California Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

In California, 176,682 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 174,259 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

University of the People has the most online students of 34,192 (all online exclusively) among 83 California colleges that offer online programs.

Ashford University with 34,190 online students and National University with 11,757 online students are following it in The largest online California Colleges ranking.

University of the People stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Ashford University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $15,894 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,709 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 10.00% and the average SAT score is 1,510 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online California Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,192
22,100		34,19227,2206,97218,31715,875$1,200
2
-		Ashford University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,190
6,172		34,19027,2016,98912,41421,776$13,160
3
5		National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 11,757
203		18,6318,48510,1466,86511,766$13,320
4
20		Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year 10,229
4,042		22,37522,375-9,90512,470$9,316
($1,156)
5
8		University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 8,562
1,097		8,6894,8223,8672,5606,129$12,520
($12,520)
6
4		Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 8,214
2,206		26,87326,873-11,72815,145$10,310
($1,430)
7
-		San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 7,902
4,754		18,07618,076-7,97710,099$9,094
($1,150)
8
22		Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year 7,105
2,062		23,85223,852-13,55810,294$9,460
($1,180)
9
9		Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CAPublic, 4-year 6,530
847		12,43412,434-6,6095,825$12,320
($1,565)
10
7		University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 6,276
1,280		48,94520,69928,24622,57426,371$68,237
Average13,49624,82619,20411,24411,25113,575$15,894
($3,167)