California State University-San Marcos Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 15,109 students enrolled into California State University-San Marcos. 13,914 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,195 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 11,975 full-time and 3,134 part-time students. By gender, 5,955 male and 9,154 female students are attending at California State University-San Marcos. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for California State University-San Marcos.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Male	Female
Total	15,109	5,955	9,154
Undergraduate	13,914	5,620	8,294
Graduate	1,195	335	860

Student Population By Attending Status
California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,109	11,975	3,134
Undergraduate	13,914	11,144	2,770
Graduate	1,195	831	364

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at California State University-San Marcos.

There are 3,881 White (25.69%), 528 Black/African American (3.49%), 7,581 Hispanic (50.18%), 1,477 Asian (9.78%), and 1,642 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Male	Female
Total	15,109	5,955	9,154
American Indian/Native American	36	12	24
Asian	1,477	676	801
Black/African American	528	248	280
Hispanic	7,581	2,666	4,915
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	44	15	29
White	3,881	1,646	2,235
Two More	834	343	491
Un-Known	496	236	260

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Male	Female
Total	13,914	5,620	8,294
American Indian/Native American	34	12	22
Asian	1,357	641	716
Black/African American	488	234	254
Hispanic	7,122	2,573	4,549
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	14	26
White	3,510	1,533	1,977
Two More	768	320	448
Un-Known	441	218	223

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,195	335	860
American Indian/Native American	2	0	2
Asian	120	35	85
Black/African American	40	14	26
Hispanic	459	93	366
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	1	3
White	371	113	258
Two More	66	23	43
Un-Known	55	18	37

Online Student Population

California State University-San Marcos offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. 1,077 students (7.13% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 5,971 students (39.52% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. Next table summarizes the online student population for California State University-San Marcos.

Distance Learning Student Population at California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	15,109	1,077	5,971	8,061
Undergraduate	13,914	814	5,540	7,560
Graduate	1,195	263	431	501

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at California State University-San Marcos. 7,400 students are aged 20 to 24 (48.98% of total students), 4,232 students are aged below 20 (28.01%), 111 students are aged above 50 (0.73%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California State University-San Marcos.

Student Population By Age at California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Male	Female
Total	15,109	5,955	9,154
Under 18	251	96	155
Age 18-19	3,981	1,631	2,350
Age 20-21	3,755	1,317	2,438
Age 22-24	3,645	1,527	2,118
Age 25-29	1,913	800	1,113
Age 30-34	774	317	457
Age 35-39	360	122	238
Age 40-49	319	109	210
Age 50-64	101	34	67
Over 64	10	2	8

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Male	Female
Total	13,914	5,620	8,294
Under 18	251	96	155
Age 18-19	3,981	1,631	2,350
Age 20-21	3,739	1,313	2,426
Age 22-24	3,324	1,457	1,867
Age 25-29	1,538	693	845
Age 30-34	586	258	328
Age 35-39	239	82	157
Age 40-49	191	68	123
Age 50-64	58	21	37
Over 64	7	1	6

Graduate Student Population By Age at California State University-San Marcos
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,195	335	860
Age 20-21	16	4	12
Age 22-24	321	70	251
Age 25-29	375	107	268
Age 30-34	188	59	129
Age 35-39	121	40	81
Age 40-49	128	41	87
Age 50-64	43	13	30
Over 64	3	1	2

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