Smallest California Public Colleges With Fewest Students

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt is the smallest college with 6,025 students including both undergraduate and graduate students.

California State University-Channel Islands with 6,128 students and Sonoma State University with 6,637 students are following it in the list of Smallest California Public Colleges with Fewest Students.

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt is the smallest school with 6,025 students and California State University-Channel Islands has the second lowest population with 6,128 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,350 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,107 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. Smallest California Public Colleges With Fewest Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year	6,025 117	5,461	564	2,504	3,521	627	15 to 1
2 -	California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year	6,128 838	5,734	394	2,099	4,029	718	17 to 1
3 -	Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year	6,637 734	5,934	703	2,458	4,179	384	18 to 1
4 -	California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year	7,045 458	6,248	797	2,688	4,357	502	20 to 1
5 1	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year	8,689 1,109	4,822	3,867	2,560	6,129	8,562	18 to 1
6 1	University of California-Merced Merced, CAPublic, 4-year	9,103 10	8,343	760	4,674	4,429	-	19 to 1
7 1	California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year	9,613 1,359	8,188	1,425	3,162	6,451	1,893	19 to 1
8 1	California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CAPublic, 4-year	10,154 327	8,926	1,228	3,293	6,861	1,419	18 to 1
9 -	California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year	13,673 1,516	10,796	2,877	5,481	8,192	3,715	22 to 1
10 -	California State University-Chico Chico, CAPublic, 4-year	14,183 1,519	12,981	1,202	6,337	7,846	1,703	20 to 1
	Average	9,125	7,743	1,382	3,526	5,599	2,169	19 to 1

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