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California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB or LBSU) is the largest campus of the California State University system located in Long Beach, California, at the southern coastal tip of Los Angeles County. California State University, Long Beach 
| Motto | Go Beach! | | Established | 1949 | | School type | Public | | President | Robert C. Maxson | | Location | Long Beach, California, USA | | Enrollment | 27,863 undergraduate,
12,000 graduate | | Faculty | 19.5 to 1 | | Campus | Urban, 323 acres (1.3 kmē) | | Mascot | Prospectin' Pete | | Website | www.csulb.edu | California State University, Long Beach has been ranked one of the top three public masters universities in the west by U.S. News and World Report in its 2005 America's Best Colleges Guide, which was released on Friday, Aug. 20.
It is also one of west's top universities-master's institutions in student body diversity.
CSULB is home to the largest publicly funded art school West of the Mississippi.
The university operates with the lowest student tuition fees in the country, at 1,768 US dollars per student.
History
Established in 1949, CSULB, then known as Los Angeles-Orange County State College, consisted of 25 courses taught by 13 faculty members in two apartment buildings on Anaheim Road. In 1962, LBSC changed its name California State College at Long Beach desiring to unify the state system and enhance its prestige.
The school acquired university status in 1972 along with 12 other state college campuses. The promotion was decided by the Board of Trustees of the California State University system, according to total enrollment, size of graduate programs, complexity and diversity of majors and number of doctorates held by instructors at each college. CSCLB became California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
Academics The university has seven academic colleges plus an Interdisciplinary Studies program.
The university's educational goals reflect its large population of students and faculty. There are numerous classes and majors to choose from. Liberal Arts and Sciences represent the general education core while a variety of classes make up general education electives; students rarely study the same subjects but all GE classes focus on the development of writing and critical thinking skills.
The university has several impacted majors. Impacted majors are majors in which the university receives more applications than there is space to acomodate. Impacted majors are authorized to use supplementary admission criteria and/or higher admission standards then the CSU minimum requirements in considering applicants to the program. These criteria are applied equally to continuing CSULB students and entering upper-division transfer students.
List of Impacted Majors as of Fall 2004
Student Life As of Fall 2004, CSULB had approximately 34,566 students in attendance, making it the most populous campus of the CSU system.
Greek Life at CSULB flourishes with more than 30 fraternities and sororities combined.
KKJZ 88.1 FM CSULB is the home of KKJZ 88.1 FM. The station is one of the highest rated jazz stations in the United States and the only public radio station in Los Angeles dedicated to the presentation and promotion of all genres of jazz including mainstream, bebop, swing and latin jazz, along with blues on the weekend. KKJZ is where jazz lives in Southern California and beyond.
Campus The campus spans 323 acres (1.3 kmē) across 84 buildings.
There are Eighteen residence halls, including the unique International House that pairs international students with U.S. residents. The residence halls provide comfort and convenience for those students who choose to live on campus.
The campus is home to a renowned University Art Museum that ranks in the top 10 of the nationīs 6,000 plus museums.
The University is also home to the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden. This quite retreat is a place of solitude and beauty. It features a large pond loaded with Koi.
49er basketball and Volleyball currently plays in the Pyramid, which can accommodate over 5000 fans with temporary seats and standing room.
Athletics Long Beach State is home to one of the top women's volleyball teams in the nation. Seasonally ranked in the top 25, every year the team prepares for one of the most competitive schedules in women's volleyball. In 1998 the team took national No.1 rank from Penn State and went on to win NCAA finals as well as world finals against China claiming World No.1. Long Beach State is a member of the Big West Conference. CSULB Men's volleyball, played for the 2004 NCAA National Championship and finished 2nd in the nation.
Notable Alumni Sports Alumni Entertainment Alumni - Tony Baxter: Disney Imagineering executive.
- Guy Bee: Diretor of ER
- Agnes DeMille:
- John Dykstra: winner of two Academy Awards for special effects;
- Jonathan LawtonAuthor of "Pretty Woman"
- Mark Steven Johnson: Director of Hollywood thriller "Daredevil;"
- Joe Johnston: director of "Jurassic Park III;"
- Steve Martin Actor / Comedian
- Stu Rosen Winner of 10 Emmy awards
- Deborah Scott: Academy Award-winning costume designer
- Steven Spielberg: filmmaker who was a student from 1965-1969 and 2001-2002, earning a B.A. in Film.
- Patrick Stewart - Actor StarTrek TNG
- David Twohy Author of "Terminal Velocity" and "The Fugitive."
Music alumni
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