The Largest Online California Private Colleges

In California, 120,366 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 34,200 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

University of the People has the most online students of 34,192 (all online exclusively) among 52 California colleges that offer online programs.

Ashford University with 34,190 online students and National University with 11,757 online students are following it in The largest online California Private Colleges ranking.

University of the People stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Ashford University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $29,144 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,295 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 43.54% and the average SAT score is 1,435 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online California Private Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Online Enrollment	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
1 -	University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year	34,192 22,100	34,192	27,220	6,972	18,317	15,875	$1,200
2 -	Ashford University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	34,190 6,172	34,190	27,201	6,989	12,414	21,776	$13,160
3 -	National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	11,757 203	18,631	8,485	10,146	6,865	11,766	$13,320
4 -	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year	6,276 1,280	48,945	20,699	28,246	22,574	26,371	$68,237
5 1	Los Angeles Film School Hollywood, CAPrivate, 4-year	4,097 188	5,588	5,588	-	3,620	1,968	$33,130
6 1	Academy of Art University San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year	3,906 535	6,786	4,555	2,231	2,695	4,091	$28,024
7 1	Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year	3,100 85	10,030	3,662	6,368	3,357	6,673	$66,742
8 2	California Baptist University Riverside, CAPrivate, 4-year	2,766 254	11,495	8,334	3,161	3,915	7,580	$39,720
9 2	United States University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	2,763 335	2,790	212	2,578	519	2,271	$7,067
10 1	The Chicago School at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year	2,631 65	3,326	284	3,042	557	2,769	$20,844
	Average	10,568	17,597	10,624	7,748	7,483	10,114	$29,144

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