California State University, Long Beach

Long Beach, California

$34,184- $48,544

For the 2023-2024 academic year: The average cost of attendance of an international student (Tuition Cost + Living Expenses) for undergraduate students is approximately $35,876 and for graduate students it is approximately $34,184- $ 48,544 (varies with program).

California State University, Long Beach is a public Carnegie classified R2 research university in Long Beach, California. Founded as a state college in 1949, it gained university status in 1972. The 322-acre campus is the second largest in the California State University system. Located 25 miles from Los Angeles in the heart of Long Beach California, it is the home to top-notch professors, successful alumni and a diverse student population ready to take on the world with a highly regarded education. 

Pride

Points of Pride

  • Located in Long Beach, “the large city with the highest quality of life” in Los Angeles County.  
  • Elevated to R2 "Doctoral University: High Research Activity" status by Carnegie Classification of institutions of Higher Education, 2022".  
  • Best Value College in the state, with low tuition fees, high social mobility rate, and earning potential after graduation.  
  • In the Top 10% of schools nationwide for return on investment (Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, 2022). 
  • $230M total scholarships and grants for 2021-2022 academic year.
  • 76% undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid.

University Highlights

  • No. 1 most-applied-to campus in the CSU
  • Ranked as the No. 2 master's-level university in the nation by Washington Monthly Ranking
  • Ranked #3 Public University in the West by U.S. News & World Report  
  • Ranked No. 18 ‘Best College in America, Ranked by Value’. (Money Magazine, 2022)
  • Ranked No. 18, in the top 3% out of the 623 institutions assessed in Money magazine’s list of Best Colleges
  • No. 3 in the U.S. for advancing social mobility (U.S. News & World Report, 2022)
  • #64 in Top Public Schools (US News)
  • No. 8 in the nation for campus diversity (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education)
  • #52 in Health Care Management – Graduate, U.S. News & World Report
  • Offers 190+ Academic Programs with Major Graduate Programs such as Information Systems, Marketing Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering Management, Construction Management being STEM designated
  • 26:1 Student to Faculty Ratio 

Undergraduate U.S. News & World Report Rankings

  • #150 in Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs 
  • #219 in Business Programs  
  • #234 in Computer Science  
  • #137 in National Universities  
  • #64 in Top Public Schools  

Programs

UnderGraduate

  • Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling
  • Aerospace Engineering – STEM designated
  • Africana Studies
  • American Indian Studies
  • American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Asian and Asian American Studies
  • Asian Languages
  • Biological Sciences – STEM designated
  • Biomedical Engineering – STEM Designated
  • Business Administration Accountancy
  • Business Administration Finance
  • Business Administration Human Resource Management
  • Business Administration Information Systems – STEM designated
  • Business Administration International Business
  • Business Administration Management
  • Business Administration Marketing
  • Business Administration Supply Chain Management
  • Chemical Engineering – STEM Designated
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry – STEM designated
  • Chicano and Latino Studies
  • Child Development and Family Studies
  • Chinese Studies
  • Civil Engineering – STEM Designated
  • Classics
  • College of Health and Human Services Programs (Catalog)
  • Communication Studies
  • Comparative World Literature
  • Computer Engineering Technology – STEM designated
  • Computer Engineering – STEM designated
  • Computer Science – STEM Designated
  • Construction Management – STEM designated
  • Consumer Affairs
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Dance
  • Design
  • Economics
  • Educational Leadership
  • Electrical Engineering – STEM designated
  • Electronics Engineering Technology – STEM designated
  • Emergency Management
  • English
  • Environmental Engineering – STEM Designated
  • Environmental Science and Public Policy
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Fashion Merchandising and Design
  • Film and Electronic Arts
  • Food Science
  • French
  • Geography
  • Geological Sciences – STEM designated
  • German
  • Gerontology
  • Global Migration Studies
  • Health Care Administration
  • Health Science – STEM designated
  • History
  • Hospitality Management
  • Human Development
  • International Studies
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Jewish Studies
  • Journalism and Public Relations
  • Kinesiology
  • Latin American Studies
  • Legal Studies
  • Legal Studies Business
  • Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematics and Statistics – STEM designated
  • Mechanical Engineering – STEM designated
  • Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Ocean Studies Institute
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Physics and Astronomy – STEM designated
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy and Administration
  • Recreation and Leisure Studies
  • Religious Studies
  • Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures
  • Russian
  • Science Education – STEM designated
  • Single Subject Teacher Education Program
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Student Leadership and Recreation
  • Teacher Education
  • Theatre Arts
  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Graduate

