California Private Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

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 NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,192
22,100		34,19227,2206,97218,31715,875$1,200
2
-		Ashford University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,190
6,172		34,19027,2016,98912,41421,776$13,160
3
-		National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 11,757
203		18,6318,48510,1466,86511,766$13,320
4
-		University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 6,276
1,280		48,94520,69928,24622,57426,371$68,237
5
1		Los Angeles Film School Hollywood, CAPrivate, 4-year 4,097
188		5,5885,588-3,6201,968$33,130
6
1		Academy of Art University San Francisco, CAPrivate, 4-year 3,906
535		6,7864,5552,2312,6954,091$28,024
7
1		Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year 3,100
85		10,0303,6626,3683,3576,673$66,742
8
2		California Baptist University Riverside, CAPrivate, 4-year 2,766
254		11,4958,3343,1613,9157,580$39,720
9
2		United States University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 2,763
335		2,7902122,5785192,271$7,067
10
1		The Chicago School at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 2,631
65		3,3262843,0425572,769$20,844
Average10,56817,59710,6247,7487,48310,114$29,144