Largest California Private Colleges

University of Southern California is the largest private California college with 48,945 students. The percentage of online students is 12.82% at the school.

Stanford University with 18,283 students and California Baptist University with 11,495 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 Stanford University has the second largest population with 18,283 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. Stanford University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $57,645 and graduate tuition & fees is $34,674 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 52.11% and the average SAT score is 1,363 at the schools.

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

Table. Largest California Private 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 -	Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, four-years	18,283 2,330	8,049	10,234	9,650	8,633	288	5 to 1
3 -	California Baptist University Riverside, CA Private, four-years	11,495 178	8,334	3,161	3,915	7,580	2,766	18 to 1
4 2	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA Private, four-years	10,165 479	7,299	2,866	4,486	5,679	635	11 to 1
5 2	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA Private, four-years	10,030 476	3,662	6,368	3,357	6,673	3,100	13 to 1
6 1	Chapman University Orange, CA Private, four-years	10,014 253	7,869	2,145	3,948	6,066	-	12 to 1
7 3	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Private, four-years	9,688 380	6,018	3,670	3,366	6,322	520	13 to 1
8 2	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA Private, four-years	9,178 562	6,115	3,063	4,568	4,610	399	12 to 1
9 -	University of San Diego San Diego, CA Private, four-years	8,815 46	5,669	3,146	3,769	5,046	970	13 to 1
10 2	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA Private, four-years	7,169 1,837	3,348	3,821	2,036	5,133	1,117	10 to 1
	Average	14,378	7,706	6,672	6,167	8,211	1,786	12 to 1

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