Long Beach, CA · Public
46.3%
Acceptance rate
$8,931
Avg net price
34,131
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 8,694Master’s 2,066Doctoral 65 |
| Bachelor’s 1,421Master’s 425Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 789Master’s 48Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 716Master’s 153Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 697Master’s 87Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 692Master’s 5Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 642Master’s 127Doctoral 35 |
| Bachelor’s 573Master’s 46Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 525Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 441Master’s 27Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 357Master’s 250Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 311Master’s 74Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 272Master’s 45Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 259Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 234Master’s 27Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 131Master’s 17Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 90Master’s 45Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 87Master’s 2Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 84Master’s 57Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 82Master’s 24Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 62Master’s 30Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 58Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 53Master’s 365Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 51Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 40Master’s 205Doctoral 30 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Long Beach State University
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big West Conference
Projected sponsored sports19
Athletic participation
369 unique student-athletes · 15 varsity teams
First-time, first-year (freshman) application deadline
FAFSA due Mar 2
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Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,084
- Required fees
- $1,266
- Food and housing
- $15,612
- Books and supplies
- $1,562
- Other expenses
- $4,446
- Total
- $28,970
- $25,2582019–2019–20
- $24,1942020–2120–21
- $24,9882021–2221–22
- $26,1822022–2322–23
- $28,4162023–2423–24
- $28,9702024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $8,931 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 87%
- Average share of need met
- 65%
- Average need-based grant
- $12,067
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from California State University-Long Beach’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
California State University-Long Beach admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in California State University-Long Beach's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. California State University-Long Beach admits in-state applicants at 45.5%, out-of-state applicants at 47.3%, and international applicants at 42.8%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
5,884 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
California State University-Long Beach’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.4% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.66
California State University-Long Beach rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Not considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
California State University-Long Beach leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7)
California State University-Long Beach's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $8,931 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 5,427 of 6,248 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. California State University-Long Beach reports institutional aid is not available to international students.
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed85.3% of California State University-Long Beach’s first-years return for a second year and 69.9% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03