Public Colleges with the Largest Enrollment in California

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 146 public colleges in California with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. University of California Los Angeles tops the list with a population of 44,027 students.

Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of California Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
	College	Enrollment
C	University of California Los Angeles	44,027
C	University of California Berkeley	41,891
C	California State University Northridge	41,319
C	California State University Fullerton	40,905
C	California State University Long Beach	37,622
C	University of California Davis	37,380
S	San Jose State University	35,835
C	University of California San Diego	35,772
C	University of California Irvine	35,242
S	San Diego State University	35,158
E	East Los Angeles College	34,578
A	American River College	31,858
C	California State University Sacramento	31,255
M	Mt. San Antonio College	29,960
S	Santa Monica College	29,760
S	San Francisco State University	29,758
C	California State University Los Angeles	28,531
S	Santa Ana College	28,083
P	Pasadena City College	27,324
C	City College of San Francisco	26,299

California Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment