Largest California Colleges

University of Southern California is the largest California college with 47,147 students. The percentage of online students is 12.44% at the school.

University of California-Los Angeles with 46,678 students and University of California-Berkeley with 45,699 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 38.36% 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
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University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 47,147
2,171
21,02326,12422,05925,0885,8659 to 1
2
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University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 46,678
562
33,04013,63819,75426,92464918 to 1
3
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University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year 45,699
663
33,07812,62121,03024,6691,74518 to 1
4
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University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year 42,376
491
33,7928,58420,45021,92631019 to 1
5
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California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CAPublic, 4-year 41,962
1,224
37,1254,83717,82224,1403,75222 to 1
6
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California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CAPublic, 4-year 40,278
88
34,2436,03516,55723,7212,08519 to 1
7
1
University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, 4-year 39,707
343
31,7977,91016,42323,28435121 to 1
8
3
San Diego State University San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 39,241
2,757
34,0505,19116,68922,5522,44222 to 1
9
2
California State University-Northridge Northridge, CAPublic, 4-year 37,760
2,348
32,4295,33117,14020,6202,91321 to 1
10
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University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 36,582
77
29,5037,07916,52520,05762818 to 1
Average41,74332,0089,73518,44523,2982,07419 to 1