CSULB Students Have Lowest Student Debt
U.S. News & World Report has ranked California State University, Long Beach no. 2 of the lowest student debt among regional public universities in the West. The report was featured in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2015 Guidebook. It was also ranked the fifth best public regional university in the West.
Adding private institutions to the mix, CSULB ranked no. 33 overall among all colleges and universities in the West, a region made up of 13 states from Texas to California to Washington and includes Alaska and Hawaii.
Cal State LA Biz School Ranked by Princeton Review
Cal State L.A. College of Business and Economics has been named among nation’s best MBAs by the Princeton Review. This is the first time that Cal State L.A. has been included in The Princeton Review’s annual book, The Best 296 Business Schools.
Cal State L.A.’s College of Business and Economics offers graduate programs in accounting, healthcare management, information systems and economics, as well as the Master of Business Administration. Overall, more than 3,800 students are majors in the college.
Cal State. LA Ranked by Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly has ranked Cal State L.A. no. 7 in Masters Programs. This ranking was out of 671 universities for their contribution to the public good. This new ranking has moved the university up from no. 18 to no. 7.
This upward movement reflects the university’s focus on building student success, community engagement and a collaborative culture. Cal State. LA is also no. 4 on the list of public university master programs.
CSULB Offers MBA Info Sessions
California State University, Long Beach is offering several upcoming information sessions for its MBA program. The programs will be held in the College of Business Administration building on the CSULB campus. Programs will be held at 5:30 p.m. and are free to attend.
CSULB offers four types of MBA programs. These programs are Evening MBA, Daytime Accelerated MBA, Saturday MBA and a dual MBA/MFA program. The College of Business Administration focuses on three things for its graduate program:
Cal. State LA Ranked No. 7 Master’s Universities
California State University, Los Angeles has been ranked no. 7 overall in the top master’s universities category in this year’s Washington Monthly College Guide’s rankings. The University jumped a significant 11 places from last year’s ranking of no. 18.
The rankings are based on social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.s), and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).
Cal State L.A. has also moved up two notches from last year to no. 4 nationally, specifically in the category of social mobility, which is tied in part to how a university exceeds a predicted graduation rate based on the socioeconomic status of the student population.
New CSULB Pres. to Speak at Convocation
The new Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley will address the campus community at the 2014 Annual Convocation on Friday, Aug. 22, at 9 a.m. The annual event, which marks the beginning of the new academic year, will be held at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center and is open to the public. It will be President Conoley’s first convocation address.
The event is an opportunity for faculty and staff to become acquainted or reacquainted and usually draws several hundred individuals in anticipation of the upcoming academic year. Traditionally, presidential topics for discussion have been the successes of the university in the previous academic year and plans for the upcoming one.
