Largest California Colleges

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

University of California-Los Angeles with 46,430 students and University of California-Berkeley with 45,307 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. University of California-Los Angeles also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $37,245 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,937 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 38.50% and the average SAT score is 1,510 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 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
-		University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 46,430
314		32,42314,00719,86926,56160718 to 1
3
-		University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year 45,307
271		32,47912,82820,98524,3221,62219 to 1
4
-		University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year 42,006
121		33,0968,91020,88321,1234819 to 1
5
-		California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CAPublic, 4-year 40,386
352		35,4324,95416,77523,6114,12224 to 1
6
2		University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, 4-year 39,679
371		31,5328,14716,26123,41835321 to 1
7
1		California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CAPublic, 4-year 38,973
1,217		32,9316,04216,08722,8862,30722 to 1
8
1		California State University-Northridge Northridge, CAPublic, 4-year 37,579
2,529		32,1815,39816,58220,9973,33324 to 1
9
2		San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 37,402
918		32,1945,20815,69221,7101,45625 to 1
10
-		University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 35,937
568		28,6627,27516,25719,6802,51918 to 1
Average41,26431,16310,10218,19723,0682,26420 to 1