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).
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
CSU Long Beach (CSULB) is a university of talented and diverse students that consistently ranks among
the top public universities in the west (U.S. News & World Report) and is one of the “Best Value” public
universities in the nation (The Princeton Review’s “America’s Best Value Colleges”).
Money magazine ranked CSULB the 17th best public college in the nation in 2021.
In 2021, CSULB was ranked 14th best public regional university in the west by U.S. News & World Report:
America’s Best Colleges.
CSULB’s accreditation has been reaffirmed for 10 years by the Western Association of Schools and
Colleges Senior College and University Commission. This certification comes as an all-important
reaffirmation—verifying the university’s standards and quality of education by a nationally recognized,
higher education-focused organization.
In accordance with the White House’s ranking system, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine recognized
CSULB as a top 10 “Best College Value” for providing high-quality and low-cost education.
CSULB was designated one of the nation’s top “Best in the West” public universities by The Princeton
Review’s “2020 Best Colleges: Region by Region” for its commitment to high-quality education at an
affordable cost.
Washington Monthly named CSULB the 10th “Best-Bang-for-the-Buck” college in 2020 based on the
economic value students receive per dollar.
CSULB ranked among the top universities in the west according to a 2021 U.S. News & World Report,
placing eighth for the most innovative improvements in curriculum, faculty, students, campus life,
technology and facilities.
CSULB ranked second in a 2021 list of Top Performers on Social Mobility by U.S. News & World Report for
graduating large proportions of underrepresented students.
Forbes magazine ranked CSULB as one of the nation’s “Best Value” colleges.
