Largest California Public Colleges With Most Students

University of California-Los Angeles is the largest public California college with 46,430 students. The percentage of online students is 1.31% at the school.

University of California-Berkeley with 45,307 students and University of California-San Diego with 42,006 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 California-Los Angeles stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of California-Berkeley also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,409 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,017 for the academic year 2023-2024.

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 Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year	46,430 314	32,423	14,007	19,869	26,561	607	18 to 1
2 -	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year	45,307 271	32,479	12,828	20,985	24,322	1,622	19 to 1
3 -	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year	42,006 121	33,096	8,910	20,883	21,123	48	19 to 1
4 -	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CAPublic, 4-year	40,386 352	35,432	4,954	16,775	23,611	4,122	24 to 1
5 2	University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, 4-year	39,679 371	31,532	8,147	16,261	23,418	353	21 to 1
6 1	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CAPublic, 4-year	38,973 1,217	32,931	6,042	16,087	22,886	2,307	22 to 1
7 1	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CAPublic, 4-year	37,579 2,529	32,181	5,398	16,582	20,997	3,333	24 to 1
8 2	San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year	37,402 918	32,194	5,208	15,692	21,710	1,456	25 to 1
9 -	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year	35,937 568	28,662	7,275	16,257	19,680	2,519	18 to 1
10 2	San Jose State University San Jose, CAPublic, 4-year	35,751 1,382	26,863	8,888	17,300	18,451	5,790	22 to 1
	Average	39,945	31,779	8,166	17,669	22,276	2,216	21 to 1