California State University, Long Beach

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The seal of California State University in Long Beach
A university building

The California State University, Long Beach (also Long Beach State , Cal State Long Beach , CSULB , LBSU or The Beach called) is a state university in Long Beach in Los Angeles County , State of California . With 34,863 students, it is one of the largest colleges in the California State University system.

history

Cal State Long Beach was founded in 1949 as the Los Angeles-Orange County State College . Renamed California State College at Long Beach in 1962 , by 1966 20,000 students were enrolled. In 1972 it was given its current name.

Sports

The Cal State Long Beach sports teams are called The 49ers , unofficially also The Beach . The college is a founding member of the Big West Conference .

Well-known graduates

The number of CSULB alumni amounted to more than 320,000 in 2018. The CSULB alumni include world-famous Oscar talents, directors and screenwriters. The most famous CSULB alumni include:

Web links

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Coordinates: 33 ° 46 ′ 58.5 "  N , 118 ° 6 ′ 44.3"  W.