The Largest Online California Colleges

In California, 176,682 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 174,259 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 83 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 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 $15,894 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,709 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 10.02% and the average SAT score is 1,510 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online California 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 5	National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	11,757 203	18,631	8,485	10,146	6,865	11,766	$13,320
4 20	Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year	10,229 4,042	22,375	22,375	-	9,905	12,470	$9,316 ($1,156)
5 8	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year	8,562 1,097	8,689	4,822	3,867	2,560	6,129	$12,520 ($12,520)
6 4	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year	8,214 2,206	26,873	26,873	-	11,728	15,145	$10,310 ($1,430)
7 -	San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year	7,902 4,754	18,076	18,076	-	7,977	10,099	$9,094 ($1,150)
8 22	Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year	7,105 2,062	23,852	23,852	-	13,558	10,294	$9,460 ($1,180)
9 9	Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CAPublic, 4-year	6,530 847	12,434	12,434	-	6,609	5,825	$12,320 ($1,565)
10 7	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
	Average	13,496	24,826	19,204	11,244	11,251	13,575	$15,894 ($3,167)

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