CSU INFORMATION

California State University

• The CSU is a leader in high-quality, accessible, student-focused higher education.¹
• 23 campuses, almost 450,000 students, and 47,000 faculty and staff, we are the largest, the most diverse, and one of the most affordable university systems in the country.
• The CSU graduates 82,000 students each year.
• The California State University’s direct economic impact on the state of California is enormous—$7.46 billion.
• For every $1 the state invests in the California State University, the California State University returns $4.41. That's a four-fold return on investment.
• Master Plan for Higher Education
  
  • The CSU system was created in 1961 under the state Master Plan for Higher Education. The CSU draws its students from the top third of California’s high school graduates. The CSU is the state’s primary undergraduate teaching institution. Its admission priority is upper-division students transferring from the California Community Colleges. The CSU educates more community college transfer students than all other California universities and colleges combined.