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{{Short description|Public university in Los Angeles, California, U.S.}}
{{distinguish|University of California, Los Angeles}}
{{for|the railway station that serves the campus|Cal State LA station}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = California State University,<br>Los Angeles
 | image                  = CSU, Los Angeles seal.svg
 | image_upright          = .7
 | motto                  = ''Vox Veritas Vita'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Voice Truth Life" – Speak the truth as a way of life
 | colors                 = Black and gold<br>{{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#FFCE00}}
 | type                   = [[Public university]]
 | established            = {{start date and age|1947}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php|title=History of Cal State LA|date=October 22, 2013|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>
 | president              = [[Berenecea Johnson Eanes]]<ref name=":president">{{cite web|url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/leadership/presidents/Pages/johnson-eanes.aspx#:~:text=Berenecea%20Johnson%20Eanes%20was%20appointed,as%20president%20of%20the%20university|title=Berenecea Johnson Eanes |date=September 13, 2023 |publisher=California State University|access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.calstatela.edu/president/berenecea-johnson-eanes|title=About the President |date=September 13, 2023|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles|access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref>
 | provost                = José A. Gómez<ref name=":orgchart"/>
 | city                   = [[Los Angeles]]
 | state                  = California
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{coord|34|04|00|N|118|10|04|W|display=title,inline|region:US-CA_type:edu_source:dewiki}}
 | students               = 22,740 (fall 2024)<ref name=FactBook>{{cite web |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/fact66.pdf|title=Fall 24 Fact Sheet|access-date=May 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322122637/https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/fact66.pdf|archive-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 19,350 (fall 2024)<ref name=FactBook/>
 | postgrad               = 3,390 (fall 2024)<ref name=FactBook/>
 | faculty                = 1,031
 | campus                 = Large city
 | campus_size            = {{convert|175|acre|ha}}
 | former_names           = Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences (1947–1964) <br /> California State College at Los Angeles (1964–1972)
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division II]] – [[California Collegiate Athletic Association|CCAA]]|[[Pacific West Conference|PacWest]]}}
 | mascot                 = Eddie the Golden Eagle
 | sports_nickname        = [[Cal State LA Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
 | free_label             = Other campuses
 | free                   = [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]]
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''University Times''
 | endowment              = $62.52 million (2023–24) As of June 30, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public NCSE Tables |url=https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2024/Public-NCSE-Tables |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.nacubo.org}}</ref>
 | parent                 = [[California State University]]
 | accreditation          = [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges - Senior College and University Commission|WSCUC]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities|CUMU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | logo                   = Cal state la textlogo.png
 | logo_size              = 200
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.calstatela.edu/|calstatela.edu}}
}}

'''California State University, Los Angeles''' ('''Cal State LA''') is a [[public research university]] in [[Los Angeles]], California, United States. It is part of the [[California State University]] system. Cal State LA offers 142 [[bachelor's degree]] programs, 122 [[master's degree]] programs, and 4 [[doctoral degree]]s: the [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in [[special education]] (in collaboration with the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]), [[Doctor of Education]] in Educational Leadership, [[Doctor of Nursing Practice]], and [[Doctor of Audiology]]. It also offers 22 [[teaching credential]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://degrees.calstate.edu/search-results/all/all/all/11000?areaofstudy= |title=Search CSU Degrees |publisher=California State University |access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://degrees.calstate.edu/uploads/55/64/5564d4b6ec1584227ca2d1054c759f0f/Credential-Programs-08212012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-03-01 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424234126/http://degrees.calstate.edu/uploads/55/64/5564d4b6ec1584227ca2d1054c759f0f/Credential-Programs-08212012.pdf |archive-date=April 24, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Cal State LA had a student body of 22,740 as of Fall 2024, which includes 19,350 [[undergraduates]], primarily from the [[Greater Los Angeles]] area, and 3,390 graduate students.<ref name=FactBook/> It is organized into 9 [[Faculty (division)|colleges]] that house a total of 4 [[Faculty (division)|schools]] and approximately 50 academic [[Academic department|departments]], divisions, and interdisciplinary programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ecatalog.calstatela.edu/content.php?catoid=26&navoid=2669 |title=University Catalog|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> The university's [[forensic science]] program is one of the oldest in the nation. The [[Early Entrance Program (CSU)|Early Entrance Program]] in the [[Honors student|Honors]] College for [[gifted]] students as young as 12 is the only one of its kind in the United States in promoting a direct transitional scheme from middle and high school to college without intermediary remedial education.<ref name="Early Entrance Program">{{cite web|title=Early Entrance Program|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/eep/about-eep-0|work=California State University website |date=March 13, 2015|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> Cal State LA is a [[Hispanic-serving institution]] and is eligible to be designated as an [[Minority-serving institution|Asian American Native American Pacific Islander serving institution]] (AANAPISI).

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The {{convert|175|acre|ha|adj=on}} hilltop campus core is home to the nation's first [[Charter school|Charter]] College of Education, the [[Pat Brown]] Institute for Public Affairs, the Hertzberg-[[Gray Davis|Davis]] Forensic Science Center, the Hydrogen Research and Fueling Facility, and the Luckman Fine Arts Complex.

It is also home to two high schools: the [[Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School]] and the [[Los Angeles County High School for the Arts]] (LACHSA), the only arts high school in Los Angeles that allows students from any district within Los Angeles County to attend.

==History==

=== First half of 20th century ===
[[File:Flock_of_sheep_with_houses_in_background,_Los_Angeles_County,_about_1880.png|thumb|right|Flock of sheep with houses in background, Los Angeles County, about 1880, Photo taken on the Rancho Rosa de Castillo.]]
[[File:Homecoming in the 1940's at Cal State LA.jpg|thumb|[[Homecoming]] in the 1940s at Cal State LA]]

The university is located on the site of one of California's 36 original [[adobe]]s, built in 1776 by [[Franciscan]] missionaries and destroyed by fire in 1908. When the [[Spaniards|Spanish]] Franciscans founded the [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel|San Gabriel Mission]] in 1771, they dubbed the small river El Rio [[Rosa × damascena|Rosa de Castillo]]. These lands once were part of a [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] known as [[Rancho Rosa Castilla]]. Juan Batista Batz, a [[Basque people|Basque]] rancher from northern Spain and his wife, Catalina settled here in the 1852.<ref>John R. Chávez, 1998, ''Eastside Landmark:A History of the East Los Angeles Community Union, 1968-1993'', {{ISBN|978-0-8047-3333-5}}, Stanford University Press</ref><ref>[http://college.usc.edu/geography/ESPE/documents/publications_el_sereno.pdf Sustainable Cities and Industrial Ecology in El Sereno] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524191858/http://college.usc.edu/geography/ESPE/documents/publications_el_sereno.pdf |date=2008-05-24 }}</ref><ref>Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California'', Numa Hubert, San Francisco</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/cslainf1.php |title=History of Cal State L.A |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2013-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405063931/http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/cslainf1.php |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Batz used the land for farming and intensive sheep ranching. The inspiration for the name of the [[ranch]], according to local historians, was the abundant amount of native wild [[Rosa californica|Wood roses (''Rosa californica'')]] that grew near the ranch home along the [[Creek (tidal)|creek]]. The [[Tongva people|Tongva]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]] named this area, ''[[Otsungna|Ochuunga]]'' (Place of Roses).<ref>J. N. Bowman, "The Rose of Castile", ''Western Folklore'', Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul., 1947), pp. 204–210, Western States Folklore Society.</ref> The main [[Driveway|drive]] through the campus is known as Paseo Rancho Castilla, in acknowledgment of the university's historic heritage.

Cal State LA was founded on July 2, 1947, by an act of the California legislature and opened for classes as Los Angeles State College on the campus of [[Los Angeles City College]] (LACC). LACC is a public [[community college]] in [[East Hollywood]], Los Angeles located on [[Vermont Avenue]] south of [[Santa Monica Boulevard]], the former campus of UCLA and originally a farm outside Los Angeles. As president of LACC, P. Victor Peterson became the acting president of the state college. Since the college had opened in September, 1947, with 136 students, it had grown in two years to over 2,000 students. Most were studying under the [[GI Bill]], which had been largely responsible for establishment of the college. The first class of seven students graduated in 1948.

In 1949, when Howard S. McDonald became president of both Los Angeles State College and Los Angeles City College, the state college upper division classes were being taught in borrowed spaces on the City College campus by mostly part-time faculty. He hired administrators to help him formally organize the colleges. Then he found a site within Los Angeles<ref name=lloyd/> to house the new "Los Angeles State College of Applied [[Arts]] and [[Sciences]]," which replaced the Los Angeles State College also in 1949 after being reconstituted by the Legislature.<ref name="California State Colleges">{{cite book|last1=McDonald|first1=Howard S.|editor1-last=Simpson|editor1-first=Roy E.|title=The California State Colleges|date=1955|publisher=California State Department of Education|location=Sacramento|pages=139–150|chapter=Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences--Unique in American Higher Education}}</ref><ref name=lloyd>{{cite web|last1=Lloyd|first1=William E.|title=In Memoriam|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/emeriti/memoriam#McDonald,%20Howard|website=California State University, Los Angeles|publisher=Cal State LA|access-date=5 April 2018|date=4 November 2016}}</ref> McDonald enjoyed telling how some influential supporters of the [[University of Southern California]] opposed his selection of a piece of land in [[Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles|Baldwin Hills]], and how then-Los Angeles Mayor [[Norris Poulson]] ran him out of [[Chavez Ravine]] so that he could lure the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] baseball team to Los Angeles. 

=== Second half of 20th century ===
[[Image:CSULAsign.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance to the administration building.]]

In 1952, the state proposed a new satellite campus for Cal State LA, at the time known as Los Angeles State College, and in July 1958, the campus separated from Cal State LA and was renamed San Fernando Valley State College (now known as [[California State University, Northridge]]).<ref name="csun.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/aboutCSUN/history/ |title=CSUN History |publisher=Csun.edu |access-date=2013-07-17}}</ref> The first [[master's]] degrees were awarded in 1952.

Since 1954, Cal State LA has been accredited by the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]]. The university's credential programs are approved by the Commission for Teacher Credentialing Committee on Accreditation.

In 1955, officials broke ground on the current location, dubbed the Ramona site at the time. The college then moved to its present campus in the northeastern section of the City of Los Angeles, {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} east of the [[Civic Center, Los Angeles|Civic Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lacitycollege.edu/public/75thAnniversary/75th_pages/history.htm|title=Campus News - Latest News|website=Los Angeles City College|access-date=November 1, 2006|archive-date=November 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124155608/http://www.lacitycollege.edu/public/75thAnniversary/75th_pages/history.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The college opened in its new location in 1958, with McDonald becoming the first full-time president.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential History|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/president/history|website=California State University, Los Angeles|publisher=Cal State LA|access-date=5 April 2018|date=13 January 2014}}</ref> When McDonald retired in 1962, seven academic buildings on the new campus were completed and an eighth structure (North Hall, later named King Hall) was nearing completion. North Hall opened in September 1962.<ref name=lloyd/>

In 1962, the college welcomed its third president Albert D. Graves who was vice president of Academic Affairs of LASCAAS. The college also entered into its first contract to prepare students for the [[Peace Corps|United States Peace Corps]]. The first group of 65 volunteers was trained for service in the [[Dominican Republic]] in the areas of teacher training, music teacher training and urban community action. The first [[Graduation|Commencement]] at new site takes place in June 1963.

On December 6, 1963, the California State College (now California State University) [[Board of directors|Board of Trustees]] named the library after the late 35th [[president of the United States]] [[John F. Kennedy]]. An edifice plaque was unveiled during the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library naming ceremony on February 12, 1964, and in November 1969 the library North Wing is dedicated.

In 1964, the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges changed the name of the college to the "California State College at Los Angeles" (CSCLA), and in 1968 to "California State College, Los Angeles", when it became part of the California State College (CSC) system. In 1972, CSCLA was awarded university status and was renamed California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/senate/handbook/ch1.htm#dkeane|title=Chapter 1|website=calstatela.edu|access-date=June 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528060430/http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/senate/handbook/ch1.htm#dkeane|archive-date=May 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Aerial view of California State University, Los Angeles campus 2.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of California State University, Los Angeles campus, January 31, 1972]]
In 1968, Cal State LA established the nation's first [[Chicano Studies]] department.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/cal-state-la-commemorates-50-years-chicano-studies-tribute-civil-rights-pioneer |title= Cal State LA commemorates 50 years of Chicano studies with tribute to civil rights pioneer Dolores Huerta |publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=June 9, 2020|date=September 6, 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Salazar Hall.png|alt=An image of Salazar Hall from the northeast side of the building, depicting students hanging out near the tables at the front. |thumb|Salazar Hall, located on the south side of campus, is home to many disciplines across all fields of study, including math, finance, and nursing. ]]
In fall 1970, the South Tower and South Hall were completed and opened. July 1976 the CSU Board of Trustees approved the renaming of South Tower to Simpson Tower, in memory of Floyd R. Simpson, first [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the School of Business and Economics. South Hall was renamed Salazar Hall in memory of slain ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' [[journalist]] and [[KMEX-DT]] news director [[Ruben Salazar]].

The original mascot of the school was the [[Devil|Diablo]]. In 1980, new university president James Rosser adopted a new mascot, Eddie the [[golden eagle]], designed to be more reflective of the campus' highly diverse community. The theme was extended to student facilities such as the student union and bookstore.<ref>[http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/spotlight/archive/2009/GE-mascot.php 2009 Golden Eagle mascot gets a make-over] Retrieved on September 10, 2009<!-- Generated title --></ref>

In 1993, the California State University [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] and Trustees approved development of Cal State LA's Charter College of Education, creating the first such college of higher education in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php#90s|title=History of Cal State LA|date=October 22, 2013|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>

In October 1998, the Center for Environmental Analysis, first of its kind funded by the National Science Foundation on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], opened on campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php#90s|title=History of Cal State LA|date=October 22, 2013|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Golden Eagle Sculpture.jpg|thumb|Bronze sculpture of Cal State LA's golden eagle mascot by Kenneth Bjorge]]

In September 2000, [[Governor of California]] [[Gray Davis]] chose the Cal State LA campus to hold a press conference at which he signed the historic bills expanding the [[Cal Grant]] program.<ref name="Ed Week">{{cite news |first= John|last= Gehring |title= Calif. College-Aid Expansion Mixes Merit With Need |url= https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2000/09/20/03calaid.h20.html |newspaper=Education Week |date=2000-09-20 |access-date=2020-06-09}}</ref>

[[File:LuckmanComplexSign.jpg|thumb|Sign of the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State University Los Angeles.]]

Cal State LA departments of Social Work and Nursing, located within the university's College of Health and Human Services, were granted the status of School in Winter 2002.

Cal State LA Downtown is a satellite campus opened in January 2016. Programs are provided through the university's College of Professional & Global Education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/cal-state-la-open-downtown-los-angeles-campus |title=Cal State L.A. to open downtown Los Angeles campus|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=June 9, 2020|date= July 6, 2015}}</ref>

Naming of the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services took place during the university's 69th Commencement on June 11, 2016. The naming recognized the largest gift in the university's history and named in honor of the late Dr. Rongxiang Xu, who was a [[surgeon]] and expert in [[regenerative medicine]].

The Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing was dedicated as the first named school at Cal State L.A. in April 2018. Chin taught nursing at the university, later serving as director and, upon her retirement, professor emerita.

A statue of Cal State LA alumna and world champion tennis legend [[Billie Jean King]] was installed on the grassy area in front of the Physical Education building. When King was in school at Cal State LA, she had already won [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://csulauniversitytimes.com/nothing-but-love-for-billie-jean-king/|title=Nothing but 'love' for Billie Jean King|publisher=csulauniversitytimes |access-date=Oct 7, 2022|date= Oct 7, 2022}}</ref>

