Computer Science at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying computer science, 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. Of the 221 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Long Beach in 2021, 221 of them were computer science majors.

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

CSULB Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

CSULB Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how CSULB performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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 General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	47
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	49
Best Value General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	55
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	113
Most Focused General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	114
Best General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	115
	140
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	185
Best General Computer Science Schools	217
	220
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	242
	267
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	271

In 2021, 83 students received their master’s degree in computer science from CSULB. This makes it the #47 most popular school for computer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Computer Science Student Demographics at CSULB

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

CSULB Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 221 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from CSULB in 2020-2021, 84% were men and 16% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	83
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	41
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

CSULB Computer Science Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students earned a master's degree in computer science from CSULB. About 28% of these graduates were women and the other 72% were men.

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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	2
International Students	63
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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.