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California State University, Hayward

California State University,
East Bay
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Former names
State College for Alameda County (1956–61)
Alameda County State College (1961–63)
California State College at Hayward (1963–72)
California State University, Hayward (1972–2005)
Motto Per Aspera Ad Astra (Latin)
Motto in English
Through Adversity to the Stars
Type Public University
Established 1957
Endowment $17.0 million (2016)
President Leroy Morishita
Provost James L. J. Houpis
Academic staff
737
Students 15,855 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 13,340 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 2,515 (Fall 2016)
Location Hayward, California, U.S.
Campus Suburban, 200 acres (81 ha)
Colors Red and Black
         
Athletics NCAA Division IICCAA
Nickname Pioneers
Affiliations California State University
Website www.csueastbay.edu
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Coordinates: 37°39′25″N 122°03′28″W / 37.65694°N 122.05778°W / 37.65694; -122.05778

California State University, East Bay (commonly referred to as Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay, or CSUEB) is a public university located in Hayward, California, United States. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers 136 undergraduate and 60 post-baccalaureate areas of study. California State University, East Bay has been designated a top–tier institution among master's–granting universities in the west by U.S. News & World Report and has been recognized as a "Best in the West" college by the Princeton Review.

Founded in 1957, California State University, East Bay has a student body of almost 16,000. In Fall of 2013, it had 752 faculty, of which 275 (or 37%) were on the tenure track. The university's largest and oldest campus is located in Hayward, with additional campus-sites in the nearby cities of Oakland and Concord. The university operates on the quarter system and is scheduled to convert to the semester system Fall 2018.

In 2005, with multiple campuses across the region, the university broadened its mission to serve the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. To reflect a more widespread objective, the school changed its name from California State University, Hayward to California State University, East Bay that same year.


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