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===University presidents===
The following persons served as president of Cal State LA:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/president/history |title=Presidential History |publisher=Cal State LA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! {{abbr|No.|number}} !! Image !! President !! Term start !! Term end !! Notes
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| 1 || || P. Victor Peterson || 1947 || October 31, 1949 || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HS19470816.1.4&srpos=3&e=------194-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22los+angeles+state+college%22+president+Victor+Peterson----1947--- |title=Los Angeles City College Becomes State College |newspaper=[[Hanford Sentinel]] |volume=60 |number=39 |page= |date=August 16, 1947 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=Dr. Victor Peterson, dean of San Jose State College, has been named acting president of Los Angeles State College, subject to confirmation by the local board of education, it was announced today. Legislation that becomes effective Sept. 19, provides that Los Angeles City College, a two-year school, becomes Los Angeles State College for students attending an authorized third year of classes.}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || || [[Howard S. McDonald]] || November 1, 1949 || August 30, 1962 || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/381147893/ |title=Utah Educator to Head New State College |date=October 2, 1949 |page=3 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Dr. Howard S. McDonald, 55, president of Brigham Young University at Provo, Utah, will be the president of the new Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences... He will be here to assume his new duties Nov. 1.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/381373076/ |title=LASC Leader Dr. McDonald Will Retire |date=May 11, 1962 |page=37 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Dr. Howard S. McDonald, 67, president of Los Angeles State College for 13 years, announced Thursday that be will retire Sept, as administrator of the 16,000-student campus, largest of the state colleges.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPR19620611.1.4&srpos=2&e=------196-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-college+president+%22Howard+S.+McDonald%22+retire----1962--- |title=LASC Graduates Class of 2624 |newspaper=South Pasadena Review |volume=74 |number=47 |page=4 |date=June 11, 1962 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |quote=Awarding degrees for his 13th and final time as president of Los Angeles State Coliege was Dr. Howard S. McDonald, who has announced his plans to retire on September 1.}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
| 3 || || Albert D. Graves || September 1, 1962 || nowrap | September 30, 1963 || acting<ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/381366291/ |title=DR. GRAVES NAMED HEAD OF LA. STATE |date=June 9, 1962 |page=10 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=California State College trustees Friday appointed Dr. Albert D. Graves acting president of Los Angeles State College on the retirement of Dr. Howard S. McDonald there.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/381595751/ |title=LASC Acting President Tells Plans to Retire |date=March 20, 1963 |page=29 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Albert D. Graves, acting president of 17,500 student Los Angeles State College, announced his intention to retire Tuesday. His action to leave California's largest state college eliminated him from consideration by California State College trustees as a successor to Howard McDonald, who retired in July.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/381569989/ |title=LASC's Largest Grad Class to Hear Graves |date=June 6, 1963 |page=177 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Dr. Graves will retire from the college in September.}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || || Franklyn A. Johnson || October 1, 1963 || November 10, 1965 || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/381594016/ |title=Trustees Agree on Site for New State College School |date=July 13, 1963 |page=2 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=The board, of trustees, meeting at the new State Office Building, also appointed Dr. Franklyn A. Johnson, 41, president of Jacksonville (Fla.) University as president of Los Angeles State College which has 17,000 students.}}</ref><ref name="Johnson leaves"/>
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| acting || rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | || rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | John A. Greenlee || nowrap | November 11, 1965 || May 24, 1966 || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/382377997/ |title=Vacant Post Filled at State College |date=October 21, 1965 |page=39 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Dr. John A. Greenlee was appointed acting president of California State College at Los Angeles Wednesday to fill the post being vacated by Dr. Franklyn A. Johnson... will assume his new post when Johnson leaves sometime in November.}}</ref><ref name="Johnson leaves">{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/382119816/ |title=New Cal Head Lists Chief Problems |date=November 11, 1965 |page=157 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Retention and recruitment of an able faculty, adequate salaries for them and additional parking spaces for students' cars are his three major problems, says Dr. John Alden Greenlee as he becomes acting president of California State College at Los Angeles. Only four months on the campus which has 20,000 students, Dr. Greenlee will succeed Dr. Franklyn A. Johnson, who leaves today for Washington to become director of the Job Corps in the anti-poverty program.}}</ref>
|-
|5
|May 24, 1966 || August 30, 1979
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/382280815/ |title=The News of the Day: The State |date=May 24, 1966 |page=2 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=California State College at Los Angeles has named Dr. John A. Greenlee president of the institution. Dr. Greenlee had been acting president of the college since the resignation last November of President Franklyn A. Johnson, who became director of the U.S. Job Corps.}}</ref>
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| 6 || || James M. Rosser || September 1, 1979 || August 30, 2013 || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/387642244/ |title=Black Educator to Head Cal State L.A. Campus |date=May 22, 1979 |page=37 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Dr. James M. Rosser, vice chancellor of the New Jersey Department of Education, was named president Monday of California State University, Los Angeles, by the Board of Trustees of the 19-campus state university system... Rosser will become the sixth president of the university sometime before the fall quarter. He succeeds Dr. John A. Greenlee, who is retiring after 14 years.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/newspage/388970187/ |title=Latin Educators Hit Appointment of Cal State Chief |date= |page=37 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Trustees, by an 8-7 vote, selected Dr. James Rosser, a New Jersey state education official, to become the new president of Cal State effective Sept. 1.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/newsrel/rosser-retirement.htm |title=Cal State L.A. President James M. Rosser announces his retirement |date= |publisher=Cal State LA}}</ref>
|-
| 7 || || William A. Covino || September 1, 2013 || June 30, 2023 || <ref name=lat20130522>{{cite news |last=Rivera |first=Carla |title=Cal State trustees appoint new Cal State L.A president, others |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-calstate-presidents-20130522,0,3918473.story |access-date=May 22, 2013 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 22, 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/newsrel/newpres-csula2013.htm |title=CSU Trustees Appoint William A. Covino as President of California State University, Los Angeles |date=May 22, 2013 |publisher=Cal State LA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.calstatela.edu/2022/08/18/cal-state-la-president-william-covino-announces-retirement/ |title=Cal State LA President William A. Covino announces retirement |date=August 18, 2022 |publisher=Cal State LA}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
| interim || || Leroy M. Morishita || July 31, 2023 || January 7, 2024 || <ref>{{cite news |title=Leroy M. Morishita appointed interim president of Cal State LA |url=https://news.calstatela.edu/2023/03/24/leroy-m-morishita-appointed-interim-president-of-cal-state-la/ |access-date=May 22, 2013 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 29, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 8 || [[File:Berenecea Eanes 2023 (cropped).jpg|70px]] || nowrap | [[Berenecea Johnson Eanes]] || January 8, 2024 || present || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://19thnews.org/2024/01/california-state-university-los-angeles-first-woman-president/ |title=Cal State LA has a woman president for the first time — and she's off to an eventful start |date=January 26, 2024 |first=Nadra |last=Nittle |work=The 19th}}</ref>
|}

==Campus life and cost of university==
[[File:CSULAStudentUnionBLDG.jpg|thumb|left|Cal State LA University-Student Union (U-SU) and Luckman Theatre]]

As of the fall of 2016, Cal State LA switched over from the quarter to the semester system. Tuition and fees for in-state is $6,745, $17,245 for out-of-state and room and board $11,723 as of the 2018–2019 academic year with a student/faculty ratio of 25:1. Classes are scheduled Monday through Saturday from 7 am until 10 pm.

Near the edge of the city of Los Angeles, adjacent to the western [[San Gabriel Valley]] cities of [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]] and [[Monterey Park, California|Monterey Park]], the campus affords views of the [[San Gabriel Mountains|mountains]] to the north, the San Gabriel Valley to the east, [[metropolitan Los Angeles]] to the west, and the [[Palos Verdes Peninsula]] and [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Catalina Island]] to the south.

Construction on a $30 million [[Student Union|University-Student Union]] (U-SU) building began in 2005; it opened in January 2009. The facility offers a place for students and faculty to congregate and interact before or after class. It replaced the 1975 U-SU building that was closed in 2004 due to seismic concerns. The U-SU offers a theater, a [[fitness center]], and an array of other services dedicated to the student body. Its meeting rooms connect to those of The Golden Eagle building via a third floor bridge. The Golden Eagle includes a food court, a [[Barnes & Noble]]-operated bookstore and major conference facilities. The university [[food court]] is owned by the Coca-Cola Company, offering a selection of fast food restaurants that include [[El Pollo Loco]], [[Carl's Jr.]], The Spot, and Juice It Up. The U-SU facility houses additional fast food options.

Cal State LA is one of only eight institutions in North and South America selected as a Rockefeller Foundation humanities fellowship residency site.<ref name="calstate.edu">http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/la.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705041617/http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/la.html |date=July 5, 2020 }} Cal State L.A's economic impact report</ref>

As of fall 2018 Cal State LA has the second largest enrollment percentage of Mexican Americans and Other Latino Americans that are not Mexican-American in the Cal State University system.<ref name="Ethnicity Enrollment Profile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2018-2019/feth02.htm|title=Ethnicity Enrollment Profile|website=calstate.edu|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025201228/https://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2018-2019/feth02.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other Latinos Americans having heritage from Central America, South America and the [[Caribbean]].

The [[HBO]] show ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]'' used the face of the U-SU as the building for the Hooli company.<ref name="Weisman">{{cite news |first= Aly |last= Weisman |title= How 'Silicon Valley' Turned A College Campus Into A Google-Like Exterior |url= https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-filmed-on-college-campus-2014-5 |newspaper=Business Insider |date=2014-05-22 |access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: California State University-Los Angeles |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?110592-California-State-University-Los-Angeles |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|76|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|11|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:brown}} 
|-
| Two or more races{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|77|%|2||background:blue}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|23|%|2||background:red}}
|}

===Associated Students===
Associated Students Incorporated (ASI) is the student government of California State University, Los Angeles. ASI is governed by a student board of directors who are elected each year by the student body of Cal State LA. ASI represents the interests of the student body and acts as the officially recognized voice of the students. In addition, ASI sponsors a number of campus events and activities using mandatory student fees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asicalstatela.org/about-us |title=About ASI |publisher=asicalstatela.org |access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref>

===Eagle Advocates===
Eagle Advocates, or ASI's Lobby Corps, is the sole student advocacy group representing the entire student body of the school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asicsula.org/get-involved/shared-governance/asi-lobby-corps |title=A.S.I. Lobby Corps &#124; Associated Students Inc |publisher=Asicsula.org |access-date=2015-10-19}}</ref>

===Janice Cordova Garden of Well-Being===
[[File:Janice Cordova Garden CSULA.jpg|thumb|Janice Cordova Garden located behind the Career Center building with a seating area. The space includes benches and various plants.]]

