Enrollment Trends at San Jose State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 35,506 where 37,661 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

74.37% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.63% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,186 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,702 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in San Jose State.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	32,773	26,822	14,012	12,810	5,951	2,735	3,216
2016-17	32,154 -619	26,432 -390	13,859 -153	12,573 -237	5,722 -229	2,586 -149	3,136 -80
2017-18	35,835 3,681	27,778 1,346	14,450 591	13,328 755	8,057 2,335	3,150 564	4,907 1,771
2018-19	35,400 -435	27,327 -451	13,867 -583	13,460 132	8,073 16	3,129 -21	4,944 37
2019-20	36,085 685	27,905 578	14,008 141	13,897 437	8,180 107	3,092 -37	5,088 144
2020-21	36,208 123	27,701 -204	13,916 -92	13,785 -112	8,507 327	3,042 -50	5,465 377
2021-22	37,133 925	28,288 587	14,452 536	13,836 51	8,845 338	3,230 188	5,615 150
2022-23	35,751 -1,382	26,863 -1,425	13,999 -453	12,864 -972	8,888 43	3,301 71	5,587 -28
2023-24	36,062 311	27,111 248	14,103 104	13,008 144	8,951 63	3,369 68	5,582 -5
2024-25	37,661 1,599	28,008 897	14,636 533	13,372 364	9,653 702	3,644 275	6,009 427
Average	35,506	27,424	14,130	13,293	8,083	3,128	4,955

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 27,424 where 28,008 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 San Jose State University 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	26,822	21,638	11,318	10,320	5,184	2,694	2,490
2016-17	26,432	21,613	11,322	10,291	4,819	2,537	2,282
2017-18	27,778	23,097	11,931	11,166	4,681	2,519	2,162
2018-19	27,327	23,099	11,600	11,499	4,228	2,267	1,961
2019-20	27,905	23,593	11,692	11,901	4,312	2,316	1,996
2020-21	27,701	23,317	11,492	11,825	4,384	2,424	1,960
2021-22	28,288	23,015	11,567	11,448	5,273	2,885	2,388
2022-23	26,863	21,626	11,219	10,407	5,237	2,780	2,457
2023-24	27,111	21,807	11,199	10,608	5,304	2,904	2,400
2024-25	28,008	22,714	11,686	11,028	5,294	2,950	2,344
Average	27,424	27,424	11,503	11,049	27,424	2,628	2,244

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8,083 where 9,653 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 San Jose State University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,951	3,833	1,780	2,053	2,118	955	1,163
2016-17	5,722	3,710	1,708	2,002	2,012	878	1,134
2017-18	8,057	4,310	1,836	2,474	3,747	1,314	2,433
2018-19	8,073	4,162	1,709	2,453	3,911	1,420	2,491
2019-20	8,180	4,061	1,566	2,495	4,119	1,526	2,593
2020-21	8,507	4,123	1,426	2,697	4,384	1,616	2,768
2021-22	8,845	4,318	1,633	2,685	4,527	1,597	2,930
2022-23	8,888	4,404	1,768	2,636	4,484	1,533	2,951
2023-24	8,951	4,416	1,752	2,664	4,535	1,617	2,918
2024-25	9,653	4,993	1,989	3,004	4,660	1,655	3,005
Average	8,083	8,083	1,717	2,516	8,083	1,411	2,439

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.01% and the percentage of black students is 3.29% at San Jose State University. 33.83% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 19.87% to 16.01%. Asian enrollment grew from 32.10% to 33.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.08% to 3.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 23.19% to 29.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7679 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8003 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	46	10,519	1,010	7,601	115	6,511	1,609
2016-17	36	10,282	990	7,798	117	6,041	1,543
2017-18	39	11,098	1,144	8,955	140	6,847	1,658
2018-19	32	11,116	1,099	8,983	150	6,541	1,569
2019-20	28	11,419	1,179	9,470	161	6,418	1,618
2020-21	33	11,777	1,231	9,810	176	6,360	1,651
2021-22	40	12,592	1,277	10,238	168	6,323	1,721
2022-23	46	12,304	1,181	10,143	147	5,934	1,653
2023-24	44	12,330	1,179	10,469	146	5,794	1,747
2024-25	38	12,740	1,238	11,208	150	6,028	1,855
Average	38	11,618	1,153	9,468	147	6,280	1,662