Largest Online California Colleges

In California, 167,006 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students increased by 2,475 from last year.

University of the People has the most online students of 41,961 out of 41,961.00 total students (100.00%) among 84 California colleges that offer online programs.

National University with 18,317 online students and East Los Angeles College with 12,938 online students are following it in Largest Online California Colleges ranking.

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

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $10,346 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,031 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Table. Largest Online California Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Online Enrollment	Total Population	Undergraduate	Graduate	Men	Women	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees
1 -	University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year	41,961 906	41,961	36,901	5,060	22,633	19,328	$1,200
2 -	National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	18,317 1,748	22,115	11,237	10,878	8,524	13,591	$13,284
3 -	East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CAPublic, 4-year	12,938 470	33,677	33,677	-	17,539	16,138	$10,572 ($1,238)
4 -	Northcentral University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year	9,489 1,029	9,489	60	9,429	2,539	6,950	$12,594
5 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)
6 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)
7 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)
8 1	Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year	8,360 510	23,453	23,453	-	10,537	12,916	$10,708 ($1,156)
9 1	Fresno City College Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year	8,294 365	28,071	28,071	-	12,983	15,088	$8,638 ($1,378)
10 4	De Anza College Cupertino, CAPublic, 4-year	7,946 969	17,425	17,425	-	9,014	8,411	$12,596 ($1,571)
	Average	13,431	22,843	19,916	7,318	10,935	11,908	$10,346 ($2,900)

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Northern Virginia Community College Public, 2-4 year | Annandale, VA
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Graduate

Adams State University Public, 4-year | Alamosa, CO
University of Florida Public, 4-year | Gainesville, FL
Nova Southeastern University Private, 4-year | Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Johns Hopkins University Private, 4-year | Baltimore, MD
California State University-Northridge Public, 4-year | Northridge, CA
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Public, 4-year | University Park, PA
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Online Schools

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Public, 4-year | University Park, PA
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Public, 4-year | Atlanta, GA
Fort Hays State University Public, 4-year | Hays, KS
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Pima Medical Institute-Tucson Private, 4-year | Tucson, AZ
Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas Private, 2-4 year | Las Vegas, NV
Lincoln Technical Institute-Union Private, Less than 2-year | Union, NJ
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