San Diego State University\u2019s fall 2025 Census confirmed record-breaking enrollment numbers anticipated at the start of the new academic year.<\/p>\n
For the first time, combined enrollment<\/a> at SDSU and SDSU Imperial Valley surpassed 40,000, reaching 41,184 students. That\u2019s a 4.6% increase from last year\u2019s then-record-setting enrollment total. Adding enrollees of SDSU Global Campus, the university\u2019s online degree and professional certificate program, is expected to push that total over 43,000 when a final count is available.<\/p>\n SDSU and SDSU Imperial Valley welcomed 6,911 first-year students for the 2025-26 academic year, surpassing last year\u2019s record of 6,629 students by 4.3%. These students were selected from a record-breaking pool <\/a>of 95,444 first-year applicants with an average GPA of 3.83.<\/p>\n \u201cEach year, more students from across California and around the world choose SDSU because they see a community that will challenge them, support them, and help them achieve their goals,\u201d said Stefan Hyman, associate vice president for enrollment management. \u201cWe are proud to welcome such a diverse and accomplished group of new Aztecs who will continue to shape the university\u2019s vibrant future.\u201d<\/p>\n The College of Sciences also set the pace for first-year applicants with 26,517, followed by the Fowler College of Business with 16,641.<\/p>\n Additionally, 4,432 transfer students found new homes at SDSU and SDSU Imperial Valley, up 5% from fall 2024. They were selected from a pool of more than 16,000 transfer applicants, and 3,037 of those new transfers, or 68.5%, were from San Diego and Imperial counties. SDSU transfer applicants had an average GPA of 3.43, while SDSU Imperial Valley transfer applicants\u2019 average GPA was 3.28.<\/p>\n In total, SDSU and SDSU Imperial Valley considered applications from more than 120,000 new undergraduate, \u00a0master\u2019s and doctoral students.<\/p>\n Advanced degrees<\/p>\n SDSU also saw increases in students seeking to advance their education, with 1,708 new master\u2019s program students and a record-breaking 223 new doctoral students.\u00a0<\/p>\n