Out-of-state students (including international students) generate annual spending of $11.7 million.
Since its inception in 1949, 206,307 students have graduated from Cal State Long Beach. Of the total number of alumni, 152,535 reside in California; 28,988 live in states other than California; and 1,236 reside abroad.
The President’s Scholars program currently enrolls 375 of the state’s top students. CSULB was the first CSU campus to provide full scholarships and other benefits to selected California high school valedictorians and National Merit scholars.
More than 30 centers, institutes and programs conduct applied research, training and community service programs as well as provide consulting for public and private organizations.
The National Science Foundation rated CSULB among the top master's-level universities in the number of graduates who go on to earn doctoral degrees in Science or Engineering.
CSULB’s College of the Arts is California’s largest publicly-funded school for the arts. Its seven performance halls, University Art Museum and Art and Design Departments galleries annually welcome approximately 200,000 guests to nearly 500 events.