Largest California Graduate Schools

Largest California Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

University of Southern California has the most graduate students of 25,936 for the academic year 2024-2025 in California. University of California-Los Angeles is ranked second with 13,860 students and University of California-Berkeley follows them with 12,812 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 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	25,936	13,982	11,954
2	University of California-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	13,860	6,699	7,161
3	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	12,812	6,294	6,518
4	National University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	10,878	7,589	3,289
5	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA	10,721	4,894	5,827
6	San Jose State University Public, four-yearsSan Jose, CA	9,653	6,009	3,644
7	University of California-San Diego Public, four-yearsLa Jolla, CA	9,301	4,108	5,193
8	University of California-Davis Public, four-yearsDavis, CA	7,792	4,349	3,443
9	University of California-Irvine Public, four-yearsIrvine, CA	7,093	3,640	3,453
10	Ashford University Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	6,891	4,400	2,491
11	California State University-Long Beach Public, four-yearsLong Beach, CA	5,921	3,613	2,308
12	California State University-Northridge Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA	5,557	3,456	2,101
13	Pepperdine University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMalibu, CA	5,423	3,876	1,547
14	San Diego State University Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	5,355	3,322	2,033
15	California State University-Fullerton Public, four-yearsFullerton, CA	4,902	3,030	1,872
16	University of San Diego Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	3,863	2,197	1,666
17	University of California-Riverside Public, four-yearsRiverside, CA	3,784	1,687	2,097
18	University of the Pacific Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStockton, CA	3,695	2,308	1,387
19	University of San Francisco Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	3,592	2,270	1,322
20	California State University-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	3,577	2,198	1,379

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