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Long Beach State College

California State University,
Long Beach
CSULB official school seal
Former names
  • Los Angeles-Orange County State College (1949–50)
  • Long Beach State College (1950–1964)
  • California State College, [at] Long Beach (1964–1972)
Motto Vox Veritas Vita (Latin)
Motto in English
"Speak the truth as a way of life."
Type Public
Space-grant
State
Established 1949
Endowment $56.4 million (2016)
President Jane Close Conoley
Provost Brian Jersky
Academic staff
2,283 (839 tenure track)
Students 37,776 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 32,246 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 5,530 (Fall 2016)
Location Long Beach, California, United States
33°46′59″N 118°06′46″W / 33.783022°N 118.112858°W / 33.783022; -118.112858Coordinates: 33°46′59″N 118°06′46″W / 33.783022°N 118.112858°W / 33.783022; -118.112858
Campus Urban, 323 acres (131 ha)
Colors Black and Gold
         
Athletics NCAA Division IBig West
Nickname 49ers, Dirtbags, The Beach
Mascot Prospector Pete
Affiliations California State University system
AASCU
ASAIHL
Website www.csulb.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 309
Regional
U.S. News & World Report 28 (West)
Master's University class
Washington Monthly 64

USNWR departmental rankings

Fine Arts 69
Health Care Management 57
Physical Therapy 118
Public Affairs 130
Social Work 78
Speech–Language Pathology 141

California State University, Long Beach (CSULB; also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, LBSU, or The Beach) is the third largest campus of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities in the state of California by enrollment, its student body numbering 37,776 for the Fall 2016 semester. As of Fall 2014, the school had 2,283 total faculty, with 36.7 percent of those faculty on the tenure track. With 5,286 graduate students, the university enrolls one of the largest graduate student populations across the CSU and in the state of California alone. The university is located in the Los Altos neighborhood of Long Beach at the southeastern coastal tip of Los Angeles County, less than one mile from the border with Orange County. The university offers 82 different Bachelor's degrees, 65 types of Master's degrees, four Doctoral degrees.

Long Beach State is one of the West Coast's top universities in terms of student body racial diversity, being named the 5th most diverse university in the West by U.S. News & World Report. It is also home to the largest publicly funded art school west of the Mississippi. The university currently operates with one of the lowest student fees in the country at $6,738 per year for full-time students having California residence. CSULB has been recognized as one of "America's Best Value Colleges" by the Princeton Review.

The College was established in 1949 by California Governor Earl Warren, to serve the rapidly expanding post-World War II population of Orange and Southern Los Angeles counties. Since then, CSULB has grown to become one of the state's largest universities.

The institution was first named as Los Angeles-Orange County State College. Peter Victor Peterson was its first president. It offered 25 courses, taught by 13 faculty members, in two apartment buildings at 5381 Anaheim Road in Long Beach. In June 1950, the citizens of Long Beach voted overwhelmingly to purchase 322 acres (130 ha) as a permanent campus for the college, then known as Long Beach State College. The purchase price was nearly $1,000,000. Student enrollment grew rapidly in this new, permanent location.


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