U.S. News and World Report Ranks Long Beach State as Third Best Western Regional Public University

Published September 12, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LONG BEACH, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2018) – Long Beach State University scored highly — as the third-best regional public university in the western United States — in the newly-published U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Colleges rankings.

“U.S. News & World Reports’ rankings spotlight what faculty and alumni often share with me, that Long Beach State students gain a quality education while earning their degrees,” President Jane Close Conoley said.

U.S. News & World Reports’ rankings follow other recognitions of Long Beach State’s commitments to academic excellence, value and social mobility:

  • CollegeNET, Inc. rated Long Beach State fifth in the United States in its 2017 Social Mobility Index, which rates campuses by educators’ abilities to help students climb the economic ladder.
  • Money magazine placed Long Beach State in 22nd place among more than 700 U.S. universities in its rankings.
  • Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reported Long Beach State awarded the second-most bachelor’s degrees in the nation to minority graduates during the 2016-17 academic year.

Members of The Beach community are now being invited to ensure the campus builds upon its achievements and evolves to meet future needs. BEACH 2030, a new strategic planning initiative at Long Beach State, will ensure the campus continues to serve students and the public as one of the nation’s best public universities.

Conoley announced the project, a two-year initiative to prepare the Long Beach campus for future students’ needs, during her convocation address in August. The process includes Imagine BEACH 2030, an online event scheduled for Nov. 14 and 15 to invite the entire campus community to share their ideas for the campus’ future.

“We will continue to look toward innovation and the common good, but we must learn to do more than what has worked for us in the past,” Conoley said. “Meeting the future’s challenges and opportunities will require new ways of thinking and doing.”