Graduate Programs at California State University-Long Beach

Graduate School Overview

California State University-Long Beach (referred to as Cal State Long Beach) is a Public, 4 years school located in Long Beach, CA.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (3/31/1957 - Current).

Cal State Long Beach Directory Information
School Name	California State University-Long Beach (Cal State Long Beach)
Address	1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-0115
Phone	562-985-4111
Web	https://www.csulb.edu
Online Application	https://www2.calstate.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.csulb.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Cal State Long Beach is $8,442 for California residents and $17,946 for out-of-state students. The school has 6,042 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 38,973 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 195 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$17,946 $8,442 for California Residents
Student Population	6,042
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	195 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	22 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Cal State Long Beach is $8,442 for California residents and $17,946 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $0 for California residents and $396 for out-of-state students.

Cal State Long Beach offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
California Residents	$8,442
Out-of-State	$17,946
Tuition per Credit Hour
California Residents	$0
Out-of-State	$396

Cal State Long Beach offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of California State University-Long Beach is $8,442 for California residents and $17,946 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.70% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,176	$1,056	$16,680	$1,056
2019-2020	$7,176	$1,092	$16,680	$1,092
2020-2021	$7,176	$1,104	$16,680	$1,104
2021-2022	$7,176	$1,104	$16,680	$1,104
2022-2023	$7,176	$1,142	$16,680	$1,142
2023-2024	$7,176	$1,266	$16,680	$1,266

The graduate school tuition & fees of Cal State Long Beach is average compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the California graduate tuition is $21,930 (public) / $24,536 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
California State University-Long Beach	$8,442	$17,946
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
California Graduate Schools	$19,839	$23,084
Public	$11,723	$21,930
Private	$24,536

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $21,560 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Cal State Long Beach.

On-campus living costs are increased by 9.40% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $23,114. Off-campus living costs are increased by 30.50% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$12,986	$2,952	$14,090	$3,024
2019-2020	$13,158	$3,208	$15,056	$3,282
2020-2021	$13,158	$3,152	$13,156	$3,798
2021-2022	$13,938	$3,134	$13,358	$3,638
2022-2023	$14,932	$3,274	$13,910	$3,802
2023-2024	$15,612	$4,306	$17,166	$5,948

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $399 at California State University-Long Beach. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.76% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$396
2019-2020	$396
2020-2021	$396
2021-2022	$396
2022-2023	$396
2023-2024	$399

Graduate Programs at Cal State Long Beach

California State University-Long Beach offers 102 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,026 students have completed their study at California State University-Long Beach.

Offered Degrees at California State University-Long Beach
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	78	1,770
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	3	21
Doctor's degree - professional practice	2	0
Doctor's degree - other	2	33
Post Bachelor's Degree	17	202
Total	102	2,026

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at California State University-Long Beach by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing program with 111 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 273 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Physical Therapy/Therapist program with 33 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at California State University-Long Beach
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	✕	111	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities	✕	25	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	22	-
Public Administration	✕	19	-
Biotechnology	✕	9	-

Popular Master's Programs at California State University-Long Beach
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✕	273	$56,900
Business Administration and Management	✕	197	$64,000
Public Administration	✕	104	$55,000
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	93	$105,100
Education	✕	92	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at California State University-Long Beach
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	33	-
Community College Education	✕	12	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	9	$104,100
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	$104,100

California State University-Long Beach offers 102 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 2,026 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,770 students have earned/completed Master's program.
33 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
202 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Asian Studies/Civilization	✕	3	-
European Studies/Civilization	✕	-	-
Italian Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	58 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	58	-
Education [+]	✕	193 completers	-
Education	✕	92	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	19	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	29	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	43	$57,100
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	10	-
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	98 completers	-
Engineering	✕	4	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	14	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	13	-
Civil Engineering	✕	16	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	22	$74,100
Mechanical Engineering	✕	29	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	11	-
German Language and Literature	✕	5	-
French Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	45 completers	$37,100
English Language and Literature	✕	35	$37,100
Creative Writing	✕	10	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	17	-
Biochemistry	✕	9	-
Microbiology	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	24	-
Statistics (other)	✕	20	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	12	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	13	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	-	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	129 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	✕	3	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	38	$49,100
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	88	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	7	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	5	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	9	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Physics	✕	14	-
Physics (other)	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Psychology	✕	37	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	27	-
School Psychology	✕	24	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	46 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	17	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other)	✕	29	-
Human Services [+]	✕	377 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	104	$55,000
Social Work	✕	273	$56,900
Social Sciences [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	11	-
Economics	✕	11	-
Geography	✕	4	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	20	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Sociology	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Dance	✕	-	-
Design and Applied Arts (other)	✕	7	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	7	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	6	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	12	-
Music	✕	2	-
Music Performance	✕	22	-
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	164 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	-	$67,400
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	22	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	31	$64,000
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	6	-
Public Health	✕	12	$46,000
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	93	$105,100
Nursing Administration	✕	-	-
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	274 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	197	$64,000
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	-	-
Accounting	✕	64	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	13	-
History [+]	✕	16 completers	-
History	✕	16	-
	Total	1,770

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	9	$104,100
Community College Education	✕	12	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
	Total	21

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	$104,100
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	33	-
	Total	33

Doctorate (Other) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	$104,100
Community College Education	✕	-	-
	Total	-

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	6	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Gerontology	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	✕	1	-
Human Services [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	19	$55,100
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Geography	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	111 completers	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	-	-
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	✕	111	-
	Total	202

Graduate Student Population at Cal State Long Beach

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 6,042 students enrolled into California State University-Long Beach graduate schools where it has total 38,973 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,661 full-time and 2,381 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,315 male and 3,727 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,042	2,315	3,727
Full-time	3,661	1,385	2,276
Part-tme	2,381	930	1,451

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,222 White (20.23%), 255 Black/African American (4.22%), 2,541 Hispanic (42.06%), 911 Asian (15.08%), and 1,113 students with other races. 623 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,042	2,315	3,727
American Indian/Native American	7	2	5
Asian	911	356	555
Black/African American	255	94	161
Hispanic	2,541	843	1,698
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	3	8
White	1,222	461	761
Two More	227	85	142
Un-Known	245	105	140
Non-resident Alien	623	366	257

California State University-Long Beach offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 783 graduate students (12.96% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,463 graduate students (24.21% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	6,042
Enrolled Online Exclusively	783
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,463
Not in Online Courses	3,796

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California State University-Long Beach. 1,796 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.73% of total students), 149 students are aged above 50 (2.47%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California State University-Long Beach.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,042	2,315	3,727
Age 20-21	84	34	50
Age 22-24	1,712	656	1,056
Age 25-29	2,162	836	1,326
Age 30-34	1,068	430	638
Age 35-39	442	164	278
Age 40-49	425	142	283
Age 50-64	135	46	89
Over 64	14	7	7

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