California Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 312 colleges in California with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. University of Southern California tops the list with a population of 48,945 students.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Cerro Coso Community College

Ridgecrest, CA

4,919
Los Angeles Southwest College

Los Angeles, CA

4,913
Palo Verde College

Blythe, CA

4,639
Gavilan College

Gilroy, CA

4,561
Taft College

Taft, CA

4,508
West Coast University Orange County

Anaheim, CA

4,475
Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, CA

4,319
College of Marin

Kentfield, CA

4,283
Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

4,280
Porterville College

Porterville, CA

4,113
El Camino College Compton Center

Compton, CA

4,082
Napa Valley College

Napa, CA

4,041
College of the Redwoods

Eureka, CA

4,006
West Hills College Lemoore

Lemoore, CA

3,845
Concordia University Irvine

Irvine, CA

3,744
University of Phoenix Sacramento Valley Campus

Sacramento, California

3,642
California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

3,615
Mendocino College

Ukiah, CA

3,554