Undergrad ProgramsGraduate Programs

California State University - Long Beach 2025 Best Colleges Ranking Media Kit

College Factual has updated it’s Best Colleges Rankings for 2025 and California State University - Long Beach has received a top ranking. You can read more about this year’s release or continue on for details on how CSULB did in this year’s report.

This page was created to give you an overview of how CSULB fared in College Factual’s Best Colleges Rankings.

How California State University - Long Beach Fared in College Factual’s 2025 Best Colleges Rankings

Nationwide Ranking

CSULB ranked #246 out of 2,152 schools analyzed in the 2025 Best Colleges Ranking. This places CSULB among the best of higher education institutions in the U.S. for students!

View the Best Colleges Ranking

This media kit features highlighted rankings from the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Bachelor’s Degree Rankings

Rankings by Major

In addition to the top overall ranking, CSULB has been ranked for quality bachelor’s degree programs:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Percentile
Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1	31	96.8%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2	231	99.1%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63	1,055	94.0%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82	933	91.2%
Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11	256	95.7%
Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3	47	93.6%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47	502	90.6%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58	959	94.0%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53	471	88.8%
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20	164	87.8%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70	925	92.4%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40	437	90.9%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49	533	90.8%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83	556	85.1%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53	481	89.0%
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40	300	86.7%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50	371	86.5%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75	417	82.0%
Best Computer Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4	22	81.8%
Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8	51	84.3%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	76	540	85.9%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	220	1,187	81.5%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95	506	81.2%
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35	228	84.7%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	118	609	80.6%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111	571	80.6%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	162	816	80.2%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	139	883	84.3%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182	1,150	84.2%
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	17	94.1%
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34	165	79.4%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88	535	83.6%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	85	460	81.5%
Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9	43	79.1%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109	573	81.0%
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	26	92.3%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	23	95.7%
Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	17	94.1%
Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	16	93.8%
Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	11	90.9%
Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	10	90.0%
Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	10	90.0%
Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	9	88.9%
Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	6	83.3%
Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	5	80.0%
Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	1	3	66.7%
Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	66.7%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	4	53	92.5%
Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	3	32	90.6%
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86	332	74.1%
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89	366	75.7%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	12	111	89.2%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	66	87.9%
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	2	15	86.7%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	15	121	87.6%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	98	91.8%
Best Drama & Theater Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77	294	73.8%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	5	53	90.6%
Best Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	4	36	88.9%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116	378	69.3%
Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	3	23	87.0%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	5	40	87.5%
Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54	189	71.4%
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101	356	71.6%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119	416	71.4%
Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	39	82.1%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	64	87.5%
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	3	18	83.3%
Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	8	60	86.7%
Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	59	86.4%
Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	11	61	82.0%
Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	11	60	81.7%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	11	80	86.3%
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	44	84.1%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	16	82	80.5%
Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	42	83.3%
Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36	111	67.6%
Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78	244	68.0%
Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87	272	68.0%
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57	176	67.6%
Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42	128	67.2%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	17	82	79.3%
Best Dance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32	96	66.7%
Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	3	13	76.9%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	12	66	81.8%
Best Construction Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	6	66.7%
Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	17	76	77.6%
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	12	58	79.3%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	11	42	73.8%
Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	23	89	74.2%
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	11	47	76.6%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	16	69	76.8%
Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	10	41	75.6%
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	14	50	72.0%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	17	71	76.1%
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	14	49	71.4%
Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	11	37	70.3%
Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	22	68.2%
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	22	89	75.3%
Best Geography & Cartography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	6	21	71.4%
Best Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	14	46	69.6%
Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	11	40	72.5%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	10	36	72.2%
Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	9	32	71.9%
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	11	34	67.7%
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	30	112	73.2%
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	27	70.4%
Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	6	19	68.4%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	17	53	67.9%
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	14	49	71.4%
Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	41	132	68.9%
Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	8	26	69.2%
Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	7	22	68.2%
Best Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	14	47	70.2%
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	12	37	67.6%
Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	17	53	67.9%
Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California	15	46	67.4%

About College Factual

College Factual’s mission is to help all students find their best-fit college, career, and major and the most affordable path to get there. Located in the Capital Region of New York, we offer free resources to students domestically and internationally to help them find their future faster.

Learn more about College Factual

How The Top Colleges Were Determined

College Factual's rankings were designed to help students make a better decision about where to invest their time and money to best meet their goals. The rankings are based on objective data and focused on student outcomes.

Read the Ranking Methodology

Explore more California State University - Long Beach Rankings

Contact Us

All logos and editorial content on www.collegefactual.com and any of its affiliate sites are trademark and copyright protected. All commercial use requires the express written consent of College Factual.

If you would like permission to use your badge or have access to a full press release to promote your awards, please contact us at [email protected].