Mission Our mission is a diverse, student-centered, globally-engaged public university committed to providing highly-valued undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities through superior teaching, research, creative activity and service for the people of California and the world.
We envision changing lives by expanding educational opportunities, championing creativity, and preparing leaders for a changing world.
Our Values
Educational Opportunity
Excellence
Diversity
Integrity
Service
Description Declare Your Journey. California State University, Long Beach, known nationally as "The Beach," is a hub of diversity, both culturally and intellectually. The 322-acre campus is designed to encourage student involvement and success. Eighty buildings house 63 academic programs and harmonize with master planned architecture, landscape and environmental sculpture for unparalleled access to success.
Our academic purpose is to graduate students with highly-valued degrees.
The hilltop portion on the 322-acre campus overlooks the Pacific Ocean. 105 permanent buildings house the various colleges, 63 academic departments and programs, 24 centers, 4 institutes and 4 clinics. 7 colleges offer a total of 85 Baccalaureate Degrees in139 programs, 64 Master's degrees in 92 programs and 3 joint Doctoral degrees.
CSU Long Beach has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,061 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The CSU Long Beach employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 85% of employees would recommend working at CSU Long Beach to a friend. This is based on 1,067 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
84% of job seekers rate their interview experience at CSU Long Beach as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at CSU Long Beach.