Long Beach State University
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| Motto | Vox Veritas Vita (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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"Speak the truth as a way of life." |
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Public Space-grant State |
| Established | 1949 |
| Endowment | $56.4 million (2016) |
| President | Jane Close Conoley |
| Provost | Brian Jersky |
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Academic staff
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2,283 (839 tenure track) |
| Students | 37,446 (Fall 2015) |
| Undergraduates | 32,079 (Fall 2015) |
| Postgraduates | 5,367 (Fall 2015) |
| Location |
Long Beach, California, United States 33°46′59″N 118°06′46″W / 33.783022°N 118.112858°WCoordinates: 33°46′59″N 118°06′46″W / 33.783022°N 118.112858°W |
| Campus | Urban, 323 acres (131 ha) |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I – Big West, MPSF |
| Nickname | 49ers, Dirtbags, The Beach |
| Mascot | Prospector Pete |
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California State University system AASCU ASAIHL |
| Website | www |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 309 |
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| U.S. News & World Report | 28 (West) |
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| Washington Monthly | 64 |
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 36,822 for the Fall 2014 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 grad 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, 4 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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