California State University, San Bernardino
About
California State University, San Bernardino is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in Inland Southern California. Opened in 1965 and set at the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains, the university serves more than 20,000 students each year and graduates about 4,000 students annually.
The "value added" by a CSUSB education ranks in the top 4 percent in the nation, according to the Collegiate Learning Assessment, a sequence of tests used by hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide that measure student learning in the freshman and then in the senior year. First-to-second year retention rates are third highest among all CSU campuses.
CSUSB reflects the dynamic diversity of the region and has the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire, and it has the second highest African American and Hispanic enrollments of all public universities in California. Seventy percent of those who graduate are the first in their families to do so.
The university offers more than 70 traditional baccalaureate and master's degree programs, education credential and certificate programs, and a doctoral program. In recent years, CSUSB added its first doctorate (educational leadership), engineering program (computer science and engineering) and M.F.A. programs in creative writing and studio art/design. Every CSUSB academic program that is eligible has earned national accreditation. The university also is home to the California Professor of the Year (Stuart Sumida).
- Campus: Their beautiful and spacious campus, nestled in the foothills of the picturesque San Bernardino Mountains, offers a wonderful environment in which to learn. Students will find it a warm and welcoming place with exceptional facilities and extensive resources that provide a world-class educational experience, and which is home to the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire.
- Facilities: The campus of California State University, San Bernardino blends modern facilities with wide expanses of beautifully maintained landscapes and panoramic views. In addition to classrooms and laboratories, the university boasts distinctive features such as simulation laboratories, a modern instructional television studio lab, an electronic music studio, glass blowing facilities, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab, crime analysis lab, Anthropology Museum, Infant/toddler Teaching Lab, the Arrowhead Lab for Security Analysis, the Watson and Associates Literacy Center, Math and Science Teaching Methods Labs and state-of-the-art self-instructional computer laboratories in each of the major instructional buildings.
- Inland Southern California: The historic San Bernardino Valley is part of inland Southern California, an area encompassing all of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. The university is within the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area and also serves more distant locations in the two counties, the Colorado River communities of Blythe and Needles; the high desert area including Victorville and Barstow; the low desert, Coachella Valley region including Palm Springs, Palm Desert and Indio; the mountain communities of Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead and Idyllwild; the Hemet Valley, including Hemet, San Jacinto and Perris.
- Major Impact: As a young, lively university, California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is one of the fastest growing universities in California. CSUSB’s service areas are California’s San Bernardino and Riverside counties, which covers 27,000 square miles—a territory larger than 10 states in the nation. With more than 100,000 alumni who hail from CSUSB, including many who work in Southern California and make a major impact on the local economy; CSUSB has become an economic engine with its annual spending generating a total impact of $189.5 million on the regional economy, and nearly $536.5 million on the statewide economy.
Features
Optional Practical Training
162 out of 162 programs are eligible for Optional Practical Training.
Optional Practical Training (OPT) is temporary employment that is directly related to an F-1 student’s major area of study. Eligible students can apply to receive up to 12 months of OPT employment authorization before completing their academic studies (pre-completion) and/or after completing their academic studies (post-completion).
If you have earned a degree in certain science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, you may be eligible for a 24-month extension of your post-completion OPT employment authorization.
For more information see here: https://www.uscis.gov/opt
Co-op/Internship Participation
Conditional Offer Letter
Accommodations
Students need to plan their accommodations well in advance of their arrival as all accommodation options fill up quickly, well before the start of the semester.
On-Campus Residence Accommodations
On-Campus residence accommodations are provided per discretion by the school.
Off-Campus Accommodations
The local area has a variety of off-campus rental housing options including single homes, duplexes, apartments and rooms for rent. Students wishing to live off-campus need to research availability on their own and should arrive well before the start of term to do so.
Homestay
There are a wide variety of homestay options available, and our partners do their best to match students and hosts according to their interests and preferences. Homestay hosts include single people, young couples with children and pets, and older couples. All homestay accommodations have been inspected, and all adults in the home have completed a required criminal reference check.
Location
5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, California, USA, 92407
Insttitution Details
founded
1965
School ID
3793
Institution type
Public
DLI
School Rank
2530
Cost and Duration
$70
Application fee
4 years
Average undergraduate program
2 years
Average graduate program
$12822 USD / Year
Cost of Living
$20693 USD / First Year
Avarage Gross tuition
Top Disciplines
Arts
Sciences
Business, Management and Economics
Law, Politics, Social, Community Service and Teaching
Others
Program Levels
Study Destinations
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