Cal State LA dedicated the Janice Cordova [[Garden]] of Well-Being on April 21, 2022, named in honor of the late wife of alumnus Richard Cordova. The garden is located in the heart of campus, between the Center for Engagement, Service, and the Public Good and the Student [[Health Center]]. It is a peaceful space that features a [[meditative]] walking path, [[artwork]], and more than 50 types of plant life that promote [[Leisure|relaxation]], [[healing]], and [[Transcendence (philosophy)|transcendence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/wellbeing-garden |title=JANICE CORDOVA GARDEN OF WELL-BEING|date=January 7, 2020 |publisher=calstatela.edu |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref>

==Student housing==
{{Further|Louis Lesser}}
From 1964 to 1972, developer [[Louis Lesser]] built six off-campus, 10-story high-rise residential halls to house 3,600 students. The {{convert|175|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus lacked space for horizontal expansion, following the California State University expansion plan started in 1959. This doubled the university's housing capacity, making Cal State LA the largest in the [[California State University]] system. [[Maxwell Starkman]] & Associates, AIA, of Beverly Hills, designed the development plan. Unlike other components of the Cal State University system being developed in the 1960s, the residence halls were privately financed by [[Louis Lesser Enterprises, Inc.]] The first residential life complex phase I on-campus housing was opened in June 1984, and three years later, a second residential life complex Phase II was opened. Cal State LA has a student-housing complex where students can rent a house at double occupancy for $655.00 per month (as of November 2009). During [[1984 Summer Olympics]] that took place in Los Angeles, Cal State LA student houses were upgraded and expanded because it housed the athletics of the 1984 Summer Olympics.<ref name="LAT25Jun63">''Los Angeles Times'', June 25, 1963, "High Rise Developer Defends Loss of View to Convenience"</ref><ref name="LAT15Mar64">''Los Angeles Times'', March 15, 1964, Tom Cameron, "$118 Million Going into Expansion at L.A. State"</ref>

Lesser also pioneered [[underground parking]], with his Cal State LA development, at the time considered unusual enough to merit a separate newspaper section header, "Parking Underground", which described a two-level underground parking lot as a "concept" of "subterranean spaces".<ref name="LAT15Mar64"/><ref>[http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/housing/index.htm Housing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061127003426/http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/housing/index.htm |date=November 27, 2006 }}</ref> 

[[File:California State University, Los Angeles South Village Student Housing Residential Hall.png|alt=A window photograph overlooking the Southern Village, a complex of white buildings, of the Student Housing East buildings.|thumb|A window photograph overlooking the Southern Village of the Student Housing East buildings.]]

The Student Housing East project was completed in 2021. The North Campus Project provides for new [[student housing]] facilities, new [[soccer field]]s, and a [[parking structure]] within the northern portion of the Cal State LA campus. Scope of the Work: The student housing facilities provide 1,500 beds for [[freshmen]] and [[sophomore]] students, as well as an associated dining facility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/fpc/projects-planning|title=North Campus Project|website=Calstatela.edu |date=May 14, 2014|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://urbanize.la/post/renderings-revealed-cal-state-la-student-housing-expansion |title=Cal State L.A. Student Housing Expansion|website=urbanize.la |date=June 6, 2018|access-date=2019-07-01}}</ref> 

===Themed-living communities===

'''Resident Scholars Housing'''
The goal of Resident Scholars Housing is to provide Cal State LA Honors College and academically achieving students with themed housing that supports the mission and vision of the Honors College and the Institutional Learning Outcomes by forming a strong community of students through shared Honors classes, providing learning opportunities and social engagement beyond the classroom and engaging in a student-directed community. It also increases the following: student interaction with Honors faculty, staff and fellow students; involvement in the larger Los Angeles and Cal State LA community; and retention and graduation rates.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

'''Halisi Scholars Living Learning Community''' The Halisi Scholars Living Learning Community is designed to enhance the residential experience for students who are a part of or interested in issues regarding the Black community living on campus by offering the opportunity to connect with faculty and peers, and engage in programs that focus on academic success, cultural awareness and civic engagement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/pas/halisi-scholars-black-living-learning-community|title=Halisi Scholars Black Living-Learning Community|date=September 24, 2016|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref>[[File:CSULA Bus Station.jpg|thumb|Students are entering and exiting the City of Commerce Transit <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=City of Commerce Transit |url=https://www.transit.wiki/City_of_Commerce_Transit |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Transit.Wiki |language=en}}</ref> Line 200 at the Cal State LA Transit Center]]
[[File:CSULA Metro.jpg|thumb|Bridge overpass to Express Busses and Metrolink located on the I-10 Freeway at the Cal State LA Station. signs that say Eastbound and Westbound can be seen]]
==Organization and administration==
[[File:Cal State University, Los Angeles.jpg|right|thumb|The Golden Eagle, consisting of two adjoining structures separated by a [[promenade]].]]

Cal State LA is one of 23 campuses in the [[California State University system]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.calstate.edu/search_find/campus.shtml| title=Campus Homepages| publisher=California State University| access-date=October 6, 2020| archive-date=November 9, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109012044/http://www.calstate.edu/search_find/campus.shtml| url-status=dead}}</ref> The CSU system is administered by a 25-member board of trustees, which adopts regulations and policies governing the entire system.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/Pages/about-the-bot.aspx |title= About the Board of Trustees |publisher=California State University |access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> The system's chief executive officer is Chancellor [[Timothy P. White]], who assumed office in 2012. [[Joseph I. Castro]] was appointed on September 23, 2020, by the CSU board of trustees to succeed White starting on January 4, 2021.

=== University leadership ===
The chief executive of Cal State LA is President Berenecea Johnson Eanes who succeeded William A. Covino in January 2024. She is the first female president of Cal State LA. The leadership team includes an executive vice president who also serves as chief operating officer and provost, and four vice presidents.<ref name=":orgchart">{{cite web |url= https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/division.htm |title= University Organizational Chart |date= January 8, 2015 |publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=December 14, 2020}}</ref>

=== Affiliations ===
Cal State LA is a member of the [[American Association of State Colleges and Universities]]<ref name="American Association of State Colleges and Universities">{{cite news| title=Members by State & Territories| url= http://www.aascu.org/members/by-state-and-territory/| publisher= [[American Association of State Colleges and Universities]]| access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> and the [[Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities]]. The latter organization designated Cal State LA in 2018 as one of 33 U.S. universities that serve as "anchor institutions" driving economic growth in their communities.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cumuonline.org/cumu-members-named-to-higher-education-anchor-mission-initiative/ |title= CUMU Members Named to Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative|publisher= Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities |access-date=October 6, 2020|date= April 9, 2018}}</ref>

Cal State LA's College of Business and [[Economics]] (CB&E) is divided into six departments: [[Accounting]], Economics & [[Statistics]], [[Finance]] [[Law]] & [[Real Estate]], [[Information Systems]], Management and [[Marketing]]. CB&E is accredited by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB International).

The College of Ethnic Studies, Racial, and Social Transformation opened during the Fall 2020 semester.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/cal-state-la-marks-start-unprecedented-academic-year-virtual-convocation |title= Cal State LA marks start of unprecedented academic year with virtual Convocation|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=November 23, 2020|date= August 20, 2020}}</ref> It houses the university's three ethnic studies departments: Asian and Asian American Studies, Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies, and Pan-African Studies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://csulauniversitytimes.com/president-covino-announces-new-college/ |title=President Covino Announces New College |publisher=Cal State LA University Times |date=August 19, 2019 |access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>

==Academics==
{|  class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin:10px; text-align:center; font-size:85%; margin:auto"
|+ Fall First-Time Freshmen Statistics
|-
! &nbsp;
! 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workbook:Ad ission|url=https://latabpubsrc.calstatela.edu/t/LAIR-PUBLIC/views/Admission/Admissions?iframeSizedToWindow=true&%3Aembed=y&%3Adisplay_spinner=no&%3AshowAppBanner=false&%3Aembed_code_version=3&%3AloadOrderID=0&%3Adisplay_count=n&%3AshowVizHome=n&%3Aorigin=viz_share_link |access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Common Data Set 2023-24|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/CDS2324.pdf |access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref>
! 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Common Data Set 2022-23|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/cds2223.pdf|access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref>
! 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Common Data Set 2021-22|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/sites/default/files/cds2122.pdf |access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Applicants
| 32,748 || 33,941 || 29,223
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Admits
| 30,106 || 29,507 || 26,459
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Admit rate
| 91.9% || 86.9% || 90.5%
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Enrolled
| 3,614 || 3,892 || 4,097
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Yield Rate
| 12.0% || 13.2% || 15.5%
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Average GPA
| 3.3 || 3.35 || 3.31
|}

Cal State LA is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). Specific programs, such as business (AACSB) and engineering (ABET), also hold specialized accreditations.

