California State University-Long Beach (Cal State Long Beach) is a four-year, public school located in Long Beach, CA.

It offers 104 graduate programs - 80 Master's, 5 Doctorate, and 19 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $8,442 for in-state and $17,946 for out-of-state students.

A total of 6,042 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 38,973 students at Cal State Long Beach. Cal State Long Beach offers online graduate programs and 783 out of 6,042 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find Cal State Long Beach's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,442 for California residents and $17,946 for out-of-state students. It offers 104 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameCalifornia State University-Long Beach
TypeFour-year, Public
Address1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA
Graduate School Students6,293 students
783 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$8,442
Out-of-State$17,946
Student to Faculty22:1 (4.55%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 104 Graduate Programs
80 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 19 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at California State University-Long Beach

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at California State University-Long Beach with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For California residents, the tuition & fees are $8,442 and $17,946 for non-California residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $396.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$7,176$16,680
Fees$1,266$1,266
Cost per Credit-$1$396
Books & Supplies$1,490
Room & Board$15,612 (On-Campus) / $17,166 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,306 (On-Campus) / $5,948 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$29,850$39,354
Off-Campus Total$33,046$42,550

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

California State University-Long Beach offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 104 major areas - 80 Master's (1 online programs), 5 Doctorate, 19 Post-Bachelor's. 2,010 students have been conferred Master's degree and 55 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total2,01055187-
Men8112139-
Women1,19934148-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Asian Studies/Civilization3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
European Studies/Civilization NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Italian Studies3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science206 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education109 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Curriculum and InstructionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 14 NOT OFFER
Educational Leadership and Administration NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Community College EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational/Instructional Technology18ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching27 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple DisabilitiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 21 NOT OFFER
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services54 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering19 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering24 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering23 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Linguistics15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Language Interpretation and TranslationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5 NOT OFFER
Comparative LiteratureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
German Language and Literature2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Language and Literature2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language and Literature11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature30 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Creative Writing8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific WritingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Rhetoric and Composition NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Biochemistry5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Microbiology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
BiotechnologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 10 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics (other)25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Gerontology9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nutrition Sciences21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Health and Physical Education/Fitness42 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management67 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Religion/Religious Studies6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology37 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Counseling Psychology29 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School Psychology21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Administration88 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Policy Analysis9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Work222 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Economics7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geographic Information Science and Cartography21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Studies/AffairsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Dance4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Design and Applied Arts (other)8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art/Art Studies6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Fine/Studio Arts15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance24 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication Sciences and Disorders NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist24 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Health Care Administration/Management49 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Athletic Training/Trainer14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health32 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Dietetics/Dietitian NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5 NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse94 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing Administration NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing NOT OFFER 111 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management249 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Accounting52 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)49 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History13 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Cal State Long Beach graduate schools have a total of 6,293 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 2,359 male and 3,934 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 3,791 full-time and 2,502 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 783 students enrolled through online exclusively and 1,463 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 1,477 White, 266 Black, and 962 Asian students are attending at California State University-Long Beach. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

84 grad students are younger than 22 and 574 students are older than 65. It has 3,874 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,510 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total6,293
Men2,359
Women3,934
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total6,293
Full-time Students3,791
Part-time Students2,502
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total6,293
American Indian /
Native American
10
Asian962
Black266
Hispanic2,553
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
14
White1,477
Two or more races218
Un-Known253
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total6,293
21 & Under84
22-241,712
25-292,162
30-341,068
35-39442
40 & Over574

Online Population

At California State University-Long Beach graduate schools, 783 students enrolled online exclusively and 1,463 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment6,042
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses783
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses1,463
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses3,796
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses783
California Resident757
Other State In U.S.12
Outside of U.S.14