Smallest California Colleges and Universities

Smallest California Colleges with Least Enrollment

San Diego Christian College has the least students of 96 for the academic year 2024-2025 in California. Notre Dame de Namur University is ranked second with 306 students and American Jewish University follows them with 424 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have least students by gender.

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Smallest California Colleges with Least Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	San Diego Christian College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSantee, CA	96	45	51
2	Notre Dame de Namur University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBelmont, CA	306	239	67
3	American Jewish University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	424	308	116
4	University of Silicon Valley Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Jose, CA	477	141	336
5	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMonterey, CA	526	374	152
6	Thomas Aquinas College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Paula, CA	566	286	280
7	Northeastern University Oakland Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOakland, CA	640	319	321
8	Whittier College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWhittier, CA	795	459	336
9	Menlo College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAtherton, CA	810	345	465
10	Woodbury University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBurbank, CA	849	464	385
11	Antioch University-Los Angeles Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCulver City, CA	910	613	297
12	Harvey Mudd College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	951	476	475
13	Pacific Union College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAngwin, CA	974	599	375
14	Simpson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRedding, CA	992	481	511
15	Hope International University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFullerton, CA	1,025	631	394
16	Scripps College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	1,137	1,130	7
17	Pitzer College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	1,242	736	506
18	Westmont College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSanta Barbara, CA	1,310	799	511
19	Claremont McKenna College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClaremont, CA	1,393	694	699
20	La Sierra University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiverside, CA	1,574	935	639

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