California State University-Long Beach

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for California State University-Long Beach

California State University-Long Beach operates as a public institution located in Long Beach, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 35,924 students of which 37,273 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. California State University-Long Beach is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 46.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,440, with published in-state tuition of $7,350 and a Pell grant recipient share of 50.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,289, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 86.8%. Graduates earn a median of $64,403 ten years after enrolling, compared with $50,062 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 894200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.