by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
California State University - Long Beach was awarded 419 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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CSULB is ranked #186 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CSULB held the #265 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
CSULB is also ranked #28 out of 168 schools in California.
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California State University - Long Beach has an acceptance rate of 47%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for CSULB.
The student to faculty ratio at California State University - Long Beach is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at California State University - Long Beach is 47%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
California State University - Long Beach has a freshmen retention rate of 87%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at CSULB is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 34,216 undergraduates at CSULB with 29,110 being full-time and 5,106 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,663 | $7,573 | $11,189 | $15,101 | $18,602 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CSULB, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CSULB, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $4,931 a year. That adds up to $19,724 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CSULB is 2.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for CSULB are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-0115 |
| Phone: | 562-985-4111 |
| Website: | www.csulb.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/csulb |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/csulb |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 1,557 | $41,174 |
| General Psychology | 507 | $26,891 |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 445 | $29,311 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 409 | $25,974 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 377 | $34,094 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 318 | NA |
| Sociology | 308 | $29,491 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 302 | $31,210 |
| Health & Physical Education | 293 | $25,102 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 293 | $29,475 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 34,853 students took at least one online class at California State University - Long Beach. This is a decrease from the 40,063 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 34,853 | 10,047 |
| 2019-2020 | 40,063 | 38,645 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,564 | 497 |
| 2017-2018 | 10,834 | 443 |
| 2016-2017 | 9,591 | 406 |
Learn more about online learning at California State University - Long Beach.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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