July 2025

Higher Education

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment

Resident Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Students

  2023-24
Actual		 2024-25
Revised		 2025-26
Enacted		 Change from 2024-25
  Amount Percent
California Community Collegesa 1,094,169 1,090,297 1,072,066 -18,230 -1.7%
California State University      
Undergraduateb 333,609 342,847 349,999 7,152 2.1%
Graduate/Postbaccalaureate 29,402 30,176 30,470 294 1.0
Teacher Credential 6,896 7,116 6,974 -142 -2.0
Subtotals (369,906) (380,139) (387,443) (7,304) (1.9%)
University of California      
Undergraduatec 203,649 206,588 209,535 2,947 1.4%
Graduate 36,403 36,976 37,363 387 1.0
Subtotals (240,052) (243,564) (246,898) (3,334) (1.4%)
College of the Law, San Francisco 991 955 954 -1 -0.1%
Totals 1,705,118 1,714,955 1,707,361 -7,593 -0.4%
           
a Reflects budgeted FTE students. Estimates for 2024-25 and 2025-26 reflect 2.35 percent systemwide enrollment growth across the two years, as well as other enrollment adjustments. The decline is due primarily to the phase out of the pandemic-related emergency conditions allowance over this three-year period.
b The counts for 2024-25 and 2025-26 resident undergraduates reflect state expectations as specified in the 2025-26 Budget Act. The 2025-26 Budget Act also includes a 2026-27 enrollment expectation for CSU. CSU is to add 10,161 FTE students in 2026-27, bringing its resident undergraduate enrollment to 360,160 FTE students that year.
c The counts for 2024-25 and 2025-26 resident undergraduates reflect state expectations as specified in the 2025-26 Budget Act. The 2025-26 Budget Act also includes out-year enrollment expectations for UC. UC is to add 2,968 FTE students in 2026-27, bringing its resident undergraduate enrollment to 212,503 FTE students that year. (UC anticipates exceeding these expectations, with estimated resident undergraduate enrollment of 209,585 FTE students in 2024-25 and 211.368 FTE students in 2025-26.)
           
Notes: 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 UC Law SF, 1 FTE student is 24 credit units. UC Law SF enrollment reflects resident enrollment in its juris doctor program.