California State University-San Bernardino

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

California State University, San Bernardino, or CSUSB, is a state-funded university in San Bernardino, California, United States. It is part of the California State University System (CSU). It was founded in 1965 with a few hundred students and 30 faculty members. Today, the university enrolls more than 16,000 students every year.

CSUSB offers more than 70 programs and certificates in diverse areas of study. Many programs of the university have earned specialized national accreditation. The university is organized into the following academic units:

• College of Arts and Letters
• College of Behavioral Sciences
• College of Business and Public Administration
• College of Education, Extended Learning
• College of Natural Sciences, and Social

CSUSB has the highest retention rate for African-American students, and third highest retention rate for Latino students, in the California State University System. There are more than 80 different student clubs and organizations on campus. The athletic teams are nicknamed the Coyotes, and they compete in the California Collegiate Athletic Association in the NCAA's Division II.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, mathematics, nutrition and exercise therapy, security and law enforcement, family and social work, and art studies.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 17,646 in 2009-2010 (15,420 full-time equivalent).

About 37% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 63% of the class.

Undergrads are 79% of enrolled students and graduate students are 21%.

Students under 25 years old represent 63% of the student body. About 9% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Cal State San Bernardino provides on-campus housing for 1,470 of its 15,420 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the California Collegiate Athletic Association for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 57 male students received the aid (men were 40% of those receiving aid) and 86 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 60% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Cal State San Bernardino offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (86 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (738 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (52 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (10 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (11 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (355 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Trade and Industrial Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (194 awarded)

• Human Development and Family Studies
• Human Services
• Public Administration
• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (833 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Economics
• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (80 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (107 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (14 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (37 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MEDICINE (1 awarded)

• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (17 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (166 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (151 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Health and Physical Education
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (12 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (112 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (169 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (299 awarded)

• Psychology