“Changing Lives for a Changing World” —President F. King Alexander
California State University Long Beach is a diverse, student-centered, globally-engaged public university committed to providing highly-valued undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities through superior teaching, research, creative activity and service for the people of California and the world.
Educational Opportunity, Excellence, Diversity, Integrity, and Service.
4th Consecutive Year to be Ranked as One of the Top Five Public Comprehensive Universities in the Western United States U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges Guide,” 2008 edition
3rd Best Value Public University Among All American Public Colleges and Universities The Princeton Review’s America’s Best Value Colleges ranking, 2007 edition
25th Largest University in the Nation and 2nd Largest in the State of California Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, 2006-07
2nd Highest Producer of Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded and Top University Nationally Among All Comprehensive Master’s Universities National Center for Educational Statistics
8th Best University in the Nation for Conferring Bachelor’s Degrees to Minority Students Diverse Issues in Higher Education ranking, July 200 7
1st in the Nation for Awarding Mathematics and Statistics Graduate Degrees to Minority Students Diverse Issues in Higher Education ranking, July 2007
1st in the Western Region and 2nd Best University Nationally for Having the Lowest Percentage of Students Graduating in Debt U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges Guide,” 2008 edition Only 34 percent of the Class of 2006 carried debt upon graduation.
1st in the Nation for Number of Graduates Who Go On To Earn Doctoral Degrees in Science and Engineering National Science Foundation survey of baccalaureate-origin institutions of research doctorate recipients, 1995-2004
Premier President’s Scholars Program in California The President’s Scholars Program awards high school valedictorians and National Merit scholars full scholarships to CSULB. To date, more than 820 President’s Scholars have benefited from the program and from making CSULB their university of choice.
College of Business Administration Recognized Among the Nation’s Best Ranked by the Princeton Review’s Best 237 Business Schools, which also awarded special recognition to executive and part-time and evening MBA programs.
CSULB is a Member of the Long Beach Education Partnership, Considered the National Prototype of Seamless Education from Preschool through Doctoral Degree
National Recognition as a Hispanic-Serving Institution CSULB is one of 212 institutions across the United States designated as Hispanic-Serving by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
CSULB Generates an Annual Economic Impact of $2.8 Million Per Day in Southern California
More Than 235,000 Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees Awarded Since 1950
