Largest California Colleges and Universities

Largest California Colleges with Most Enrollment

University of California-Los Angeles has the most students of 47,335 for the academic year 2024-2025 in California. University of Southern California is ranked second with 46,566 students and University of California-Berkeley follows them with 45,882 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 students by gender.

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Largest California Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	University of California-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	47,335	26,905	20,430
2	University of Southern California Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	46,566	24,730	21,836
3	University of California-Berkeley Public, four-yearsBerkeley, CA	45,882	24,742	21,140
4	University of California-San Diego Public, four-yearsLa Jolla, CA	44,256	23,281	20,975
5	California State University-Fullerton Public, four-yearsFullerton, CA	43,662	24,704	18,958
6	California State University-Long Beach Public, four-yearsLong Beach, CA	42,003	24,745	17,258
7	San Diego State University Public, four-yearsSan Diego, CA	41,137	23,567	17,570
8	University of California-Davis Public, four-yearsDavis, CA	40,065	23,267	16,798
9	California State University-Northridge Public, four-yearsNorthridge, CA	38,313	20,783	17,530
10	San Jose State University Public, four-yearsSan Jose, CA	37,661	19,381	18,280
11	University of California-Irvine Public, four-yearsIrvine, CA	37,297	20,586	16,711
12	California State University-Sacramento Public, four-yearsSacramento, CA	31,943	17,917	14,026
13	Ashford University Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA	28,004	16,991	11,013
14	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Public, four-yearsPomona, CA	27,636	12,295	15,341
15	University of California-Riverside Public, four-yearsRiverside, CA	26,384	13,574	12,810
16	University of California-Santa Barbara Public, four-yearsSanta Barbara, CA	26,133	14,767	11,366
17	California State University-Fresno Public, four-yearsFresno, CA	24,427	14,477	9,950
18	California State University-Los Angeles Public, four-yearsLos Angeles, CA	23,163	13,098	10,065
19	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Public, four-yearsSan Luis Obispo, CA	23,069	11,673	11,396
20	San Francisco State University Public, four-yearsSan Francisco, CA	22,563	12,477	10,086

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