California State University, Long Beach

Long Beach, CA 90840 • (562) 985-4111 • www.csulb.edu

California State University, Long Beach is a large, urban, comprehensive university in the 23-campus California State University system. CSULB is committed to serving the people of California and endeavors to provide academic programs and campus services for both traditional and non-traditional students. The University enrolls students who have graduated in the top third of the State's high school graduating class, those who have completed a community college program, and adults re-entering education. CSULB aims, above all, to graduate students with highly valued degrees, and to prepare them for lifelong learning as well as for success in a variety of professional fields.

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College Portrait

A voluntary system of accountability (VSA^sm)

One of the strengths of U.S. higher education is the broad range of diverse institutions, each with its own distinctive mission. College students have the opportunity to select the institution that is the best match for their interests, abilities, and goals. We present this information to help students and their families better understand how colleges are alike in some ways, different in others. The items in the college portrait were selected based on recommendations from many focus groups as well as experts in higher education. While these items will give you valuable insight into college life, they will not capture the full range and richness of the experience. We encourage you to check out college web sites and visit campuses to get a more complete picture of the opportunities available to you.

The community

The hilltop portion of the 322-acre campus overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Eighty permanent buildings house the various colleges, 63 academic departments and programs, 24 centers, four institutes and four clinics. The student-operated University Student Union is located at the crossroads of the campus, providing a focal point for the total campus community. Brotman Hall, near the Union, houses many centralized campus services and administrative offices. There are also specialized facilities for Engineering Technology, Art, Industrial and Interior Design, Music, Molecular and Life Sciences, and Nursing as well as the International House student residence hall and meeting complex. A state-of-the-art building for the College of Business Administration, complete with decision-support laboratories, multimedia capability, and modern lecture halls, opened in 1991. The Department of Dance occupies quarters in the largest and best equipped instructional dance facility in the nation. The striking beauty of the campus owes much to the planting of 3,200 Helen Borcher flowering peach trees that were donated by the citizens of Long Beach. Secluded landscape areas and buildings of appropriate scale help maintain a learning environment that encourages small group identification and personal privacy in the midst of 37,000 individuals sharing the same site, on what is essentially a large urban campus.

Study at CSULB

Classroom environment

Students per faculty: 20 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students: 60%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students: 90%

Full-time instructional faculty

Total faculty: 1,029
Percent women: 44%
Percent from minority groups: 27%
Percent with highest degree in field: 83%

Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

Basic type Master's L: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Size and setting L4/NR: Large four-year, primarily nonresidential
Enrollment profile HU: High undergraduate
Undergraduate profile MFT4/S/HTI: Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
Undergraduate instructional program Bal/HGC: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
Graduate instructional program Postbac-Comp: Postbaccalaureate comprehensive

Note: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2005 edition. More information on the Carnegie Classifications can be found on the Carnegie Foundation website.

Student housing

22% of new freshmen live on campus
6% of all undergraduates live on campus

Campus safety

The mission of the CSULB University Police Department is to provide the campus community leadership by establishing a secure and peaceful learning atmosphere. CSULB Police officers undergo training specially designed to meet the needs and problems of a contemporary university community. All University Police Officers receive training on tolerance and diversity to better serve a diverse ethnic population. The University Police Department has a written agreement with the Long Beach Police Department which defines and details operational authority pursuant to Kristin Smart Campus Safety Act of 1998, SB 1729.

Also available: Campus crime statistics reports.

Future Plans of 2005-06 Bachelor's Degree Recipients

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