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 44,537 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	44,537
C	University of California Berkeley	42,501
C	California State University Fullerton	40,280
C	California State University Northridge	40,212
C	University of California Davis	38,167
C	University of California San Diego	37,887
C	California State University Long Beach	37,466
C	University of California Irvine	36,032
E	East Los Angeles College	35,403
S	San Jose State University	35,400
S	San Diego State University	35,303
C	California State University Sacramento	31,902
A	American River College	31,366
S	San Francisco State University	29,778
M	Mt. San Antonio College	29,346
S	Santa Monica College	28,800
S	Santa Ana College	28,425
C	California State University Los Angeles	28,036
C	City College of San Francisco	27,008
P	Pasadena City College	26,862

California Public Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment

List of Public Colleges by Enrollment