January 2024

Higher Education

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment

Resident Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Students

  2022-23
Actual		 2023-24
Revised		 2024-25
Proposed		 Change from 2023-24
Amount Percent
California Community Collegesa 1,100,681 1,100,417 1,098,591 -1,826 -0.2%b
California State Universityc     
Undergraduate 326,022 331,139 339,766 8,627 2.6%
Graduate/Postbaccalaureate 36,232 36,903 37,028 125 0.3
Subtotals (362,254) (368,042) (376,794) (8,752) 2.4%
University of California     
Undergraduate 197,111 202,278 206,588 4,310 2.1%
Graduate 37,283 37,138 37,494 356 1.0%
Subtotals (234,394) (239,416) (244,082) (4,666) 1.9%
College of the Law, San Francisco 1,015 993 988 -5 -0.5%
Totals 1,698,344 1,708,868 1,720,455 11,587 0.7%
 
a Reflects budgeted FTE students. Actual student counts are expected to be lower each year of the period.
b Reflects the net change after accounting for the proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth and all other enrollment adjustments.
c Reflects CSU estimates as of December 2023.     
At CCC, 1 FTE student is 525 contact hours per year, which on average generates about 24 credits. For undergraduate education at CSU and UC, 1 FTE student is 30 credit units. For graduate education at CSU, UC, and CLSF, 1 FTE student is 24 credit units. CLSF enrollment reflects resident enrollment in its juris doctor program.