Nursing at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Long Beach. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

CSULB Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Nursing Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	66
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	45
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

CSULB Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. CSULB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 66% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California State University - Long Beach. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	248
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	108

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.