Largest Online California Public Colleges

In California, 54,744 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students increased by 1,218 from last year.

East Los Angeles College has the most online students of 12,938 out of 33,677.00 total students (38.42%) among 32 California colleges that offer online programs. All online students enrolled in undergraduate programs at the school.

Los Angeles Valley College with 9,425 online students and University of Massachusetts Global with 8,996 online students are following it in Largest Online California Public Colleges ranking.

East Los Angeles College stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Los Angeles Valley College ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $10,730 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,680 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Table. Largest Online California Public Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Online Enrollment	Total Population	Undergraduate	Graduate	Men	Women	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
1 -	East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CAPublic, 4-year	12,938 470	33,677	33,677	-	17,539	16,138	$10,572 ($1,238)
2 1	Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CAPublic, 4-year	9,425 442	15,999	15,999	-	7,076	8,923	$10,572 ($1,238)
3 1	University of Massachusetts Global Aliso Viejo, CAPublic, 4-year	8,996 54	8,996	5,090	3,906	2,578	6,418	$12,540 ($12,540)
4 3	Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year	8,579 1,149	27,248	27,248	-	15,931	11,317	$10,756 ($1,180)
5 1	Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year	8,360 510	23,453	23,453	-	10,537	12,916	$10,708 ($1,156)
6 1	Fresno City College Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year	8,294 365	28,071	28,071	-	12,983	15,088	$8,638 ($1,378)
7 4	De Anza College Cupertino, CAPublic, 4-year	7,946 969	17,425	17,425	-	9,014	8,411	$12,596 ($1,571)
8 -	Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year	7,554 252	30,746	30,746	-	13,340	17,406	$11,300 ($1,430)
9 3	San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year	7,447 203	19,212	19,212	-	8,766	10,446	$10,002 ($1,146)
10 1	Moorpark College Moorpark, CAPublic, 4-year	7,208 87	14,583	14,583	-	6,866	7,717	$9,615 ($1,426)
	Average	8,675	21,941	21,550	3,906	10,463	11,478	$10,730 ($2,430)

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Undergraduate

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Graduate

Adams State University Public, 4-year | Alamosa, CO
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Online Schools

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Public, 4-year | University Park, PA
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