California: enrollment and college housing by campus

The 71 California campuses here enrolled 939,695 full-time students in fall 2024 and controlled 246,408 beds of housing, 26 beds per 100 full-time students. University of Southern California has the most full-time students beyond its own beds: 32,282.

71campuses with 3,000+ full-time students

939,695full-time students, fall 2024

246,408college-controlled beds, 2024-25

$9,740median typical housing charge, academic year (38 reporting)

Sorted by full-time students beyond college-controlled capacity. Sources: Fall 2024 enrollment, IPEDS DRVEF2024 (provisional release, December 2025); 2024-25 housing capacity and charges, IPEDS COST1_2024 (December 2025). * Combined food and housing charge, for schools that don't split the two. n/a: no charge reported.
Campus	Full-time	Beds	Per 100	Beyond beds	Housing charge
University of Southern California Los Angeles	41,482	9,200	22.2	32,282	$12,271
California State University-Fullerton Fullerton	33,972	2,198	6.5	31,774	$14,124
California State University-Long Beach Long Beach	34,437	3,189	9.3	31,248	$9,760
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley	41,759	11,400	27.3	30,359	$23,750*
California State University-Northridge Northridge	30,411	3,024	9.9	27,387	$8,001
San Diego State University San Diego	35,588	8,630	24.2	26,958	$15,280
University of California-San Diego La Jolla	42,601	16,834	39.5	25,767	$18,970*
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles	45,444	20,081	44.2	25,363	$18,369*
San Jose State University San Jose	27,707	4,964	17.9	22,743	$10,836
University of California-Davis Davis	38,728	16,600	42.9	22,128	$19,426*
California State University-Sacramento Sacramento	24,607	3,277	13.3	21,330	$8,658
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona	23,016	4,095	17.8	18,921	$10,980
California State University-Fresno Fresno	20,010	1,356	6.8	18,654	$5,937
University of California-Irvine Irvine	36,211	17,769	49.1	18,442	$18,991*
University of California-Riverside Riverside	25,595	8,700	34	16,895	$20,691*
California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles	18,533	2,487	13.4	16,046	$10,810
University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara	25,357	11,347	44.7	14,010	$20,279*
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo	22,005	8,769	39.9	13,236	$11,589
San Francisco State University San Francisco	17,419	4,339	24.9	13,080	$11,300
California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino	14,457	1,473	10.2	12,984	$8,186
California State University-Chico Chico	13,233	1,764	13.3	11,469	$8,696
California State University-San Marcos San Marcos	13,413	2,022	15.1	11,391	$10,200
University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz	19,362	9,423	48.7	9,939	$19,948*
California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson	11,077	1,169	10.6	9,908	$10,474
Santa Monica College Santa Monica	9,430	none	0	9,430	n/a
Cerritos College Norwalk	8,663	none	0	8,663	n/a
De Anza College Cupertino	8,455	none	0	8,455	n/a
Bakersfield College Bakersfield	8,253	none	0	8,253	n/a
California State University-East Bay Hayward	9,210	1,322	14.4	7,888	$11,369
California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield	8,333	502	6	7,831	$9,360
Fresno City College Fresno	7,318	none	0	7,318	n/a
California State University-Stanislaus Turlock	7,608	700	9.2	6,908	$7,539
California Baptist University Riverside	9,981	3,670	36.8	6,311	$7,940
Modesto Junior College Modesto	5,981	none	0	5,981	n/a
Cypress College Cypress	5,872	none	0	5,872	n/a
Westcliff University Irvine	5,772	none	0	5,772	n/a
Unitek College Fremont	5,725	none	0	5,725	n/a
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles	9,357	3,685	39.4	5,672	$22,026*
East Los Angeles College Monterey Park	5,572	none	0	5,572	n/a
College of the Canyons Santa Clarita	5,405	none	0	5,405	n/a
Santa Clara University Santa Clara	8,350	3,779	45.3	4,571	$12,492
University of California-Merced Merced	8,964	4,400	49.1	4,564	$21,445*
Moorpark College Moorpark	4,483	none	0	4,483	n/a
University of San Francisco San Francisco	7,065	2,624	37.1	4,441	$13,934
MiraCosta College Oceanside	4,431	none	0	4,431	n/a
University of San Diego San Diego	7,415	3,057	41.2	4,358	$19,918*
Santa Ana College Santa Ana	4,351	none	0	4,351	n/a
Chapman University Orange	8,899	4,634	52.1	4,265	$11,938
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences San Marcos	4,118	none	0	4,118	n/a
Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster	4,107	none	0	4,107	n/a
Rio Hondo College Whittier	3,991	none	0	3,991	n/a
Foothill College Los Altos Hills	3,953	none	0	3,953	n/a
Western University of Health Sciences Pomona	3,612	none	0	3,612	n/a
University of the Pacific Stockton	5,919	2,322	39.2	3,597	$9,740
West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County Anaheim	3,494	none	0	3,494	n/a
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts San Jose	3,437	none	0	3,437	n/a
Pepperdine University Malibu	5,821	2,545	43.7	3,276	$15,660
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata	5,321	2,069	38.9	3,252	$7,322
Shasta College Redding	3,223	126	3.9	3,097	$8,490
University of La Verne La Verne	3,982	1,001	25.1	2,981	$8,830
Loma Linda University Loma Linda	3,457	510	14.8	2,947	$5,300
California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside	6,694	3,762	56.2	2,932	$8,873
Stanford University Stanford	17,232	14,488	84.1	2,744	$13,590
California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo	4,099	1,528	37.3	2,571	$9,740
Concordia University-Irvine Irvine	3,150	960	30.5	2,190	$7,990
Azusa Pacific University Azusa	4,201	2,146	51.1	2,055	$5,774
Sonoma State University Rohnert Park	4,940	3,185	64.5	1,755	$9,040
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks	3,100	1,412	45.5	1,688	$9,000
Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego	3,511	1,859	52.9	1,652	$13,650*
Biola University La Mirada	4,009	2,663	66.4	1,346	$7,060
University of California-San Francisco San Francisco	3,007	3,349	111.4	0	$14,400

"Beyond beds" is full-time enrollment minus the college's own housing capacity. It is not a demand forecast: some of those students live with family, and some commute by choice. Method and sources.