Largest California Graduate Schools

Largest California Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

University of Southern California has the most graduate students of 28,246 for academic year 2022-2023 in California. University of California-Los Angeles is ranked second with 14,007 students and University of California-Berkeley follows them with 12,828 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most graduate students by gender.
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Largest California Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Graduate Students	Female	Male
1	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	28,246	15,588	12,658
2	University of California-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	14,007	6,991	7,016
3	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	12,828	6,278	6,550
4	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA	10,234	4,496	5,738
5	National University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	10,146	7,237	2,909
6	University of California-San Diego Public, four-yearsLa Jolla, CA	8,910	3,791	5,119
7	San Jose State University Public, four-yearsSan Jose, CA	8,888	5,587	3,301
8	University of California-Davis Public, four-yearsDavis, CA	8,147	4,585	3,562
9	University of California-Irvine Public, four-yearsIrvine, CA	7,275	3,602	3,673
10	Ashford University Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	6,989	4,748	2,241
11	Pepperdine University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMalibu, CA	6,368	4,533	1,835
12	California State University-Long Beach Public, four-yearsLong Beach, CA	6,042	3,727	2,315
13	California State University-Northridge Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA	5,398	3,526	1,872
14	San Diego State University Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	5,208	3,331	1,877
15	California State University-Fullerton Public, four-yearsFullerton, CA	4,954	3,099	1,855
16	University of California-Riverside Public, four-yearsRiverside, CA	3,898	1,769	2,129
17	Azusa Pacific University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAzusa, CA	3,821	2,853	968
18	California State University-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	3,723	2,335	1,388
19	University of San Francisco Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	3,670	2,440	1,230
20	San Francisco State University Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	3,321	2,136	1,185

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