California State University Long Beach

About us

Location Long Beach, United States Funding Type Public
No of Students 39313 Establishment University
Founded In 1949 Estimated Cost of Living 14000 USD
Address 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States

California State University Long Beach is the third largest campus of the 23 school California State University system and one of the largest universities in the state of California by enrollment, its student body numbering 36,822 as of Fall semester 2014. Approximately 3,000 students are internationals coming from over 95 different countries.

CSULB was named one of the nation’s “Best Value” public colleges by the Princeton Review, which teamed up with USA Today to present its list of the 150 (75 public and 75 private) “Best Value Colleges for 2013.” and designated CSULB a “Best in the West” college in its website feature, “2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region.” U.S.News & World Report ranked CSULB the fourth best public regional university in the western United States in its 2013 edition of “America’s Best Colleges Guide.”

CSULB comprises eight academic colleges:

College of the Arts
College of Business Administration
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Health & Human Services
College of Liberal Arts
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
College of Continuing & Professional Education
Together, the colleges offer a total of 81 baccalaureate degrees, 67 master’s degrees, 16 education-related credential programs, and three doctoraldegrees (two joint and one independent).

Why?

CSULB is home to the largest Physics Department at any university in the State of California (including UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and Cal Poly SLO)
U.S. News and World Report has repeatedly ranked CSULB engineering program as one of the Top 50 undergraduate programs in the nation
CSULB’s programs in Accounting, Business Administration, Geography, History, Nursing, and Art are also well respected in the industry
More than 286,000 alumni include Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg, former industrial design major John Dykstra (who designed special effects for Star Wars and Spiderman 2), Chris Carter (creator of The X-Files series), golfer Mark O Meara, Olympic gold medal diver Pat McCormick, and Olympic gold medal beach volleyball athlete Misty May-Treanor among other notables
The University Art Museum (UAM) ranks in the top 10% of the nation’s over 6,000 museums
CSULB campus spans over 320 acres and is located just 5km from the Pacific Ocean