Largest California Private Colleges

University of Southern California is the largest private California college with 48,945 students. The percentage of online students is 12.82% at the school.

Stanford University with 18,283 students and California Baptist University with 11,495 students are following it in the largetst California college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest California online colleges.

University of Southern California stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Stanford University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $57,596 and graduate tuition & fees is $34,674 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 45.50% and the average SAT score is 1,375 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.

Table. Largest California Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 48,945
373		20,69928,24622,57426,3716,2769 to 1
2
-		Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year 18,283
603		8,04910,2349,6508,6332885 to 1
3
-		California Baptist University Riverside, CAPrivate, 4-year 11,495
6		8,3343,1613,9157,5802,76618 to 1
4
1		Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 10,165
19		7,2992,8664,4865,67963511 to 1
5
1		Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year 10,030
416		3,6626,3683,3576,6733,10013 to 1
6
1		Chapman University Orange, CAPrivate, 4-year 10,014
23		7,8692,1453,9486,066-12 to 1
7
1		University of San Francisco San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year 9,688
346		6,0183,6703,3666,32252013 to 1
8
1		Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CAPrivate, 4-year 9,178
260		6,1153,0634,5684,61039912 to 1
9
1		University of San Diego San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 8,815
226		5,6693,1463,7695,04697013 to 1
10
-		Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CAPrivate, 4-year 7,169
957		3,3483,8212,0365,1331,11710 to 1
Average14,3787,7066,6726,1678,2111,78612 to 1