Largest Online Colleges in California

California Colleges with the Largest Online Students

Ashford University has the most online students of 28,004 for academic year 2024-2025 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 19,116 online students and University of Southern California follows them with 28,004 online students. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded 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	28,004	27,981	23	0
2	National University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	22,115	18,317	799	2,999
3	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	46,566	6,077	9,437	31,052
4	San Jose State University Public, four-yearsSan Jose, CA	37,661	6,027	17,894	13,740
5	California State University-East Bay Public, four-yearsHayward, CA	12,326	4,497	5,436	2,393
6	California State University-Fullerton Public, four-yearsFullerton, CA	43,662	3,776	23,263	16,623
7	California Baptist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiverside, CA	11,902	3,062	3,939	4,901
8	California State University-Northridge Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA	38,313	2,866	19,186	16,261
9	California State University-Chico Public, four-yearsChico, CA	15,257	2,599	8,894	3,764
10	Pepperdine University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMalibu, CA	8,976	2,486	934	5,556
11	California State University-San Bernardino Public, four-yearsSan Bernardino, CA	18,492	2,456	11,625	4,411
12	San Diego State University Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	41,137	2,454	21,435	17,248
13	California State University-Long Beach Public, four-yearsLong Beach, CA	42,003	2,404	20,273	19,326
14	California State University-Sacramento Public, four-yearsSacramento, CA	31,943	2,090	15,902	13,951
15	California State University-Dominguez Hills Public, four-yearsCarson, CA	15,182	2,003	6,896	6,283
16	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	45,882	1,793	7,867	36,222
17	San Francisco State University Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	22,563	1,684	12,257	8,622
18	University of San Diego Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	9,714	1,470	0	8,244
19	Concordia University-Irvine Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIrvine, CA	3,658	1,429	1,267	962
20	California State University-Stanislaus Public, four-yearsTurlock, CA	9,724	1,332	5,603	2,789

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

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