California Public Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

In California, 56,316 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 140,059 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

Santa Monica College has the most online students of 10,229 out of 22,375.00 total students (45.72%) among 31 California colleges that offer online programs. All online students enrolled in undergraduate programs at the school.

University of Massachusetts Global with 8,562 online students and Bakersfield College with 8,214 online students are following it in The largest online California Public Colleges ranking.

Santa Monica College ranked 1st, up 19 places from 20th last year. University of Massachusetts Global ranked 2nd, up 8 places from 10th last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $11,101 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,106 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. The Largest Online California Public Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
19		Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year 10,229
4,042		22,37522,375-9,90512,470$9,316
($1,156)
2
8		University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 8,562
1,097		8,6894,8223,8672,5606,129$12,520
($12,520)
3
4		Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 8,214
2,206		26,87326,873-11,72815,145$10,310
($1,430)
4
1		San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 7,902
4,754		18,07618,076-7,97710,099$9,094
($1,150)
5
21		Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year 7,105
2,062		23,85223,852-13,55810,294$9,460
($1,180)
6
8		Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CAPublic, 4-year 6,530
847		12,43412,434-6,6095,825$12,320
($1,565)
7
5		West Los Angeles College Culver City, CAPublic, 4-year 6,181
2,236		8,6568,656-3,5345,122$10,130
($1,238)
8
1		MiraCosta College Oceanside, CAPublic, 4-year 6,118
3,654		10,86010,860-4,5026,358$9,120
($1,152)
9
3		San Jose State University San Jose, CAPublic, 4-year 5,790
6,004		35,75126,8638,88817,30018,451$19,872
($7,992)
10
8		Modesto Junior College Modesto, CAPublic, 4-year 5,029
1,344		16,22416,224-6,2409,984$8,870
($1,270)
Average7,16618,37917,1046,3788,3919,988$11,101
($3,065)