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. In 2021, 137 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from CSULB.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at CSULB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	7
	20
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	43
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	49
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	53
	74
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	87
	90
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	112
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	155
Most Popular Nursing Schools	161
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	171
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	191
	208
Best Nursing Schools	226
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	345
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	398
Best Value Nursing Schools	757
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,005
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,694

In 2021, 111 students received their master’s degree in nursing from CSULB. This makes it the #87 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of CSULB Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $83,777. This is 33% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 137 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nursing from CSULB in 2021, 20% were men and 80% were 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 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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	44
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	31
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

CSULB Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% 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 4% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 33% 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	41
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

CSULB also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.