The Charter College of Education's Division of Special Education and Counseling has a joint PhD program in Special Education with [[University of California, Los Angeles]], and an independent [[Ed.D.]] program in Educational Administration as part of the Division of Applied and Advanced Studies in Education.

Cal State LA's School of Nursing launched the [[Doctor of Nursing Practice]] (DNP) in the fall of 2012. The DNP has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing, forms part of the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services. The graduate program offers a nursing education option and [[nurse-practitioner]] options in adult [[gerontology]] primary care, adult gerontology [[acute care]], family, and [[family]] [[psychiatric]]/[[mental health]].

With the nation's first [[Chicano Studies]] department (established in 1968), Cal State LA is a top source of bachelor's and master's degrees for Hispanic students in California.<ref name="calstate.edu"/>

[[The American Historical Association]] awarded the 2022 Institutional Equity Award to the Department of [[History]] at Cal State LA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/nss/department-history-receives-2022-institutional-equity-award|title=Department of History Receives 2022 Institutional Equity Award |date=October 27, 2022 |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2022-12-12}}</ref> For recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historical discipline.

The five most popular majors for 2020 graduates<ref name=USNWR>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/california-state-university-los-angeles-1140/overall-rankings |title=California State University - Los Angeles Rankings |access-date=2020-09-24 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> [[Business]], [[Management]], [[Marketing]], and Related Support Services at 19%. [[Health]] Professions and Related Programs at 10%. [[Social Sciences]] at 10%. [[Education]] at 7%. [[Psychology]] at 6%. [[Homeland Security]], [[Law Enforcement]], [[Firefighting]] and Related Protective Services at 6%. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology at 6%. [[Engineering]] at 5%. [[English Language]] and [[Literature]]/[[Literature|Letters]] at 5%. Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at 4%.

===Colleges===
* Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
* College of Natural and Social Sciences
* College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology
* College of Business and Economics
* College of Education
* College of Arts and Letters
* The Honors College
* College of Professional and Global Education
* College of Ethnic Studies

===Departments and Schools===
* Department of Child and Family Studies
* Department of Communication Disorders
* Department of Public Health
* School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
* School of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Food Science
* Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing
* School of Social Work

[[File:TVFM Building.jpg|thumb|alt=A image of the outside of the Television, Film and Media Studies Center|The Television, Film and Media Studies Center]]
===Television, Film and Media Studies Center===
The [[Television]], [[Film]] and [[Media Studies]] Center houses the [[Cal State LA Studios]] part of the College of Arts and Letters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/al/television-film-and-media-studies|publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2022-10-04|title=Television, Film, and Media Studies Deptartment |date=August 14, 2019 }}</ref>

===LA BioSpace===
Created by grants from Los Angeles County and the U.S. [[Economic Development Administration]], LA BioSpace is a university [[Business incubator|incubator]].

LA BioSpace is part of a larger grant project based out of Cal State LA, LABioStart. This project hosts networking events and runs a Bioscience Entrepreneur Boot camp in addition to this incubator.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/LABioSpace|title=BioSpace &#124; California State University, Los Angeles |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2015-10-19}}</ref>

==Consortia==

===Ocean Studies Institute (OSI)===
Opportunities for study in the [[coastal]] environment are provided by the Ocean Studies Institute (OSI), which comprises eight State University campuses: Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Pomona, San Bernardino, San Marcos and Dominguez Hills. The OSI operates out of the docks and laboratory facilities of the [[Southern California Marine Institute]] (SCMI), Fish Harbor, Terminal Island in the Los Angeles - Long Beach Harbor.

The OSI participates in training managers and scientists and educating the public by coordinating and facilitating marine educational and research activities. Seagoing research laboratory and instructional facilities are provided aboard the R. V. Yellowfin, oceangoing research [[Sailing ship|vessel]].

Several courses within the departments of [[Biological]] Sciences, [[Geological]] Sciences, [[Psychology]] and the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, among others, utilize the Yellowfin and other Consortium facilities. In addition, the eight campuses offer a course of study each fall at the [[USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies]] on [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island]]. Courses cover topics in [[marine biology]] and [[ecology]], and a research experience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmi.net/|title=Southern California Marine Institute|publisher=Southern California Marine Institute|access-date=2022-06-10}}</ref>

===Desert Studies Center===
The [[Desert Studies Center]] is a field station of the California State University located in [[Zzyzx, California]] in the [[Mojave Desert]]. The purpose of the center is to provide opportunities to conduct research, receive instruction and experience the Mojave Desert environment. Is officially operated by the California Desert Studies Consortium, a [[consortium]] of 7 CSU campuses: [[csu fullerton|Fullerton]], [[Cal Poly Pomona]], Long Beach, [[Cal State San Bernardino|San Bernardino]], Northridge, [[CSUDH|Dominguez Hills]] and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nsm.fullerton.edu/dsc/|title=Desert Studies Center California State University|publisher=California State University Consortium|access-date=2019-07-06|archive-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229025834/http://nsm.fullerton.edu/dsc/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Faculty==
Cal State Los Angeles' faculty include two presidential award-winning professors and 13 faculty members honored with the CSU Trustees' Outstanding Professor Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php|title=CSU Outstanding Professor Awards|date=June 30, 2019|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref>

===Professors===
In December 1999 Raymond Landis, Dean of Engineering and Technology, was honored by the [[White House]] for outstanding student mentoring. The recognition earned the university its second presidential award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php#90s |title=History of Cal State LA: Dec. 1999 |access-date=June 30, 2019 |website=calstatela.edu|date=October 22, 2013 }}</ref>

In September 1996 chemistry professor Carlos G. Gutiérrez was among the first honorees named by President [[Bill Clinton]] to receive the newly established annual Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, at a White House ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php#90s |title=History of Cal State LA: Sept. 1996 |access-date=June 30, 2019 |website=calstatela.edu|date=October 22, 2013 }}</ref>

In fall 1995 chemistry professor Thomas P. Onak, was named California Professor of the Year by the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] and the [[Council for Advancement and Support of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/faculty_emeriti.htm |title=Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Emeiti |access-date=July 5, 2019 |website=calstatela.edu |date=October 22, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724224638/http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/faculty_emeriti.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1992 chemistry professor Phoebe K. Dea, was named California Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/faculty_emeriti.htm |title=Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Emeriti |access-date=July 5, 2019 |website=calstatela.edu |date=October 22, 2013 |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724224638/http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/faculty_emeriti.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Hal Fishman]] served as an [[assistant professor|assistant adjunct professor]] of [[political science]] for two years. Fishman won the [[Associated Press]] Television-Radio Association's first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as a Los Angeles local ([[KTLA]]) [[news anchor]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/la-me-fishman8aug08-story.html |title=Durable anchor fought TV fluff |first=Dennis |last=Mclellan
|date=August 8, 2007 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

[[Ann Garry]], professor emerita of Philosophy; early pioneer of the field of [[feminist philosophy]].

