Enrollment Trends at Sacramento State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 31,567 where 31,943 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

90.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,097 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 562 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Sacramento State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California State University-Sacramento since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,284	27,723	12,194	15,529	2,561	927	1,634
2016-17	30,510 226	27,951 228	12,323 129	15,628 99	2,559 -2	911 -16	1,648 14
2017-18	31,255 745	28,454 503	12,528 205	15,926 298	2,801 242	998 87	1,803 155
2018-19	31,902 647	28,813 359	12,831 303	15,982 56	3,089 288	1,104 106	1,985 182
2019-20	31,992 90	28,819 6	12,823 -8	15,996 14	3,173 84	1,087 -17	2,086 101
2020-21	32,293 301	29,296 477	12,664 -159	16,632 636	2,997 -176	986 -101	2,011 -75
2021-22	32,498 205	29,451 155	12,603 -61	16,848 216	3,047 50	1,002 16	2,045 34
2022-23	31,818 -680	28,921 -530	12,647 44	16,274 -574	2,897 -150	939 -63	1,958 -87
2023-24	31,172 -646	28,268 -653	12,600 -47	15,668 -606	2,904 7	962 23	1,942 -16
2024-25	31,943 771	28,820 552	12,977 377	15,843 175	3,123 219	1,049 87	2,074 132
Average	31,567	28,652	12,619	16,033	2,915	997	1,919

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 28,652 where 28,820 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Sacramento since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	27,723	22,165	9,549	12,616	5,558	2,645	2,913
2016-17	27,951	23,234	10,061	13,173	4,717	2,262	2,455
2017-18	28,454	23,491	10,202	13,289	4,963	2,326	2,637
2018-19	28,813	23,676	10,410	13,266	5,137	2,421	2,716
2019-20	28,819	24,105	10,555	13,550	4,714	2,268	2,446
2020-21	29,296	24,068	10,076	13,992	5,228	2,588	2,640
2021-22	29,451	23,473	9,703	13,770	5,978	2,900	3,078
2022-23	28,921	22,598	9,637	12,961	6,323	3,010	3,313
2023-24	28,268	22,418	9,726	12,692	5,850	2,874	2,976
2024-25	28,820	22,882	10,076	12,806	5,938	2,901	3,037
Average	28,652	28,652	10,000	13,212	28,652	2,620	2,821

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,915 where 3,123 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Sacramento since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,561	1,552	469	1,083	1,009	458	551
2016-17	2,559	1,577	474	1,103	982	437	545
2017-18	2,801	1,588	501	1,087	1,213	497	716
2018-19	3,089	1,791	578	1,213	1,298	526	772
2019-20	3,173	1,857	564	1,293	1,316	523	793
2020-21	2,997	1,618	472	1,146	1,379	514	865
2021-22	3,047	1,647	485	1,162	1,400	517	883
2022-23	2,897	1,655	463	1,192	1,242	476	766
2023-24	2,904	1,570	460	1,110	1,334	502	832
2024-25	3,123	1,725	552	1,173	1,398	497	901
Average	2,915	2,915	502	1,156	2,915	495	762

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.65% and the percentage of black students is 6.68% at California State University-Sacramento. 20.35% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 37.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 29.85% to 23.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 19.97% to 20.35%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.54% to 6.68%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 27.98% to 37.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7552 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7857 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Sacramento over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	118	6,047	1,679	8,474	226	9,041	1,871
2016-17	103	6,141	1,719	8,983	223	8,619	1,891
2017-18	91	6,278	1,812	9,334	200	8,488	1,932
2018-19	87	6,140	1,850	9,893	220	8,645	1,942
2019-20	79	5,946	1,888	10,660	260	8,444	1,895
2020-21	76	6,063	1,972	11,123	282	8,392	1,887
2021-22	80	6,145	2,023	11,497	280	8,152	1,844
2022-23	88	6,313	2,009	11,975	301	7,530	1,810
2023-24	83	6,300	2,008	11,728	296	7,137	1,803
2024-25	104	6,501	2,134	11,912	296	7,555	1,969
Average	91	6,187	1,909	10,558	258	8,200	1,884