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Cal State Long Beach

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Long Beach, CA
Population 10,000,000
Website http://www.csulb.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 34,131
Men / Women 41% / 59%
Hispanic 50%
Asian 17%
White 14%
Mixed 5%
Black 4%
International 2%
Native American 0%
From State 97%
From Region 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 39%
Business & Economics 19%
Arts 12%
Engineering 9%
Health Sciences 8%
Life & Natural Sciences 6%
Computer Science 4%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%
Professional 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,350
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $19,950
Est. In-State Cost $9,508
Est. Out-of-State Cost $25,807
10-Year ROI $242,000
ROI Percentile 92th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 87%
4-Year Graduation Rate 38%
6-Year Graduation Rate 69%
Transfer-Out Rate 2%

Weather

Comfortable Days 170 (98% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,284 (94% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 328 (99% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 28%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $3M #194
Life & Natural Sciences $22M #197
Engineering, Computing & Math $6M #222
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Life & Natural Sciences 40 #325
Humanities & Social Sciences 24 #338

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

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Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 1,399 56% / 44% 4% $66,000 93%
Business Administration 1,299 +100 56% / 44% 4% $66,801 83 93%
Business Economics 44 — 75% / 25% 7% $66,980 83 91%
Hospitality Management 56 — 34% / 66% 7% $46,668 46 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 325 19% / 81% 0% $52,627 91%
Liberal Studies 293 — 13% / 87% 0% $52,433 61 91%
Physical Education 32 — 78% / 22% 0% $54,404 65 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 1,177 80% / 20% 5% $98,503 95%
Aerospace Engineering 122 — 84% / 16% 3% $99,098 98 96%
Biomedical Engineering 53 — 53% / 47% 4% $104,409 99 100%
Chemical Engineering 42 — 64% / 36% 5% $91,493 97 96%
Civil Engineering 132 — 74% / 26% 2% $98,200 98 94%
Computer Engineering 54 — 91% / 9% 7% $108,748 99 88%
Electrical Engineering 119 — 85% / 15% 3% $101,607 98 95%
Environmental Engineering 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $83,475 94 —
Mechanical Engineering 247 — 82% / 18% 2% $97,895 98 93%
Computer Science 335 — 82% / 18% 10% $93,142 97 97%
Computer Engineering Technology 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $85,249 95 —
Construction Engineering Management 64 — 84% / 16% 0% $116,039 99 98%
Electrical Engineering Technology 6 — 100% / 0% 0% $80,484 93 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health and Human Services 1,522 21% / 79% 1% $63,513 93%
Nutrition and Dietetics 67 — 16% / 84% 1% $58,299 72 —
American Sign Language/Deaf Studies 25 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,464 56 90%
Athletic Training — — — — $63,929 80 —
Communicative Disorders 61 — 7% / 93% 0% $66,231 83 98%
Health Science 217 +8 18% / 82% 0% $63,060 79 —
Kinesiology 250 — 47% / 53% 1% $56,995 70 95%
Nursing 174 — 19% / 81% 1% $113,863 99 96%
Health Care Administration 150 — 21% / 79% 3% $65,179 81 93%
Recreation and Leisure Studies 40 — 45% / 55% 0% $47,459 49 88%
Child Development and Family Studies 105 +4 5% / 95% 3% $52,033 60 89%
Family and Consumer Sciences 195 +11 19% / 81% 1% $47,210 48 92%
Human Development 79 +1 11% / 89% 1% $52,033 60 89%
Social Work 60 — 13% / 87% 0% $64,415 81 96%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 99 — 11% / 89% 3% $54,491 65 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts 2,709 33% / 67% 1% $55,282 93%
Economics 52 +2 77% / 23% 10% $66,961 83 95%
Africana Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $50,464 56 90%
American Studies 19 — 68% / 32% 0% $51,211 58 94%
Anthropology 48 +2 25% / 75% 0% $39,659 26 93%
Asian American Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,464 56 90%
Asian Studies 11 +4 36% / 64% 9% $51,211 58 94%
Chicano and Latino Studies 17 +2 53% / 47% 0% $50,464 56 90%
Classics 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,055 47 —
Communication Studies 351 +1 35% / 65% 1% $58,497 72 94%
Comparative Literature 5 +2 40% / 60% 0% $40,052 27 82%
Criminal Justice 328 — 38% / 62% 0% $62,999 79 96%
East Asian Studies 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $51,211 58 94%
English 263 +7 35% / 65% 1% $53,709 64 93%
French 3 +2 67% / 33% 0% $48,906 52 90%
Geography 37 — 59% / 41% 0% $54,468 65 88%
German 2 +2 50% / 50% 0% $47,630 49 —
History 127 +2 66% / 34% 0% $48,818 52 89%
International Studies 21 +1 19% / 81% 5% $52,840 62 98%
Japanese 8 +1 75% / 25% 12% $50,969 58 73%
Journalism 73 +2 37% / 63% 0% $54,294 65 94%
Linguistics 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $40,052 27 82%
Philosophy 23 +3 70% / 30% 4% $46,835 47 96%
Political Science 173 — 40% / 60% 2% $59,758 74 91%
Psychology 688 +1 20% / 80% 1% $55,066 66 94%
Public Relations 60 — 17% / 83% 0% $40,928 29 85%
Religious Studies 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,097 50 —
Sociology 312 +3 21% / 79% 0% $53,402 63 93%
Spanish 38 +3 24% / 76% 3% $48,906 52 89%
Translation and Interpreting 10 +1 50% / 50% 0% $40,052 27 82%
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 13 +2 8% / 92% 0% $50,464 56 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 693 36% / 64% 1% $65,757 93%
Chemistry 32 — 41% / 59% 6% $80,456 93 93%
Earth Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $64,731 81 —
Geology 18 — 44% / 56% 6% $65,662 82 —
Mathematics 71 +2 45% / 55% 1% $59,026 73 90%
Physics 21 +11 86% / 14% 0% $79,330 92 91%
Statistics 17 +1 53% / 47% 0% $82,796 94 —
Biochemistry 53 +1 43% / 57% 2% $68,989 85 90%
Biological Sciences 333 — 30% / 70% 1% $65,092 81 92%
Marine Biology 68 — 21% / 79% 1% $54,476 65 100%
Microbiology 26 — 50% / 50% 0% $70,860 87 94%
Environmental Science and Policy 53 — 34% / 66% 0% $68,028 84 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of the Arts 967 38% / 62% 3% $44,041 89%
Art 217 +1 32% / 68% 2% $42,341 33 87%
Art Education 17 — 12% / 88% 0% $52,532 61 —
Dance 36 — 14% / 86% 0% $27,350 5 87%
Design 39 — 21% / 79% 8% $67,824 84 89%
Film and Electronic Arts 230 — 57% / 43% 3% $43,554 37 —
Industrial Design 29 — 59% / 41% 3% $67,824 84 89%
Interior Design 31 — 13% / 87% 6% $67,824 84 89%
Music 6 +1 50% / 50% 0% $46,874 47 92%
Music Performance 86 +15 56% / 44% 0% $46,874 47 92%
Studio Art 200 — 28% / 72% 3% $42,341 33 87%
Theatre Arts 76 — 32% / 68% 7% $26,450 4 94%

Rankings

My Tribe

Abuela-Approved Most Hispanics
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