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University census confirms record-breaking 窪蹋勛圖, 窪蹋勛圖 Imperial Valley enrollment for 2025-26

Combined enrollment at 窪蹋勛圖 and 窪蹋勛圖 Imperial Valley surpassed 40,000 for the first time.

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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Undergraduate and graduate students at 窪蹋勛圖 have numerous opportunities to conduct research in labs.

窪蹋勛圖s fall 2025 Census confirmed record-breaking enrollment numbers anticipated at the start of the new academic year.

For the first time, at 窪蹋勛圖 and 窪蹋勛圖 Imperial Valley surpassed 40,000, reaching 41,184 students. Thats a 4.6% increase from last years then-record-setting enrollment total. Adding enrollees of 窪蹋勛圖 Global Campus, the universitys online degree and professional certificate program, is expected to push that total over 43,000 when a final count is available.

窪蹋勛圖 and 窪蹋勛圖 Imperial Valley welcomed 6,911 first-year students for the 2025-26 academic year, surpassing last years record of 6,629 students by 4.3%. These students were selected from of 95,444 first-year applicants with an average GPA of 3.83.

Each year, more students from across California and around the world choose 窪蹋勛圖 because they see a community that will challenge them, support them, and help them achieve their goals, said Stefan Hyman, associate vice president for enrollment management. We are proud to welcome such a diverse and accomplished group of new Aztecs who will continue to shape the universitys vibrant future.

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.

Additionally, 4,432 transfer students found new homes at 窪蹋勛圖 and 窪蹋勛圖 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. 窪蹋勛圖 transfer applicants had an average GPA of 3.43, while 窪蹋勛圖 Imperial Valley transfer applicants average GPA was 3.28.

In total, 窪蹋勛圖 and 窪蹋勛圖 Imperial Valley considered applications from more than 120,000 new undergraduate,  masters and doctoral students.

Advanced degrees

窪蹋勛圖 also saw increases in students seeking to advance their education, with 1,708 new masters program students and a record-breaking 223 new doctoral students. 

窪蹋勛圖 also set new benchmarks in several graduation categories, according to data from , the California State University systems ambitious 10-year initiative to increase graduation rates and eliminate opportunity and achievement gaps. That data shows the four-year graduation rate for full-time, first-time freshmen rose from 49% for the fall 2015 cohort to 62.2% for the fall 2021 cohort, 窪蹋勛圖s highest mark yet and second only to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at 63%.

When compared with all 窪蹋勛圖 cohorts included in the initiative, the universitys fall 2021 cohort the most recent with complete four-year data saw the new highs in four-year graduation rates for students who identified as Native American (87.5%), Black/African American (52.3%), Hispanic/Latinx (55%) and Asian or Pacific Islander (70.2%). New marks were also set for fall 2021 students who identified as first-generation college students (52%).

When looking at six-year graduation rates for first-time freshmen in the fall 2019 cohort, new highs were set for 窪蹋勛圖 students who identified as Asian or Pacific Islander (86.6%), Filipino (81.2%), first-generation (72.6%) or commuter students (74.4%).

窪蹋勛圖 also set a new high for two-year graduation rates for new upper-division transfer students at 62.2% for the fall 2024 cohort. The cohort also set high marks for students who identify as Hispanic/Latinx (62.9%), Asian or Pacific Islander (59.3%), international (65.7%), Pell Grant recipients (59%) and first-generation (61.2%).

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