A total of 2,733,301 students are enrolled in California colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
- Student Level: There are 2,419,595 undergraduate and 313,717 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 88.52% and the proportion of graduate students is 11.48%.
- Institution Level: 1,660,826 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 1,031,785 students enrolled in community colleges, and 40,690 students enrolled in trade schools.
California 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics
For 302 California 4-year colleges, there are 1,660,826 students enrolled.
- Institution Control: 1,227,067 (73.88%) students in public and 433,759 (26.12%) in private 4-year colleges.
- Student Level: 1,347,120 (81.11%) undergraduate and 313,717 (18.89%) graduate students in California public 4-year colleges.
- Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in California 4-year colleges, 55.90% are women (928,402) and 44.10% are men (732,424). This yields a ratio of approximately 79 male students for every 100 female students.
- Online Enrollment: 99,569 (6.00%) undergraduate and 87,878 (5.29%) graduate students are enrolled online in California 4-year colleges.
- Largest and Smallest: For California colleges, University of California-Los Angeles has the most number of students of 47,335 among 4-year colleges. For California community colleges, American River College has the most students of 30,462 and UEI College-Riverside is the largest trade school with 1,616.
Student Population By School Level for California Colleges
By attending status, there are 1,496,039 full-time students and 1,234,513 part-time students at California colleges.
The following table compares student population by school level between California colleges. A total of 2,733,301 students have enrolled in California colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.