California State University, Long Beach

California State University, Long Beach (also known as Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach State, or The Beach) is the third of the 23 school California State University of the largest universities in the state of California by enrollment, its student body numbering 35, the Fall 2012 semester. With 5,148 grad students, the university enrolls one of the largest graduate student populations across the and in the state o is located in the Los Altos neighborhood of Long 

Beach at the southeastern coastal tip of Los Angeles County, less than one mile from the border with  offers 137 different Bachelor's degrees, 92 types of Master's degrees, 5 Doctoral degrees including two Doctor of Education,  in Engineering, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Doctor of Nursing Practice, as well as 29 different teaching credentials

Long Beach State is one of the West Coast's top universities in student body racial diversity, being named the 5th most diverse university in the West by U.S. New the largest publicly funded art school west of the Mississippi. The university currently operates with one of the lowest student fees in the country at US$6,738 per

 year for full-time students having California  a result,  has been recognized repeatedly as one of "America's Best Value Colleges" by the Princeton Review.

as president, the school grew tremendously. Enrollment surged from about 10,000 to more than 30,000and he rapidly expanded and revamped the curriculum. McIntosh tripled the number of faculty and constructed 30 new buildings Although the were a period College relatively quiet throughout the period In ts name to California State College at Long Beach


. In 1967, the California state legislature revamped the state college system. It changed its name in 1968 to California State College, Long Beach, as part of these changes and began to be much more closely integrated into the California Sta

In 1965, CSCLB hosted the first International Sculpture Symposium to be held in the United States and the first such symposium to be held at a college or university. Six sculptors from abroad and two from the United States created many of the monumental sculptures present on the campus. The event received national media attention from newspapers around the country, including the New York Times, Los An

McIntosh departed for Montana State University in 1969, and was succeeded by President Steve Horn. The school acquired university status in 1972, along with 12 other state college campuses. The number of doctorates held by faculty at Long Beach.

Also in 1972, the campus became the home of the largest library facility in the then 19-campus CSU system: a modern six-story building with a seating capacity of nearl