January 2025

Higher Education

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment

Resident Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Students


   2023-24
Actual		 2024-25
Revised		 2025-26
Proposed		 Change from 2024-25
Amount Percent
California Community Colleges 1,100,665 1,100,406 1,098,575 -1,831 -0.2%
California State University          
Undergraduate 333,609 342,935 349,999 7,064 2.1%
Graduate/Postbaccalaureate 29,402 30,150 30,105 -45 -0.1
Teacher/Credential 6,896 6,988 6,987 -1 -0.0
Subtotals (369,907) (380,073) (387,091) (7,018) 1.8% 
University of California          
Undergraduate 203,649 209,858 210,760 902 0.4%
Graduate 36,403 36,976 37,363 387 1.0
Subtotals (240,052) (246,834) (248,123) (1,289) 0.5%
College of the Law, San Francisco 991 955 954 -1 -0.1%
Totals 1,711,615 1,728,268 1,734,743 6,475 0.0%a
           
Notes: CCC numbers come from the administration's estimates and reflect budgeted FTE students. In 2023-24 and 2024-25, budgeted enrollment is higher than actual student counts due to the continued effect of certain funding protections. The change from 2024-25 reflects the net change after accounting for the proposed 0.5 percent systemwide enrollment growth in 2025-26, together with all other enrollment adjustments. CSU and UC numbers come from the segments and reflect actual, revised, or planned enrollment levels across the three years, respectively.
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 programs at CSU, UC, and CLSF, 1 FTE student is 24 credit units. CLSF enrollment reflects resident enrollment in its juris doctor program.
a 0.4 percent.