California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA · Public · Large city · Carnegie R1/R2 · CSULB · Cal State Long Beach
Public institution in Long Beach, CA · 34,131 undergraduates · 47% acceptance rate · $64,403 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 1%Undergraduates
- Top 13%Average net price
- Top 14%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 15%Median graduate debt
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $8,931260th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,008281st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $18,888780th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $20,310386th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $14,289287th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $64,403391st highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $50,062537th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 69.9%430th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 85.3%415th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 47.1%236th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 34,13132nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 19.0:11,815th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 49.3%395th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 20 mi (LAX)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 82 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $86,007 | $85,795 |
| Construction Engineering TechnologiesEngineering Technology | bachelors | $81,333 | $81,175 |
| Computer EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $69,817 | $68,499 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $66,011 | $67,287 |
| Applied MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $65,053 | $49,683 |
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $64,264 | $65,029 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $63,005 | $60,839 |
| Biomedical/Medical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $61,516 | $73,949 |
| Civil EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $61,281 | $60,943 |
| Computer Science | bachelors | $60,943 | $62,792 |
| Chemical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $59,124 | $58,221 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesPhysical Sciences | bachelors | $54,435 | $50,856 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1949source
- Athletic nickname: "Beach"source
- Competes in NCAA Division Isource
- School colors: Black and Goldsource
- Mascot: Elbeesource
- Campus size: about 323 acressource
- Formerly known as "Los Angeles-Orange County State College (1949–50)"source
- Formerly known as "Long Beach State College" (1950–1964)source
- Formerly known as "California State College, [at] Long Beach" (1964–1972)source
- Athletic conference: Big Westsource
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A Space-grant]]}} institutionsource
- Fight song: ""Long Beach State Fight Song""source
- Notable alum: Steven Spielbergsource
- Notable alum: Richard Bachsource
- Notable alum: Steve Martinsource
- Notable alum: The Undertakersource
- Notable alum: James Laffertysource
Athletics — 10 sports
NCAA Division I without football · NCAA Division I
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $3,955,108 (M $1,487,174 · W $2,467,934)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitecsulb.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 110583)
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- Sports directoryAll 10 EADA programs at this school
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