In California, 177,188 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 735,727 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 84 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 4-Years Colleges ranking.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of The Largest Online California 4-Years Colleges

University of the People has the most online students with 34,192 students and Ashford University has the second highest online population with 34,190 students.

University of the People stay at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Ashford University ranked 2nd, up 8 places from 10th last year.

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 12.02% and the average SAT score is 1,520 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 36.90% and the students to faculty ratio is 22 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 The Largest Online California 4-Years Colleges.

Table. The Largest Online California 4-Years Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,192
9,530		34,19227,2206,97218,31715,875$1,200
2
8		Ashford University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 34,190
3,075		34,19027,2016,98912,41421,776$13,160
3
47		National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 11,757
7,074		18,6318,48510,1466,86511,766$13,320
4
52		Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year 10,229
6,659		22,37522,375-9,90512,470$9,316
($1,156)
5
27		University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 8,562
2,424		8,6894,8223,8672,5606,129$12,520
($12,520)
6
14		Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 8,214
15,737		26,87326,873-11,72815,145$10,310
($1,430)
7
15		San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 7,902
11,890		18,07618,076-7,97710,099$9,094
($1,150)
8
45		Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year 7,105
2,723		23,85223,852-13,55810,294$9,460
($1,180)
9
22		Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CAPublic, 4-year 6,530
5,225		12,43412,434-6,6095,825$12,320
($1,565)
10
6		University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 6,276
31,647		48,94520,69928,24622,57426,371$68,237
Average13,49624,82619,20411,24411,25113,575$15,894
($3,167)