Student Demographics
Period Covered: 2024-25
This section displays student enrollment characteristics for the most recent academic year, 2024-25. Click or scroll down for
- Student Characteristics
- Figure 6: Student Characteristics, 2024-25
- Additional Characteristics
- Figure 7a: Student Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2024-25
- Figure 7b: Student Population by Enrollment Type, 2024-25
- Figure 7c: Student Population by Age, 2024-25
- Figure 7d: Student Population by Previous Education, 2024-25
- Student Areas of Residence
- Figure 8: Share of Headcount by Geographic Area, 2024-25
- Figure 9: Instructional Modality by City of Residence, Fall 2024
- Figure 10: Enrollment by High School – Fremont Union High School District, 2024
Student Characteristics
De Anza’s student body encompasses a wide range of demographic characteristics: One in three students identify as low-income and are in the first generation of their family to attend college. One in three enroll full time, taking 12 or more units per quarter.
About 13% of students receive a need-based Pell grant. About 6% of students come from other countries on an educational visa to study in the United States.
Figure 6: Student Characteristics, 2024-25
Note: “Low-Income” is family income below $50,000. “First-Generation” means at least one parent did not attend college. “Enrolled Full Time” includes students taking 12 or more units. “International” includes students with an F1 or FZ visa. “Pell Recipients” are receiving a federal Pell Grant. “Evening Class” represents students who take at last one class after 4:30 p.m. “Students of Color” includes all racial/ethnic groups excluding white and unknown. Source: De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Additional Characteristics
Almost half of De Anza’s students identify as Asian, Filipinx or Pacific Islander, while a quarter identify as Latinx. The largest number (44%) are continuing from a previous quarter, while about 18% are attending college for the first time.
While over a third of students are 19 or younger, an even split between male and female students exists, with most students earning a high school diploma or equivalent as their highest level of education.
Figure 7a: Student Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2024-25
Source: De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Figure 7b: Student Population by Enrollment Type, 2024-25
Source: De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Figure 7c: Student Population by Age, 2024-25
Source: De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Figure 7d: Student Population by Previous Education, 2024-25
Source: De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Student Areas of Residence
Just over a quarter of De Anza students live in the college’s official service area, which is defined as the areas served by high schools in the Fremont Union High School District – covering Cupertino, Sunnyvale and parts of Saratoga, San José and Santa Clara. The other 74% live across the Santa Clara Valley, including 23% in Central Santa Clara County (areas of San José west of highways 880 and 101) and 15% from East Santa Clara County (Alviso, Milpitas and areas of San José east of highways 880 and 101).
Figure 8: Share of Headcount by Geographic Area, 2024-25
Source: De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Figure 9: Instructional Modality by City of Residence, Fall 2024
Source: De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Figure 10: Enrollment by High School – FUHSD, 2024
Sources: California Department of Education Data Quest, De Anza College Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Accreditation
Students from most local cities choose online or in-person classes roughly in proportion to their share of the total student body. For example, students from San José represent 47% of De Anza’s total enrollment – the largest share of any city – and also represent 49% of in-person enrollment and 48% of online enrollment. Unsurprisingly, students from Cupertino, where De Anza is located, take in-person courses at a slightly higher rate than their proportion of the student body. About 2% of students taking an online course live in Los Angeles.
Four of the five high schools in De Anza’s immediate service area have graduation rates above 94%. The fifth, Fremont High, has a rate of 87%. More than a quarter of Fremont High’s 2024 graduates enrolled at De Anza that fall. Nearly a quarter of graduates from Cupertino High and 20% of graduates from Homestead High enrolled at De Anza.