===Distinguished Visiting Adjunct Professors===
* [[Christopher Isherwood]] taught a course on [[Literary modernism|Modern]] [[English Literature]] in 1961–1962. A noted author his [[Berlin Stories]] was the basis for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Cabaret (musical)|musical]] and film, [[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php|title=Distinguished Visiting Professor|date=June 30, 2019|newspaper=Cal State la}}</ref>
* [[Dorothy Parker]] taught a course in the English department in 1962–1963. Parker, a writer and founding member of the [[Algonquin Round Table]], was inducted into the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dorothyparker.com/gallery/biography|title=Distinguished Visiting Professor|date=June 30, 2019|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/dcareerhist.php|title=Distinguished Visiting Professor|date=June 30, 2019|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref>

===Trustee Professors===
* [[Barry Munitz]], fifth chancellor of the [[California State University]] system, and sixth president of the [[University of Houston]]<ref>[http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/vsa/alumni.php CSULA News and Information from the president's office (see welcome)] Retrieved on July 11, 2009<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>

==Rankings==
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| Wamo_MASTERSU = 3
| THE_WSJ = 401-500<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/california-state-university-los-angeles | title=California State University, Los Angeles | date=October 19, 2021 }}</ref>
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| Top Performers on [[Social Mobility]]
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| Top [[Public university|Public Schools]]
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| Best [[Value investing|Value]] Schools
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| Best Undergraduate [[Engineering]] Programs
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| [[Nursing]]
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| [[Public health|Public Health]] || 51
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| [[Fine Arts]] || 53
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| [[Social Work]] || 60
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| [[Rehabilitation Counseling]] || 64
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| [[Speech-language pathology|Speech–Language Pathology]] || 92
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| [[Public policy school|Public Affairs]] || 96
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The 2021 ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s "America's Best Colleges" issue included the following rankings for Cal State LA in the category of regional universities in the Western United States: tied for 9th among public universities, tied for 26th among public and private universities, and ranked 11th in Best Value Schools.<ref name=USNWR/> The business program in the College of [[Business]] and [[Economics]] continues to be one of the top 10 in California among public institutions. In a separate category, Cal State LA's undergraduate [[computer science]] program is ranked among the top 20 in California.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cal State LA continues remarkable climb in U.S. News & World Report rankings|url=https://news.calstatela.edu/2021/09/13/cal-state-la-continues-remarkable-climb-in-u-s-news-world-report-rankings/ |date=February 1, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>

Nurse.org ranked Cal State La 5th on its Top 10 Nursing Schools in California ranking 2021.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

''[[Washington Monthly]]''{{'}}s 2020 College Ranking Guide named Cal State LA 10th out of 614 schools nationally in the Master's University category.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide/masters |title=2020 Master's University Rankings |magazine=Washington Monthly |date=August 28, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> The magazine rates universities based on their contribution to the public good, considering factors that include research, service and social mobility. Also in the 2020 issue by ''Washington Monthly'', Cal State LA ranked 3rd for "Best Bang for the Buck" out of 215 schools in the U.S. Western region.<ref>{{cite web|title=2020 Best Bang for the Buck Rankings: West|url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020-best-bang-for-the-buck-rankings-west-2/ |magazine=Washington Monthly |date=August 28, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>

''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' ranked Cal State LA 31st for Best Colleges for Engineering Majors and 31st in its evaluation of its 2020 Best Colleges ranking.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Mulhere |first=Kaitlin |date=August 25, 2020 |title=These Are the 25 Best Colleges for Your Money Right Now |url=https://money.com/best-25-colleges-for-your-money/ |url-status=live |magazine=Money.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926022825/https://money.com/best-25-colleges-for-your-money/ |archive-date=September 26, 2021 |access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref>

''[[Business Insider]]'' ranked Cal State LA #12 for its Best Return on Investment Business Insider 2020 rankings.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

''[[Forbes]]'' ranked Cal State LA 139th in its 2019 ranking of America's Best Value Colleges out of the 300 universities that were included.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/value-colleges/list/#tab:rank |title=America's Best Value Colleges 2019 |magazine=Forbes |date=April 24, 2019}}</ref>

''[[CollegeNET]]'' ranked Cal State LA #2 Social Mobility Index.{{As of?|date=March 2025}}{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In 2018, Cal State LA was ranked the 14th top college in the United States by [[Payscale]] and CollegeNET's Social Mobility Index college rankings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Social Mobility Index |website =Social Mobility Index |publisher=CollegeNet and PayScale |date=2018 |url=http://socialmobilityindex.org/ |access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref>

In January 2017, Cal State LA was ranked #1 in the country for the upward mobility of students. The Equality of Opportunity Project followed 30 million students enrolled at over 2,200 colleges and universities, from 1999 to 2013, and concluded that the institution with the highest "mobility rate" was Cal State LA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article128346494.html|title=Which California colleges help transform impoverished students into wealthy adults?|work=[[Sacramento Bee]]|author-first1=Phillip|author-last1=Reese|date=January 24, 2017}}</ref>

Cal State LA was ranked 8th in the nation in the amount of B.A. degrees awarded in 2017 to Hispanics by ''[[The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education|Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hispanic Outlook on Education Magazine |url=https://www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/total-b-degrees-granted-2017 |title=TOTAL B.A. DEGREES GRANTED 2017 |publisher=Top 100 Colleges and Universitites for Hispanics 2018 |date=August 2018 |access-date=2019-01-26}}</ref>

In 2014 Cal State LA was listed as one of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's top 100 colleges and universities, according to new criteria proposed by the White House that is based solely on accessibility, affordability, and graduation rate. Ranked at #24, Cal State LA is one of the seven CSU campuses that made the list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/71782/make-your-own-college-ranking/|title=Obama Thinks He Can Rate Colleges. Can You Do Better? (Interactive)|magazine=Time|date=2014-04-23|last=Wilson|first=Chris}}</ref>

The National Science Foundation lists Cal State LA as the top baccalaureate institution of origin for Latino science and engineering Ph.D. recipients among all undergraduate and master's colleges and universities in the continental U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2015/nsf15311/tables/pdf/tab7-14.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/5902/20150628014002/http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2015/nsf15311/tables/pdf/tab7-14.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2015|title= Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2003, Table 7-14 |publisher=National Science Foundation| year= 2008–2012 |access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref> The most recent findings cover 2008 through 2012 and were published in the NSF report, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2015. The data come from surveys conducted by the NSF, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Labor.<ref name=NSF>NSF report cites Cal State LA as a top producer of Latino doctorate recipients>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/nsf-report-cites-cal-state-la-top-producer-latino-doctorate-recipients |title=California State University - Los Angeles Rankings |date=January 6, 2016 | publisher=calstatela |access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref>

==Engineering competitions==
[[File:SPACE Laboratory.jpg|thumb|The SPACE laboratory, which stands for Structures, Propulsion, and Control Engineering, opened in 2003 for the study of aerospace technology and space science enterprise. It was the first and only one of its kind established on a CSU campus.]]

Founded in 1953 as the Department of Engineering, today's College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology (ECST) was established in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/ecst/ecst-strategic-plan |title=ECST Strategic Plan|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=September 3, 2020|date= May 2015}}</ref> ECST was funded by NASA to advance [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace]] technology and space research.<ref name="calstate.edu"/> Cal State LA's NASA University Research Center is the only one of its kind in the state of California. The objective of the program is to design and build a segmented reflector [[test-bed]]. The College of Engineering and Technology added the Department of Computer Science and officially became the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology in June 2001.

Cal State LA's College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology is divided into five departments: the Departments of [[Civil Engineering]], [[Computer Science]], [[Electrical Engineering|Electrical]] and [[Computer Engineering]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], and Technology. Collectively, these departments offer 12 undergraduate programs, four graduate programs and two teaching credentials in collaboration with the Charter College of Education.

===The Solar Eagle===
The college has achieved international recognition with its advanced vehicles. Cal State LA's Team Solar Eagle has built three cars that competed in solar car races in the United States and Australia, winning a national championship at the [[North American Solar Challenge|American Solar Challenge]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/solareagle/ |title= Solar Eagle Time Capsule|website=www.calstatela.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617133939/http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/solareagle/ |archive-date=June 17, 2008}}</ref> The 1997 champion [[Cal State LA Solar Car Team|Solar Eagle III]] was the first solar and only [[Hot Wheels]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vandalm.net/hotwheels/hotwheels.html |title=Mark's Solar Eagle III Hot Wheels Collection |access-date=2008-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724192141/http://www.vandalm.net/hotwheels/hotwheels.html |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> reproduction of a student-built vehicle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/factoids.php|title=2009–2010 Factoids|website=calstatela.edu|access-date=May 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616143247/http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/factoids.php|archive-date=June 16, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Cal State LA Solar Car Team|Solar Eagle II]] is on display at the [[California Science Center]] in Los Angeles it place third in the nation. Cal State LA's [[Cal State LA Solar Car Team|Solar Eagle]], the first solar-powered electric car designed and built by Engineering and Technology students, placed fourth in the nation and is first among California competitors in the transcontinental [[GM Sunrayce USA]]. The Solar Eagle is in display at the Cal State LA's Engineering, Computer Science and Technology building [[Lobby (room)|lobby]].

