2025 Most Enrolled Students in California Rankings
Among California colleges, University of Southern California has the largest number of students (47,147) and University of California-Los Angeles has the second largest number of students (46,678) based on academic year 2022-2023 college enrollment data.
Below table ranks and compares the Most Enrolled Students in California having the largest student population. For the ranking, we only include 4-year colleges and exclude colleges which the percentage of online students is more than 50% of total enrollment. You can view the largest online colleges at colleges with most online students rankings.
Most Enrolled Students in California
| Rank | College Name | Total Population | Men | Women | Undergraduate | Graduate | Online Enrollment | Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 48,945 | 22,574 | 26,371 | 21,023 | 26,124 | 5,865 | $68,237 | 10.0% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 46,430 | 19,869 | 26,561 | 33,040 | 13,638 | 649 | $44,524 | 8.7% | 18 to 1 |
| 3 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 45,307 | 20,985 | 24,322 | 33,078 | 12,621 | 1,745 | $45,627 | 11.7% | 18 to 1 |
| 4 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | 42,006 | 20,883 | 21,123 | 33,792 | 8,584 | 310 | $46,042 | 24.5% | 19 to 1 |
| 5 | California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA | 40,386 | 16,775 | 23,611 | 37,125 | 4,837 | 3,752 | $18,953 | 86.7% | 22 to 1 |
| 6 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | 39,679 | 16,261 | 23,418 | 31,797 | 7,910 | 351 | $46,024 | 41.6% | 21 to 1 |
| 7 | California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | 38,973 | 16,087 | 22,886 | 34,243 | 6,035 | 2,085 | $18,888 | 47.1% | 19 to 1 |
| 8 | California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA | 37,579 | 16,582 | 20,997 | 32,429 | 5,331 | 2,913 | $18,975 | 93.2% | 21 to 1 |
| 9 | San Diego State University San Diego, CA | 37,402 | 15,692 | 21,710 | 34,050 | 5,191 | 2,442 | $20,170 | 34.4% | 22 to 1 |
| 10 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | 35,937 | 16,257 | 19,680 | 29,503 | 7,079 | 628 | $45,014 | 25.6% | 18 to 1 |
Qualified California Colleges in Core Admission Stats
