Largest Online Colleges in California

California Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Ashford University has the most online students of 34,190 for academic year 2022-2023 in California. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. National University is ranked second with 12,521 online students and University of Southern California follows them with 34,190 online 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 online students by enrolled status. You may want to check colleges having the smallest online student population in California.

California Colleges with the Largest Online Students
	Name	Total # of Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs	Enrolld in Some Online Courses	Not in Online Courses
1	Ashford University ^* Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	34,190	34,190	0	0
2	National University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	18,631	11,757	764	6,110
3	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	48,945	6,276	10,206	32,463
4	San Jose State University Public, four-yearsSan Jose, CA	35,751	5,790	19,698	10,263
5	California State University-Fullerton Public, four-yearsFullerton, CA	40,386	4,122	19,249	17,015
6	California State University-East Bay Public, four-yearsHayward, CA	13,673	3,715	6,231	3,727
7	California State University-Northridge Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA	37,579	3,333	18,503	15,743
8	Pepperdine University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMalibu, CA	10,030	3,100	1,078	5,852
9	San Francisco State University Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	25,282	3,034	14,727	7,521
10	California Baptist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiverside, CA	11,495	2,766	3,947	4,782
11	University of California-Irvine Public, four-yearsIrvine, CA	35,937	2,519	14,897	18,521
12	California State University-Dominguez Hills Public, four-yearsCarson, CA	16,426	2,367	7,188	6,871
13	California State University-Long Beach Public, four-yearsLong Beach, CA	38,973	2,307	19,002	17,664
14	California State University-Sacramento Public, four-yearsSacramento, CA	31,818	2,262	17,615	11,941
15	California State University-San Bernardino Public, four-yearsSan Bernardino, CA	19,803	2,087	12,093	5,623
16	California State University-Bakersfield Public, four-yearsBakersfield, CA	9,613	1,893	5,136	2,584
17	California State University-Chico Public, four-yearsChico, CA	14,183	1,703	8,526	3,954
18	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	45,307	1,622	8,078	35,607
19	Concordia University-Irvine Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIrvine, CA	3,744	1,459	921	1,364
20	San Diego State University Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	37,402	1,456	19,356	16,590

^* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.

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