<gallery class="center" mode="packed">
File:SEITeamAust.jpg|[[World Solar Challenge]] <br />[[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] Australia
File:SEIIAustFinish.jpg|[[World Solar Challenge]] <br />[[Adelaide]], Australia
File:SEIIQual.jpg|[[Cal State LA Solar Car Team|Solar Eagle II]]
File:SEIIITeam800H.jpg|[[Cal State LA Solar Car Team|Solar Eagle III]] National Champions
</gallery>

===EcoCar competitions===
In April 2011 Cal State LA was chosen to become part of the 3-year AVTC<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportation.anl.gov/competitions/index.html|title=Energy Systems - Argonne National Laboratory|website=transportation.anl.gov}}</ref> [[EcoCAR]]2: Plugging into the Future competition managed by [[Argonne National Laboratory]] and sponsored by the [[US Department of Energy]] and [[General Motors]]. EcoCAR2 tasks 15 universities to modify a [[Chevrolet Malibu]] into a [[plug-in hybrid]] while maintaining safety and consumer acceptability. The university has chosen a parallel-through-the-road architecture as part of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csulaecocar2.com|title=CSULA EcoCAR2 Team Website<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=csulaecocar2.com|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116050832/http://www.csulaecocar2.com/|archive-date=November 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The competition is a collaboration between the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology and the College of Business and Economics, with Engineering handling the design and implementation of the vehicle systems and the Business handling budgeting, fundraising and promotion of the program.

In May 2013 Cal State LA's EcoCAR 2 team came home 2nd place overall in Year Two of the EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future collegiate engineering competition.

Continuing their participation in AVTCs, Cal State LA is involved with General Motors' new competition series called EcoCAR3. This is a four-year competition where 16 universities across [[northern America]] were donated a 2016 [[Chevy Camaro]] and are focused on converting this traditional [[fossil fuel]] vehicle into a plug-in hybrid [[electric vehicle]]. Cal State LA's team has focused on developing a post-transmission parallel architecture for their vehicle. Additionally, the team has decided to deviate from the standard expectation of marketing their developed vehicle to consumers and is instead targeting law enforcement fleets as a [[business to business]] focus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csulaecocar3.org|title=CSULA EcoCARE Team Website<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=csulaecocar3.org|access-date=July 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809191718/http://csulaecocar3.org/|archive-date=August 9, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The EcoCar3 team will have four years (2014–18) to redesign and re-engineer a Chevy Camaro in an effort to reduce the energy consumption and [[greenhouse emissions]] of the vehicle, while maintaining consumer acceptability, performance, utility and safety. At the end of the four years, the student-built vehicles will participate in an over-the-road event, raising the stakes for vehicle, dependability and safety.<ref name="History of Cal State L.A">{{cite news|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/history.php|title=History of Cal State L.A.|date=October 22, 2013|newspaper=Cal State la}}</ref>

===AVTC competitions===
In August 2006 Cal State LA became the first university [[west of the Mississippi]] and second overall to achieve successful flight powered by [[fuel cells]]. The unmanned [[aerial vehicle]] was developed by a team of [[mechanical engineering]] students working in Cal State LA's Multidisciplinary [[Flight dynamics]] and [[Control engineering|Control]] Laboratory (MFDCLab).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/mfdclab/MFDC_enter.htm |title=MFDC lab |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2013-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/newsrel/fuelcellplaneflight.htm|title=Flight Test Success|date=October 22, 2013|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref>

==Programs==

===Early Entrance Program===

The [[Early Entrance Program (CSU)|Early Entrance Program]] (EEP) is an [[early college entrance program]] for gifted individuals of middle school and high school ages. The unique educational program is specifically designed to permit young, highly gifted students to enroll in college as full-time students. The Early Entrance Program was established at California State University, Los Angeles in 1982. The program allows qualified students as young as 12 years of age the opportunity to excel at the university level. The program maintains a population of approximately 130 full-time highly gifted teenaged students known as "EEPsters." Every year, approximately 100 academically gifted students from all over the United States apply to EEP, with around 30 applicants admitted. Students must achieve a minimum score of 550 on the evidence-based reading and writing section and 570 on the mathematics section of the [[SAT]]; or at least a 22 in English and a 23 in mathematics on the [[ACT (test)|ACT]].<ref name="Early Entrance Program"/> After a preliminary interview with the EEP director, prospective students must also undergo a rigorous assessment period called a Provisional Quarter (or "Provie Summer") before final admission.

===Forensic sciences===
Cal State LA's growing [[Forensics|forensic science]] program has been a part of the university curriculum since the founding of the school. It is home to one of the few and the longest-operating graduate [[Criminal Justice]] and [[Criminalistics]] program west of the [[Mississippi River]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/la.html|title=CSU Los Angeles - The Impact of the California State University|website=calstate.edu|access-date=July 19, 2010|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705041617/http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/la.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> located in the new Los Angeles Regional [[Crime Lab]]. The new [[Robert Hertzberg|Hertzberg]]-[[Gray Davis|Davis]] Forensic Science Center, which was dedicated on May 11, 2007, jointly house the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]'s Scientific Investigation Division, the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department|L.A. County Sheriff's Department]] Scientific Services Bureau and Cal State LA Criminal Justice and Criminalistics programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/hhs/crim_jus/|title=School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics|date=September 26, 2013|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref><ref name="Gordon">{{cite news |first=Larry|last=Gordon |title= Cal State L.A. graduate students hone crime scene expertise |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cal-state-criminalists-20130728,0,1251035.story |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=2013-07-27 |access-date=2013-07-29}}</ref>

===Sea floor engineering===
Cal State LA also has a comprehensive seafloor-engineering program.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Yee, E. Tufenkjian |author2=M.R. Soto |author3=M. Janer |author4=J. Nevarez, V. |title= The Naval Seafloor Engineering Research Program at California State University, Los Angeles |journal= OCEANS, 2005. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE |url=http://en.scientificcommons.org/19855357 |access-date=2008-08-27}}</ref> Research is conducted at the [[NFESC|Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center]] in [[Port Hueneme]], California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/nserp/ |title=The Naval Seafloor Research Program at CSULA |publisher=Calstatela.edu |date=2010-02-01 |access-date=2013-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704222701/http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/nserp/ |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 2003, [[Civil engineering]] professor Mark Tufenkjian led Cal State LA to receive over half a million dollars in grant money. The award of $594,253 is the largest grant ever received by Cal State LA's Department of Civil Engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstate.edu/newsline/Archive/03-04/031015-la.shtml |title=CSU Newsline - Three Cal State L.A. Students Selected as Office of Naval Research Scholars |publisher=Calstate.edu |date=2003-10-15 |access-date=2013-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402150007/http://www.calstate.edu/newsline/Archive/03-04/031015-la.shtml |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Cal State LA Experiential Learning===
The Cal State LA [[spring water]] (bottled water), sold on campus, is the result of a partnership between the university's administration and the College of Business and Economics. Together the two branches of the university worked together to develop a product that would appeal to the student body and be affordable. The college has developed "experiential" learning projects, which students participate in during their final years of schooling. Other projects have included the Volunteer [[Income Tax]] Assistance Program, where students complete tax returns for small businesses and low-income community members, marketing and site selection research for the [[Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory]] and a case study for [[American Apparel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/today/storyArchives/fall2009/water.php|title=Cal State LA Login|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/spotlight/archive/2009/bottled_water.php |title=Golden Eagle Water Bottle &#124; Spotlight |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2015-10-19}}</ref>

==Campus media==

===''University Times''===
The ''University Times'' (''UT'') is a student-run newspaper. The first student newspaper, at that time called ''The College Times'', was published in June 1948 for the first time. In 1965 ''The College Times'' was named the best newspaper by California Intercollegiate Press. On October 2, 1972 ''The College Times'' changed its name to ''University Times'', in accordance with the change in university status. The name was the popular result of a campus-wide poll, with "Devil's Advocate" coming in second. Larry Hawthorne was the first editor-in-chief of the ''University Times.''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://csulauniversitytimes.com/ |title=Home |website=csulauniversitytimes.com}}</ref>

===Golden Eagle Radio===
This webcast station started in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.calstatela.edu/goldeneagleradio/|title = Golden Eagle Radio &#124; Your Voice, Your Radio #weareger}}</ref>

===Golden Eagle Productions===
Golden Eagle Productions (also known as GEP) is Cal State LA's primary film and television unit, composed of students creating and producing media content such as news and digital pieces, as well as original films and series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/tvf/cinematicvisions.php|title = Golden Eagle Productions|date = October 22, 2013}}</ref>

==Greek life==
Excluding the Greek Council and [[Order of Omega]], as of the summer of 2019, the Cal State LA Campus is home to 25 [[Fraternities and sororities|social fraternal]] organization chapters, 10 [[fraternities]] (two new colonies), 13 [[sororities]], and 2 co-ed fraternities.

