Institution Enrollment History
   
Year Enrollment By Term  
  Fall Winter Spring Male Female Historical Notes
1913-14   Nelson B. VanMatre, President
1914-15 56 8 48 April 6, 1914 First Day of School
1915-16 78 15 63  
1916-17   U.S. enters World War I - 4/6/1917
1917-18 159   Name changed to Humboldt State Teachers College and Junior College
1918-19    
1919-20 59 3 56  
1920-21    
1921-22    
1922-23   Founder's Hall completed.
1923-24    
1924-25 192 179   Ralph W.Swetman, President
1925-26 249 206    
1926-27 264 250   Humboldt State authorized to issue BA
1927-28 266 263    
1928-29 293 286    
1929-30   Stock market crash 10/24/1929
1930-31 372   Arthur S. Gist, President
1931-32 355 323    
1932-33 380    
1933-34    
1934-35    
1935-36 333 344   Name changed to Humboldt State College
1936-37 358 297    
1937-38 331 313    
1938-39 360 339    
1939-40 436 411    
1940-41 427 437    
1941-42 400 335 203 197 Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941
1942-43 295 239    
1943-44 169 149   D-Day 6/6/1944
1944-45 187 159    
1945-46 205 305   Japan surrenders 8/14/1945
1946-47 650 654    
1947-48 741 668    
1948-49 721 688    
1949-50 746 756   Korean War begins 6/27/1950
1950-51 654 595 451 203 Cornelius H. Siemens, President
1951-52 598 587 374 224  
1952-53 670 636    
1953-54 793 831   Korean War ends 7/27/1953
1954-55 1053 1082    
1955-56 1295 1193    
1956-57 1422 1385    
1957-58 1584 1607    
1958-59 1875 1705    
1959-60 1932 1724    
1960-61 2071 2002    
1961-62 2165 2040    
1962-63 2448 2334    
1963-64 2602 2463    
1964-65 2922 2846    
1965-66 3227 3061    
1966-67 3420 3231    
1967-68 3850 3710 3694    
1968-69 4566 4372 4277    
1969-70 5171 5163 5185    
1970-71 5479 5784 5753    
1971-72 5917 6036 6226    
1972-73 6596 6658 6564   Vietnam War peace treaty signed 1/27/1973
1973-74 7161 7126 6873    
1974-75 7290 7261 6973   Alistair W. McCrone, President
1975-76 7402 7335 6873    
1976-77 7234 7178 6732    
1977-78 7467 7399 6837    
1978-79 7247 7224 6756    
1979-80 7339 7322 6897    
1980-81 7419 7415 6940    
1981-82 7460 7233 6742    
1982-83 7047 7028 6553    
1983-84 6430 6338 6086    
1984-85 6113 6082 5834    
1985-86 6220 6115 5824    
1986-87 5865 5822    
1987-88 6252 6161    
1988-89 6724 6780    
1989-90 7301 7405    
1990-91 7654 7647    
1991-92 7823 7732    
1992-93 7850 7391 4040 3810  
1993-94 7122 6651 3626 3496  
1994-95 7049 7011 3513 3536  
1995-96 7427 7321 3681 3746  
1996-97 7686 7403 3747 3939  
1997-98 7492 7347 3576 3916  
1998-99 7475 7342 3530 3945  
1999-2000 7545 7334 3459 4086  
2000-01 7433 7192 3360 4073  
2001-02 7382 7172 3287 4095  
2002-03 7611 7494 3410 4201 Rollin C. Richmond, President
2003-04 7725 7445 3454 4271  
2004-05 7550 7183 3355 4195  
2005-06 7462     3354 4108    
Data sources: CSU Statistical Abstracts (1935-present), Registrar Reports