Enrollment Trends at Fresno State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,312 where 16,237 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

92.24% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.76% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,793 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 651 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Fresno State than male students.

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,793	12,184	4,798	7,386	609	192	417
2016-17	13,144 351	12,567 383	4,934 136	7,633 247	577 -32	191 -1	386 -31
2017-18	15,755 2,611	14,615 2,048	5,465 531	9,150 1,517	1,140 563	329 138	811 425
2018-19	15,972 217	14,923 308	5,652 187	9,271 121	1,049 -91	306 -23	743 -68
2019-20	16,053 81	14,837 -86	5,796 144	9,041 -230	1,216 167	375 69	841 98
2020-21	16,367 314	15,040 203	5,823 27	9,217 176	1,327 111	399 24	928 87
2021-22	16,255 -112	14,963 -77	5,740 -83	9,223 6	1,292 -35	367 -32	925 -3
2022-23	15,109 -1,146	13,914 -1,049	5,620 -120	8,294 -929	1,195 -97	335 -32	860 -65
2023-24	15,431 322	14,246 332	5,929 309	8,317 23	1,185 -10	327 -8	858 -2
2024-25	16,237 806	14,977 731	6,352 423	8,625 308	1,260 75	369 42	891 33
Average	15,312	14,227	5,611	8,616	1,085	319	766

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,227 where 14,977 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-San Marcos 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	12,184	10,185	3,903	6,282	1,999	895	1,104
2016-17	12,567	10,469	3,996	6,473	2,098	938	1,160
2017-18	14,615	11,634	4,367	7,267	2,981	1,098	1,883
2018-19	14,923	11,895	4,448	7,447	3,028	1,204	1,824
2019-20	14,837	12,155	4,617	7,538	2,682	1,179	1,503
2020-21	15,040	12,381	4,609	7,772	2,659	1,214	1,445
2021-22	14,963	12,123	4,555	7,568	2,840	1,185	1,655
2022-23	13,914	11,144	4,457	6,687	2,770	1,163	1,607
2023-24	14,246	11,848	4,831	7,017	2,398	1,098	1,300
2024-25	14,977	12,465	5,206	7,259	2,512	1,146	1,366
Average	14,227	14,227	4,499	7,131	14,227	1,112	1,485

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,085 where 1,260 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-San Marcos 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	609	397	123	274	212	69	143
2016-17	577	380	133	247	197	58	139
2017-18	1,140	767	216	551	373	113	260
2018-19	1,049	761	219	542	288	87	201
2019-20	1,216	911	284	627	305	91	214
2020-21	1,327	979	281	698	348	118	230
2021-22	1,292	910	256	654	382	111	271
2022-23	1,195	831	236	595	364	99	265
2023-24	1,185	847	237	610	338	90	248
2024-25	1,260	948	291	657	312	78	234
Average	1,085	1,085	228	546	1,085	91	221

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.89% and the percentage of black students is 4.00% at California State University-San Marcos. 9.10% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 50.77% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.77% to 24.89%. Asian enrollment declined from 10.01% to 9.10%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.31% to 4.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 41.37% to 50.77%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6666 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7200 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-San Marcos 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	44	1,281	423	5,292	47	3,937	699
2016-17	44	1,291	424	5,422	41	3,853	683
2017-18	47	1,545	465	6,475	40	4,180	826
2018-19	50	1,513	467	7,026	34	4,211	811
2019-20	45	1,488	484	7,299	38	4,317	833
2020-21	33	1,533	528	7,714	44	4,457	843
2021-22	46	1,593	557	7,819	41	4,275	840
2022-23	36	1,477	528	7,581	44	3,881	834
2023-24	49	1,470	582	7,770	49	3,945	912
2024-25	47	1,477	650	8,244	49	4,042	999
Average	44	1,467	511	7,064	43	4,110	828