CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH T-10

1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840
Tel: (562)985-4111
Admissions: (562)985-4641
Web Site: http://www.csulb.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of California State University System. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1949. Setting: 320-acre suburban campus with easy access to Los Angeles. Endowment: $20.6 million. Research spending 2003-04: $9.3 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $5707 per student. Total enrollment: 33,479. Faculty: 1,846 (969 full-time, 877 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 33,440 applied, 39% were admitted. 82% from top quarter of their high school class, 100% from top half. Full-time: 21,209 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 5,971 students, 57% women, 43% men. Students come from 45 states and territories, 89 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 24% Hispanic, 6% black, 22% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 21% 25 or older, 7% live on campus, 16% transferred in. Retention: 87% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; visual/performing arts; liberal arts/general studies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other institutions of the California State University System. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: electronic application. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Required for some: minimum 2.0 high school GPA, minimum GPA of 2.4 for nonresidents. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 11/30. Notification: continuous. Preference given to local residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. State resident tuition: $0 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,170 full-time, $339 per unit part-time. Mandatory fees: $2864 full-time, $904 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and program. College room and board: $6530. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 300 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 7% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: Kaleidoscope Spring Festival, Odyssey Theme Year. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,962 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. University Library with 1.5 million books, 1.5 million microform titles, 18,749 serials, 28,060 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $6.3 million. 2,000 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Long Beach is approximately 20 miles south of Los Angeles and has a Mediterranean climate. The eight mile beach area provides the finest and safest public bathing on the Pacific Coast, having the largest protected harbor in North America. All modes of transportation serve the area. There are 25 city parks which provide facilities for golf, tennis, baseball, swimming, shuffleboard, and lawn bowling, as well as a sports arena and a municipal auditorium.