San Diego City Wire

At Ashford University, 88 percent of undergraduate students are nontraditional students - age 25 or older - and 71 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The four-year private for-profit institution in San Diego enrolled 34,710 students in fall 2018, including 28,701 in undergraduate and 6,009 in graduate programs, data shows. 13.7 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.

6 percent of undergraduates are residents of California, and 93 percent are residents of other states.

The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as white (42 percent) and Black or African American (33 percent).

	Total	Portion of Total
Undergraduate enrollment	28,701
Transfers	3,945	13.7%
Male	~8,323	29%
Female	~20,378	71%
Age 24 and under	~3,444	12%
Age 25 and over	~25,257	88%
In-state residence	~1,722	6%
Out of state residence	~26,692	93%
American Indian or Alaska Native	~287	1%
Asian	~574	2%
Black or African American	~9,471	33%
Hispanic/Latino	~3,731	13%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	~287	1%
White	~12,054	42%
Two or more races	~1,148	4%
Enrolled in distance education	28,701	100%