California State University

Office of the CSU Chancellor in Long Beach.

The California State University (CSU) is a public university system established in 1857 in California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. The California State University system headquarters are in Long Beach, California.^[1]

The CSU system is composed of 23 campuses and has over 417,000 students supported by 47,000 faculties and staff.^[2] It is the largest senior system of higher education in the United States.^[3]

CSU prepares about 60 percent of the teachers in the state, 40 percent of the engineering graduates, and more graduates in business, agriculture, communication studies, health, education and public administration than all other California universities and colleges combined. Altogether, about half the bachelor's degrees and a third of the master's degrees awarded annually in California are from the CSU.

Since 1961, nearly 2.5 million alumni have received a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree from the CSU system which offers more than 1,800 degree programs in 240 subject areas.

Campuses

The California State University has 23 colleges. They are listed in order from oldest to newest.

Campus	Founded	Number of Students^[4]	Athletic Division	Athletic Conference	Athletic Nickname
San Jose	1857	33,282	NCAA Div I (FBS)	Mountain West	Spartans
Chico	1887	17,019	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Wildcats
San Diego	1897	35,081	NCAA Div I (FBS)	Mountain West	Aztecs
San Francisco	1899	28,880	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Gators
San Luis Obispo	1901	21,242	NCAA Div I (FCS)	Big West Football: Big Sky	Mustangs
Fresno	1911	24,139	NCAA Div I (FBS)	Mountain West	Bulldogs
Humboldt	1913	6,983	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Lumberjacks
Maritime	1929	911	NAIA	CalPac	Keelhaulers
Pomona	1938	27,914	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Broncos
Los Angeles	1947	26,361	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Golden Eagles
Sacramento	1947	31,156	NCAA Div I (FCS)	Big Sky	Hornets
Long Beach	1949	38,074	NCAA Div I (non-football)	Big West	The Beach
East Bay	1957	14,705	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Pioneers
Fullerton	1957	39,868	NCAA Div I (non-football)	Big West	Titans
Stanislaus	1957	10,614	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Warriors
Northridge	1958	38,391	NCAA Div I (non-football)	Big West	Matadors
Dominguez Hills	1960	17,027	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Toros
Sonoma	1960	8,649	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Seawolves
San Bernadino	1965	20,311	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Coyotes
Bakersfield	1965	11,199	NCAA Div I (non-football)	Big West	Roadrunners
San Marcos	1989	14,519	NCAA Div II	CCAA	Cougars
Monterey Bay	1994	7,123	NCAA Div II	Otters
Channel Islands	2002	7,093	None	N/A	Dolphins

California State University Media

The California State Normal School, founded in 1862 in San Jose, (today's San Jose State University) is the oldest campus of the CSU system.
The Northern Branch of the State Normal School, founded 1887, became California State University, Chico.
The California Polytechnic School, established in 1901, eventually became today's California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
San Diego State Normal School, founded 1897, became San Diego State Teacher's College in 1923 (and eventually San Diego State University).
Founded in 1938, the southern campus of the California State Polytechnic School became the independent California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1966.
California State University Maritime Academy was founded in 1929 as the California Nautical School.
California State University, Los Angeles was founded in 1947.
Aerial view of the future campus of California State University, Sacramento, founded in 1947.
California State University, Fullerton was established in 1957.
California State University, San Bernardino was founded in 1965.

References

↑ Home Page. California State University. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "The California State University homepage". The California State University. 2006-02-13. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
↑ "CSU Facts 2006". The California State University. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2006-07-30.^{[dead link]}
↑ "Fall Term Enrollment". asd.calstate.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

[1] Home Page. California State University. Retrieved on December 6, 2008. Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "The California State University homepage". The California State University. 2006-02-13. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

[3] "CSU Facts 2006". The California State University. 2006-06-29. Retrieved 2006-07-30.^{[dead link]}

[4] "Fall Term Enrollment". asd.calstate.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

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