unitid 110583 · Long Beach, CA · public 4-year · city (large)
California State University-Long Beach
- enrollment 2023
- 43,106
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
46%
9th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
35,924
97th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
50%
undergrads on Pell grants
87th pctl among public 4-years
completion
69%
finish within 150% time
88th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,679
51st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$10,440
after aid, aided students
34th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$64,403
after entry, Title IV students
85th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$14,289
27th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,183 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k41%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k10%
- 110k+10%
- Median family income
- $26,465
- First-generation students
- 49%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,350
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 1,359 | $66,801 | $15,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 597 | $55,066 | $12,000 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 456 | $42,341 | $16,583 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 332 | $58,497 | $13,953 |
| Computer Science. | 306 | $93,142 | $14,619 |
| Biology, General. | 305 | $65,092 | $13,000 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. | 300 | $47,210 | $12,906 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 300 | $52,433 | $15,500 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 286 | $62,999 | $15,000 |
| Sociology. | 277 | $53,402 | $12,831 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 272 | $53,709 | $13,749 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 264 | $56,995 | $14,551 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.