California State University is the largest state-supported system of four-year and graduate-level higher education in the United States. This system consists of 23 campuses. It was established in 1960 as the California State Colleges and received its present name in 1982.
The name of each of 15 of the system’s 23 campuses is California State University (CSU), followed by the location of the campus. For example, the campus in Long Beach is known as California State University, Long Beach; or CSU, Long Beach.
The 23 campuses are CSU, Bakersfield; CSU, Channel Islands (in Camarillo); CSU, Chico; CSU, Dominguez Hills (in Carson); CSU, East Bay (in Hayward); CSU, Fresno; CSU, Fullerton; Humboldt State University (in Arcata); CSU, Long Beach; CSU, Los Angeles; CSU, Monterey Bay (in Seaside); CSU, Northridge; CSU, Sacramento; CSU, San Bernardino; San Diego State University; San Francisco State University; San José State University; CSU, San Marcos; Sonoma State University (in Rohnert Park); CSU, Stanislaus (in Turlock); California Maritime Academy (in Vallejo); California Polytechnic State University (in San Luis Obispo); and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
The system also has an International Programs section, which offers instruction in foreign countries for students enrolled at any of the system’s campuses. Several of the system’s campuses conduct classes in marine studies at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories on Monterey Bay and at the Southern California Marine Institute in Los Angeles County. Several of the campuses also operate the Desert Studies Center near Baker. The system has its administrative offices in Long Beach.
The system’s website at https://www.calstate.edu/ offers additional information.
