Largest California Colleges and Universities

Largest California Colleges with Most Enrollment

University of Southern California has the most students of 49,318 for academic year 2021-2022 in California. University of California-Los Angeles is ranked second with 46,116 students and University of California-Berkeley follows them with 45,036 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 students by gender.
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Largest California Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	49,318	26,611	22,707
2	University of California-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	46,116	26,126	19,990
3	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	45,036	23,763	21,273
4	University of California-San Diego Public, four-yearsLa Jolla, CA	41,885	20,725	21,160
5	California State University-Fullerton Public, four-yearsFullerton, CA	40,738	24,193	16,545
6	Ashford University Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	40,362	26,041	14,321
7	California State University-Long Beach Public, four-yearsLong Beach, CA	40,190	23,499	16,691
8	California State University-Northridge Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA	40,108	22,721	17,387
9	University of California-Davis Public, four-yearsDavis, CA	40,050	23,765	16,285
10	San Jose State University Public, four-yearsSan Jose, CA	37,133	19,451	17,682
11	University of California-Irvine Public, four-yearsIrvine, CA	36,505	19,622	16,883
12	San Diego State University Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	36,484	21,134	15,350
13	California State University-Sacramento Public, four-yearsSacramento, CA	32,498	18,893	13,605
14	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Public, four-yearsPomona, CA	29,456	13,846	15,610
15	California State University-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	27,513	16,506	11,007
16	San Francisco State University Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	26,899	15,264	11,635
17	University of California-Riverside Public, four-yearsRiverside, CA	26,847	13,959	12,888
18	University of California-Santa Barbara Public, four-yearsSanta Barbara, CA	26,124	14,395	11,729
19	California State University-Fresno Public, four-yearsFresno, CA	25,047	15,228	9,819
20	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Public, four-yearsSan Luis Obispo, CA	22,231	10,850	11,381

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