Student Population at USD

Total Enrollment

9,714

Undergraduate

5,851

Graduate

3,863

Online Enrollment

1,470

Men Students

4,231

Women Students

5,483

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 9,714 students have enrolled at University of San Diego - 5,851 undergraduate and 3,863 graduate.

By gender, 4,231 male and 5,483 female students are attending University of San Diego. By attendance status, there are 7,415 full-time students and 2,299 part-time students.

The number of students at University of San Diego is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Northcentral University and Loma Linda University, its population is average (average population is 10,155).

University of San Diego offers online degree/certificate programs and 1,470 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares USD's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California.

USD has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 10,155 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California average (2,024 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
University of San Diego	9,714	5,851	3,863
Similarly Ranked Schools	10,155	6,295	3,860
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California	2,024	1,628	1,062

The below chart compares the student population between University of San Diego and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 4,231 male and 5,483 female students attending USD. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.77 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

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

Population by Gender/Attending Status at USD
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,851	5,651	200
Men	2,565	2,445	120
Women	3,286	3,206	80

Population by Gender/Attending Status at USD
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,863	1,764	2,099
Men	1,666	614	1,052
Women	2,197	1,150	1,047

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,017 White students (41.35%) and 2,508 Hispanic students (25.82%) at University of San Diego(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at University of San Diego.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of San Diego
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	11	4	7
Asian	417	178	239
Black or African American	277	119	158
Hispanic	1,624	672	952
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	26	14	12
White	2,466	1,054	1,412
Two or More Races	442	186	256
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	165	86	79
Total	5,851	2,565	3,286

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of San Diego
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	4	2
Asian	437	175	262
Black or African American	213	94	119
Hispanic	884	345	539
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	3	8
White	1,551	644	907
Two or More Races	196	76	120
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	410	253	157
Total	3,863	1,666	2,197

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 6,621 students whose age under twenty five and 1,908 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of San Diego.

Especially, 127 students are younger than eighteen and 16 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at University of San Diego.

Population by Student Age at University of San Diego
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,851	2,565	3,286
Under 18	127	48	79
18-19	2,289	861	1,428
20-21	2,547	1,094	1,453
22-24	625	354	271
25-29	154	124	30
30-34	71	57	14
35-39	21	18	3
40-49	14	7	7
50-64	3	2	1
Total	5,851	2,565	3,286

Population by Student Age at University of San Diego
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,863	1,666	2,197
18-19	2	1	1
20-21	56	11	45
22-24	975	286	689
25-29	1,031	417	614
30-34	612	321	291
35-39	411	239	172
40-49	539	280	259
50-64	221	103	118
65 and over	16	8	8
Total	3,863	1,666	2,197

Online Student Population

At University of San Diego, 1,470 students (15.13% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,470 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, 946 students live in California where University of San Diego is located in and 432 students have enrolled from other states.