California Colleges with the Most Online Enrollment

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.

Comparison between Largest Online California Colleges

Table. Largest Online California Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduateGraduateMenWomenUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		University of the People Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year 41,961
906		41,96136,9015,06022,63319,328$1,200
2
-		National University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 18,317
1,748		22,11511,23710,8788,52413,591$13,284
3
-		East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CAPublic, 4-year 12,938
470		33,67733,677-17,53916,138$10,572
($1,238)
4
-		Northcentral University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 9,489
1,029		9,489609,4292,5396,950$12,594
5
1		Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CAPublic, 4-year 9,425
442		15,99915,999-7,0768,923$10,572
($1,238)
6
1		University of Massachusetts Global Aliso Viejo, CAPublic, 4-year 8,996
54		8,9965,0903,9062,5786,418$12,540
($12,540)
7
3		Santa Ana College Santa Ana, CAPublic, 4-year 8,579
1,149		27,24827,248-15,93111,317$10,756
($1,180)
8
1		Santa Monica College Santa Monica, CAPublic, 4-year 8,360
510		23,45323,453-10,53712,916$10,708
($1,156)
9
1		Fresno City College Fresno, CAPublic, 4-year 8,294
365		28,07128,071-12,98315,088$8,638
($1,378)
10
4		De Anza College Cupertino, CAPublic, 4-year 7,946
969		17,42517,425-9,0148,411$12,596
($1,571)
Average13,43122,84319,9167,31810,93511,908$10,346
($2,900)