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Nursing at California State University - Long Beach

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what California State University - Long Beach has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. Of the 692 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Long Beach in 2021, 137 of them were nursing majors.

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: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

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.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from CSULB Make?

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

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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

80% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 137 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from CSULB in 2020-2021, 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.

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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.

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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

83% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 111 students earned a master's degree in nursing from CSULB. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men. 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.

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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.

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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

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - Long Beach. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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