8.90% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Northridge 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	72	3,968	2,224	12,768	132	10,562	1,075
2013-14	63	4,180	2,276	14,553	110	10,432	1,242
2014-15	65	4,379	2,166	15,855	92	10,379	1,289
2015-16	63	4,575	2,073	17,457	37	9,972	1,360
2016-17	52	4,304	1,843	17,530	45	9,265	1,338
2017-18	47	4,218	1,936	18,716	40	9,290	1,371
2018-19	47	3,935	1,847	18,852	42	8,714	1,222
2019-20	40	3,739	1,862	19,461	42	8,550	1,178
2020-21	35	3,592	1,830	20,221	53	8,713	1,156
2021-22	37	3,475	1,797	20,511	53	8,382	1,171
2022-23	28	3,344	1,750	20,107	52	7,535	1,110
Average	50	3,974	1,964	17,821	63	9,254	1,228

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

California State University-Northridge Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,333 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 857.76% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Northridge from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	40,131	348	8,804	30,979
2015-16	41,548	418	15,712	25,418
2016-17	39,916	369	17,015	22,532
2017-18	41,319	1,112	19,015	21,192
2018-19	40,212	1,304	19,451	19,457
2019-20	39,910	1,506	20,249	18,155
2020-21	40,381	34,499	4,877	1,005
2021-22	40,108	28,617	9,659	1,832
2022-23	37,579	3,333	18,503	15,743
Average	40,123	7,945	14,809	17,368

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

Enrollment Trends at CSUN

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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