Enrollment Trends at UCLA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 44,954 where 47,335 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

70.72% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.28% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,890 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,537 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UCLA than male students.

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	41,908	29,585	13,000	16,585	12,323	6,683	5,640
2016-17	43,548 1,640	30,873 1,288	13,380 380	17,493 908	12,675 352	6,888 205	5,787 147
2017-18	44,027 479	31,002 129	13,216 -164	17,786 293	13,025 350	6,965 77	6,060 273
2018-19	44,537 510	31,577 575	13,311 95	18,266 480	12,960 -65	6,886 -79	6,074 14
2019-20	44,371 -166	31,543 -34	13,120 -191	18,423 157	12,828 -132	6,726 -160	6,102 28
2020-21	44,589 218	31,636 93	13,103 -17	18,533 110	12,953 125	6,662 -64	6,291 189
2021-22	46,116 1,527	32,122 486	12,924 -179	19,198 665	13,994 1,041	7,066 404	6,928 637
2022-23	46,430 314	32,423 301	12,853 -71	19,570 372	14,007 13	7,016 -50	6,991 63
2023-24	46,678 248	33,040 617	12,868 15	20,172 602	13,638 -369	6,886 -130	6,752 -239
2024-25	47,335 657	33,475 435	13,269 401	20,206 34	13,860 222	7,161 275	6,699 -53
Average	44,954	31,728	13,104	18,623	13,226	6,894	6,332

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 31,728 where 33,475 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 University of California-Los Angeles 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	29,585	29,004	12,688	16,316	581	312	269
2016-17	30,873	30,343	13,093	17,250	530	287	243
2017-18	31,002	30,458	12,934	17,524	544	282	262
2018-19	31,577	31,009	12,998	18,011	568	313	255
2019-20	31,543	30,969	12,821	18,148	574	299	275
2020-21	31,636	31,068	12,808	18,260	568	295	273
2021-22	32,122	31,485	12,595	18,890	637	329	308
2022-23	32,423	31,763	12,533	19,230	660	320	340
2023-24	33,040	32,472	12,605	19,867	568	263	305
2024-25	33,475	32,972	13,032	19,940	503	237	266
Average	31,728	31,728	12,811	18,344	31,728	294	280

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 13,226 where 13,860 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 University of California-Los Angeles 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	12,323	11,493	6,049	5,444	830	634	196
2016-17	12,675	11,668	6,140	5,528	1,007	748	259
2017-18	13,025	11,996	6,189	5,807	1,029	776	253
2018-19	12,960	11,886	6,131	5,755	1,074	755	319
2019-20	12,828	11,798	5,989	5,809	1,030	737	293
2020-21	12,953	11,871	5,909	5,962	1,082	753	329
2021-22	13,994	12,470	6,106	6,364	1,524	960	564
2022-23	14,007	12,627	6,146	6,481	1,380	870	510
2023-24	13,638	12,258	6,000	6,258	1,380	886	494
2024-25	13,860	12,472	6,282	6,190	1,388	879	509
Average	13,226	13,226	6,094	5,960	13,226	800	373

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.67% and the percentage of black students is 3.65% at University of California-Los Angeles. 26.56% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 21.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 29.76% to 24.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 26.40% to 26.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.12% to 3.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.65% to 21.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8160 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8076 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Los Angeles 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	71	11,063	1,306	7,398	108	12,473	1,884
2016-17	94	11,180	1,406	8,077	99	12,740	2,042
2017-18	91	11,097	1,472	8,393	107	12,659	2,106
2018-19	99	11,202	1,521	8,561	104	12,588	2,229
2019-20	102	11,118	1,533	8,703	94	12,403	2,385
2020-21	76	11,671	1,528	8,711	75	12,395	2,542
2021-22	89	12,010	1,644	8,996	72	12,648	2,757
2022-23	99	12,164	1,681	9,293	73	12,338	2,891
2023-24	82	12,427	1,686	9,677	73	11,981	3,095
2024-25	79	12,574	1,730	10,220	71	11,678	3,208
Average	88	11,651	1,551	8,803	88	12,390	2,514