California Public Colleges with the Most Online Enrollment

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.

Comparison between Largest Online California Public Colleges

Table. Largest Online California Public Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduateGraduateMenWomenUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CAPublic, 4-year 12,938
470		33,67733,677-17,53916,138$10,572
($1,238)
2
1		Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CAPublic, 4-year 9,425
442		15,99915,999-7,0768,923$10,572
($1,238)
3
1		University of Massachusetts Global Aliso Viejo, CAPublic, 4-year 8,996
54		8,9965,0903,9062,5786,418$12,540
($12,540)
4
3		Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year 8,579
1,149		27,24827,248-15,93111,317$10,756
($1,180)
5
1		Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year 8,360
510		23,45323,453-10,53712,916$10,708
($1,156)
6
1		Fresno City College Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year 8,294
365		28,07128,071-12,98315,088$8,638
($1,378)
7
4		De Anza College Cupertino, CAPublic, 4-year 7,946
969		17,42517,425-9,0148,411$12,596
($1,571)
8
-		Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 7,554
252		30,74630,746-13,34017,406$11,300
($1,430)
9
3		San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CAPublic, 4-year 7,447
203		19,21219,212-8,76610,446$10,002
($1,146)
10
1		Moorpark College Moorpark, CAPublic, 4-year 7,208
87		14,58314,583-6,8667,717$9,615
($1,426)
Average8,67521,94121,5503,90610,46311,478$10,730
($2,430)