Student Population at Bakersfield

Total Enrollment

24,903 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

24,903

Online Enrollment

23,951

Men Students

10,048

Women Students

14,855

2021 Student Population

A total of 24,903 students have enrolled at Bakersfield College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 10,048 male and 14,855 female students are attending the school. By attendance status, there are 7,388 full-time students and 17,515 part-time students.

The number of students at Bakersfield College is large compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Butte College and Cabrillo College, its population is very large (average population is 12,611).

Bakersfield College offers online degree/certificate programs and 23,951 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Chart

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 10,048 male and 14,855 female students attending the school. The male-to-female ratio is 0.68 to 1 and the ratio is average (the average male-to-female ratio over all U.S. colleges is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status.

Gender Distribution Table

Population by Gender/Attending Status at
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	24,903	7,388	17,515
Men	10,048	3,011	7,037
Women	14,855	4,377	10,478

Gedner Distribution Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 17,133 Hispanic students (68.80%) and 4,364 White students (17.52%) at Bakersfield College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Bakersfield College.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Table

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Bakersfield College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	63	32	31
Asian	1,195	538	657
Black or African American	1,019	510	509
Hispanic	17,133	6,537	10,596
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	9	13
White	4,364	1,900	2,464
Two or More Races	852	326	526
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	214	180	34
Total	24,903	10,048	14,855

Race/Ethnicity Distribution Chart

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 17,445 students whose age under twenty five and 4,471 students whose age is over thirty years old at Bakersfield College.

Especially, 5,501 students are younger than eighteen and 26 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Bakersfield College.

Enrollment by Student Age Table

Population by Student Age at Bakersfield College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	24,903	10,048	14,855
Under 18	5,501	1,993	3,508
18-19	5,737	2,500	3,237
20-21	3,420	1,405	2,015
22-24	2,787	1,101	1,686
25-29	2,984	1,147	1,837
30-34	1,827	728	1,099
35-39	1,077	446	631
40-49	1,093	498	595
50-64	448	216	232
65 and over	26	12	14
unknown	3	2	1
Total	24,903	10,048	14,855

Student Age Distribution Chart

Online Student Population

At Bakersfield College, 24,266 students (97.44% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 23,951 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 23,943 students live in California where Bakersfield College is located in and 6 students have enrolled from other states.