  • Accountancy
  • Aerospace Engineering (MS) - STEM designated
  • Anthropology (MA)
  • Anthropology - Option in Applied Anthropology (MA)
  • Applied Statistics (MS)
  • Art - Option in Art Education (MA)
  • Art - Option in Art History (MA)
  • Art - Option in Studio Art (MFA)
  • Asian Studies (MA) - Option in Chinese Studies
  • Asian Studies (MA) - Option in Japanese Language and Pedagogy
  • Athletic Training (MS)
  • Biochemistry (MS)
  • Biology (MS)
  • Business Administration - Accelerated MBA Program
  • Business Administration - MBA Evening Program
  • Business Administration - Saturday MBA Program
  • Chemical Engineering (MS)
  • Chemistry (MS)
  • Civil Engineering (MS)
  • Communication Studies (MA)
  • Computational Physics (MS)
  • Computer Engineering (MS)
  • Computer Science (MS)
  • Construction Management (MS)
  • Counseling MS - Option in School Counseling (MS)
  • Counseling MS - Option in Student Development in Higher Education
  • Counseling Psychology MS
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice (MS)
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice -– Accelerated (MS)
  • Curriculum and Instruction in Physical Education
  • Dance (MA)
  • Dance (MFA)
  • Design Human Experience Design Interactions (MA)
  • Economics (MA)
  • Education (MA) - Option in Curriculum and Instruction, Elementary Education
  • Education (MA) - Option in Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary Education
  • Education (MA) - Option in Dual Language Development
  • Education (MA) - Option in Early Childhood Education
  • Education (MA) - Option in Educational Psychology
  • Education (MA) - Option in Educational Technology and Media Leadership
  • Education (MA) - Option in Mathematics Education
  • Education (MA) - Option in Social & Cultural Analysis of Education
  • Educational Administration MA
  • Educational Specialist Degree in School Psychology (EdS)
  • Electrical Engineering (MS)
  • Emergency Services Administration (MS)
  • Engineering (MS)
  • Engineering Management (MS)
  • English (MA)
  • English (MFA) - (Creative Writing)
  • Exercise Science
  • Finance (MS)
  • French and Francophone Studies (MA)
  • Geographic Information Science (MS)
  • Geography (MA)
  • Geology (MS)
  • German (MA)
  • Gerontology (MS)
  • Health Care Administration (MS)
  • Health Science: Option in Community Health (MPH)
  • History (MA)
  • Information Systems (MS)
  • International Affairs (MA)
  • Italian Studies (MA)
  • Kinesiology (MA, MS) - Option in Coaching and Student-Athlete Development
  • Kinesiology (MA, MS) - Option in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition
  • Kinesiology (MA, MS) - Option in Individualized Studies
  • Kinesiology (MA, MS) - Option in Pedagogical Studies
  • Kinesiology (MA, MS) - Options in Sports Medicine and Injury Studies
  • Linguistics (MA) - Option in General Linguistics
  • Linguistics (MA) - Option in Language and Culture
  • Linguistics (MA) - Option in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • Marketing Analytics (MS)
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics (MS) - Option in Applied Math (MS)
  • Mathematics (MS) - Option in Math Education for Secondary School Teachers (MS)
  • MBA/MFA in Theatre Management
  • Mechanical Engineering (MS)
  • Microbiology (MS)
  • Music (MM)
  • Music Education (MA)
  • Musicology (MA)
  • Nursing (MS)
  • Nutritional Science
  • Nutritional Science with Dietetic Internship
  • Philosophy (MA)
  • Physics
  • Physics (MS)
  • Physics Applied (MS)
  • Political Science (MA)
  • Professional Physics (MS)
  • Psychology, Option in Human Factors (MS)
  • Psychology, Option in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (MS)
  • Psychology, Option in Psychological Research (MA)
  • Public Policy and Administration (MPA) - Option in Public Works
  • Public Policy and Administration (MPA) - Option in Urban Affairs
  • Recreation Administration (MS)
  • Religious Studies (MA)
  • Science Education - Option in Elementary Science Education
  • Science Education - Option in Informal Science Education
  • Science Education - Option in Secondary Science Education
  • Social Work (MSW)
  • Spanish (MA)
  • Special Education (MS)
  • Speech-Language Pathology (MA)
  • Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Sport Management
  • Supply Chain Management (MS)
  • Sustainability Management and Policy (MS)
  • Theatre Arts (MFA) - Option in Acting
  • Theatre Arts (MFA) - Option in Technical Theatre/Design
For a complete list of majors please visit the URL:
www.csulb.edu/admissions

Standardised Tests

Undergraduate

 

Graduate

  • IELTS: 5.5 (5.5 each sub-section) 
  • TOEFL: 61 
  • PTE: 43 
  • Cambridge: 162 
  • Duolingo: 95 
  • SAT/ACT: Optional 
  • Application Fee: $70  
 
  • IELTS: 6.0 (6.0 each sub-section) 
  • TOEFL: 80 
  • PTE: 58 
  • Cambridge: 169 
  • Duolingo: 115  
  • GRE/GMAT: Optional for most Programs 
  • Application Fee: $70 

 

Intakes

Fall (September) and Spring (January)

Accreditation

The College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). 

The CSULB Bachelor of Science Engineering School is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.