California Public Colleges with the Smallest Number of Students

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt is the smallest college with 6,025 students including both undergraduate and graduate students.

California State University-Channel Islands with 6,128 students and Sonoma State University with 6,637 students are following it in the list of Smallest California Public Colleges with Fewest Students.

California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt is the smallest school with 6,025 students and California State University-Channel Islands has the second lowest population with 6,128 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,350 and graduate tuition & fees is $19,107 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. Smallest California Public Colleges With Fewest Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year 6,025
117		5,4615642,5043,52162715 to 1
2
-		California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year 6,128
838		5,7343942,0994,02971817 to 1
3
-		Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year 6,637
734		5,9347032,4584,17938418 to 1
4
-		California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year 7,045
458		6,2487972,6884,35750220 to 1
5
1		University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 8,689
1,109		4,8223,8672,5606,1298,56218 to 1
6
1		University of California-Merced Merced, CAPublic, 4-year 9,103
10		8,3437604,6744,429-19 to 1
7
1		California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 9,613
1,359		8,1881,4253,1626,4511,89319 to 1
8
1		California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CAPublic, 4-year 10,154
327		8,9261,2283,2936,8611,41918 to 1
9
-		California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year 13,673
1,516		10,7962,8775,4818,1923,71522 to 1
10
-		California State University-Chico Chico, CAPublic, 4-year 14,183
1,519		12,9811,2026,3377,8461,70320 to 1
Average9,1257,7431,3823,5265,5992,16919 to 1