Nearly 40,000 students enrolled at San Jose State for fall 2025, an 8% increase from last year and the largest single-term total in the university's 168-year history. The university enrolled more than 5,100 first-year students, 3,600 transfer students, and 8,700 new undergraduates. Online program enrollment rose 30% to 850 students, and professional and continuing education programs reached nearly 5,000 students. Last year total fall enrollment rose 3.7% and freshman enrollment rose 2.8% after proactive workshops, communication and staff efforts mitigated FAFSA errors and application delays. The university faces federal scrutiny and a civil rights investigation related to allowing transgender athletes to compete.
San Jose State University welcomed a record number of students for the fall 2025 semester, despite concerns that the Trump administration's crackdown on higher education would cause a drop in fall enrollment. The university said Monday nearly 40,000 students enrolled at San Jose State for the fall semester an 8% increase from last year and the highest enrollment total for a single academic term in the university's 168-year history.
San Jose State also said it welcomed its largest-ever classes of first-year students, transfers and undergraduate students, with more than 5,100 first-year students, 3,600 transfer students and a total of 8,700 new undergraduate students. Last year, the university saw a 3.7% increase in total fall enrollment and a 2.8% increase in freshman enrollment for the fall 2024 semester, despite concerns that errors in the federal financial aid form and resulting application delays would cause a widespread drop in enrollment.
SJSU said it also saw a record number of students enrolled in its online programs for the fall 2025 semester, with 850 students enrolled a 30% increase from last year. The university said its professional and continuing education programs post-secondary learning opportunities for working adults saw an all-time high of nearly 5,000 students enrolled. The announcement comes as San Jose State University is one of many universities across the state and nation facing increasing scrutiny by the Trump administration.
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