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.

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University of Southern California is the largest school with 48,945 students and University of California-Los Angeles has the second largest population with 46,430 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of Southern California stay 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 35.13% and the average SAT score is 1,520 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest California Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest California Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Private, four-years	48,945 2,658	20,699	28,246	22,574	26,371	6,276	9 to 1
2 -	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, four-years	46,430 1,841	32,423	14,007	19,869	26,561	607	18 to 1
3 -	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, four-years	45,307 2,980	32,479	12,828	20,985	24,322	1,622	19 to 1
4 3	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA Public, four-years	42,006 2,430	33,096	8,910	20,883	21,123	48	19 to 1
5 1	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA Public, four-years	40,386 1,665	35,432	4,954	16,775	23,611	4,122	24 to 1
6 2	University of California-Davis Davis, CA Public, four-years	39,679 605	31,532	8,147	16,261	23,418	353	21 to 1
7 1	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA Public, four-years	38,973 1,096	32,931	6,042	16,087	22,886	2,307	22 to 1
8 3	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA Public, four-years	37,579 2,802	32,181	5,398	16,582	20,997	3,333	24 to 1
9 -	San Diego State University San Diego, CA Public, four-years	37,402 1,068	32,194	5,208	15,692	21,710	1,456	25 to 1
10 -	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA Public, four-years	35,937 366	28,662	7,275	16,257	19,680	2,519	18 to 1
	Average	41,264	31,163	10,102	18,197	23,068	2,264	20 to 1

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