==Intercollegiate athletics==
{{main|Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles}}
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! colspan=4 style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFCE00|2px}}"|Cal State LA Sports Programs<ref name="Cal State LA">{{cite web|url=http://www.csulaathletics.com/|title=Cal State LA|website=csulaathletics.com|access-date=February 7, 2007|archive-date=January 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127025816/http://www.csulaathletics.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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! Women's sports
! Men's sports
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|[[NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament|Basketball]]
|[[NCAA Division II baseball tournament|Baseball]]
|-
|[[NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship|Soccer]]
|[[NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament|Basketball]]
|-
|[[NCAA Women's Division II Tennis Championship|Tennis]]
|[[NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship|Soccer]]
|-
|[[NCAA Women's Division II Cross Country Championship|Cross-country]]
|[[NCAA Men's Division II Cross Country Championship|Cross-country]]
|-
|[[NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament|Volleyball]]
|[[NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Track and field]] (outdoor)
|-
|[[NCAA Division II independent schools|Beach Volleyball]]
|-
|[[NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships|Golf]]
|-
|[[NCAA Division II Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships|Track and field]]<sup>†</sup>
|-
| colspan="2" style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|San Diego State Aztecs}}" | {{small|† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor.}}
|}

The Golden Eagles are members of the [[California Collegiate Athletic Association]] (CCAA) for all sports except [[women's tennis]], which is in the [[Pacific West Conference]], and women's [[beach volleyball]] and Indoor Track & Field, which are in the [[NCAA Division II independent schools]]. Cal State LA is the only CCAA University who has beach volleyball as a sport. Cal State LA competes in the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA). Prior to January, 1981, Cal State LA was known as the Diablos; the change to Golden Eagles was made by then-President James Rosser to create a more inclusive, less stereotypical mascot.<ref name="History of Cal State L.A"/>

The university fields as of 2019 fourteen intercollegiate teams for men or women in [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]], [[college baseball|baseball]], [[college basketball|basketball]], tennis, [[golf]], [[volleyball]], [[cross country running|cross country]], [[indoor track]], and [[outdoor track and field]].<ref name="Cal State LA"/> Cal State LA's more than {{convert|11|acre|ha}} athletic facility is named the [[Billie Jean King]] Sports Complex. The sports complex—which was approved by the CSU Board of Trustees in September 2010—features the [[Eagle's Nest Arena]], the University Stadium, Jesse Owens Track and Field, Reeder Field (baseball), the swimming pool, and tennis and basketball courts. Development project plans for the complex include a new gym, athletic field and the [[Rosie Casals]] / [[Pancho Gonzales]] tennis center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/spotlight/archive/2010/BJKSportsComplex.php|title=Billie Jean King Sports Complex - Spotlight|date=November 2, 2013|website=calstatela.edu}}</ref> The center is a new two-story building which will include locker and training rooms on the ground floor with multi-use space and viewing areas on the second floor. It is 7,000 sq. ft. Completion date of fall 2021.

The Eagles Nest is home to the Cal State LA basketball and volleyball teams. The arena seats just over 3,200 fans at full capacity. In 1984, the Eagles Nest hosted the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Summer XXIII]] (23rd) [[Olympic Games|Olympics]] [[judo]] competition. In July 1984 the Olympic [[mural]], ''Olympic Fantasy'', a [[mosaic]] tile work by muralist Guillermo "Bill" Granizo, was installed on west side of the arena in remembrance of the event.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/cslainf1.php |title=cslainf1.php &#124; California State University, Los Angeles |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2016-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405063931/http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/cslainf1.php |archive-date=2016-04-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/cslainfo.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614080526/http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/media/cslainfo.htm |archive-date=2011-06-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/spotlight/archive/2009/greenlee-history.php |title=Greenlee Plaza &#124; Spotlight |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2016-07-14}}</ref>

[[Los Angeles Football Club]] (LAFC) of [[Major League Soccer]] selected Cal State LA in 2017 as the home of its new training facility, soccer operations headquarters, and [[youth academy]].

[[File:CSULA Intramurrals.jpg|thumb|CSULA intramurals]]

LAFC trains on the site at the northern gateway of the campus, though it plays its games at [[BMO Stadium]], which opened in 2018 in [[Exposition Park (Los Angeles)|Exposition Park]] in [[South Los Angeles]]. The arrangement with Cal State LA was approved by the California State University Board of Trustees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/cal-state-la-scores-goal-lafc-partnership|title=Cal State LA scores a goal with LAFC partnership|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=September 1, 2020|date= May 24, 2017}}</ref>

Entering the 2017–2018 school year, Cal State LA has won a total of 75 conference championships in the university's history. This is in addition to the eighth national championships and 10 national runner-up finishes. Besides being located in close proximity to each other, [[Cal Poly Pomona]] and Cal State LA have competed heavily as conference rivals.

In 2021 Cal State LA men's soccer won the first national championship in program history. The national championship is the eighth from any sport in school history and Cal State LA's first since 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.calstatela.edu/2021/12/14/cal-state-la-mens-soccer-wins-first-national-championship-program-history/|title=Cal State LA men's soccer wins first national championship in program history|publisher=California State University, Los Angeles |access-date=December 17, 2021|date= December 14, 2021}}</ref>

The surface parking lots immediately south across Hellman Avenue were replaced with soccer fields.{{when|date=August 2022}} These South Fields will be used by the university students, including students living in the existing student residence halls on site, and supports the Athletics Department programs. The North Field is anticipated to be used as a training soccer field by a major league soccer team, and will also be used as a training field by the community [[youth]] soccer organizations.

On Monday July 22, 2024 The Cal State LA Golden Eagles 2023 [[NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship|Women's volleyball]] team, along with other national champions from the previous academic year, was honored at the [[White House]] as part of NCAA [[Sports Day]]. The event featured [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Kamala Harris]] and NCAA Senior Vice President of Championships Lynda Tealer, who recognized the accomplishments of the winning teams. Shelby Grubbs, a senior member of the Golden Eagles, reflected on the event's significance, highlighting the team's historic achievement of securing their [[NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament|first national title]] despite entering the playoffs unranked.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.calstatela.edu/2024/07/22/cal-state-la-volleyball-national-champions-recognized-at-white-house-ceremony/ |title=Cal State LA volleyball National Champions recognized at White House ceremony|website=Newsroom Cal State LA |date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=August 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2023-12-09/cal-state-la-wins-2023-dii-womens-volleyball-national-championship|title=Cal State LA wins the 2023 DII women's volleyball national championship |website=NCAA.com |date=December 9, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

* [[NCAA Men's Division II Tennis Championship|Men's Tennis Team titles]]: 1963, 1964, 1965
* [[College football|Football]]: 1964 (#1 on the [[NCAA Division II Football Championship|UPI poll]])
* Men's Track and Field: 1978
* Men's [[Archery]]: 1979
* Women's [[Badminton]]: 1981
* Men's [[Soccer]]: 2021
* [[NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship|Women's volleyball]]: 2023

==Symbols==

===University Seal===
The university seal is reserved for legal, formal and ceremonial purposes, including commencement materials, diplomas, transcripts, formal events, presidential documents and gift items from the President's Office. The seal, available in full-color or black-and-white, cannot be used in combination with the Cal State LA logo.<ref name="Campus Traditions">{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/president/tradition |title=Campus Traditions |date=January 13, 2014 |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>

===University Mace===
The university [[Ceremonial mace|Mace]] is a ceremonial piece symbolizing the authority under which the university is chartered. It is identified with the Office of the President and is carried in academic processions for [[Graduation|commencements]] and other official university gatherings. The honor of serving as [[mace-bearer]] is accorded to the Chair of the [[Academic Senate]].

=== University Badge ===
The shield, with its urban architecture angles, represents the enterprising, global city in which it resides. Inside the shield, you will find iconic buildings and landmarks from the [[Los Angeles skyline]]. They are drawn to scale and ascend upward, from left to right, pointing toward the future. The thick bordure (outer edge of the shield) has open corners that represent a campus that opens out to the region it serves. The 'A' in Cal State LA, features an eagle's beak at its tip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstatela.edu/brand/primary-logo |title=Primary Logo &#124; California State University, Los Angeles |date=September 14, 2015 |publisher=Calstatela.edu |access-date=2015-10-19}}</ref>

==Future developments==
Administration and Student Affairs Building Abatement and Demolition

Plans and specifications for the abatement and demolition of the Administration and Student Affairs Buildings are being designed.  The overall scope will be to demolish the buildings including their foundations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.calstatela.edu/fpc/all-projects-facility |title=Cal State L.A. ALL PROJECTS BY FACILITY|website=www.calstatela.edu |date=June 6, 2022|access-date=2022-04-18}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
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==Notable professors==
{{Main|List of California State University, Los Angeles people#Faculty}}

==See also==
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* [[Ernest E. Debs]], Assembly member who sponsored bill establishing the university
* [[Hispanic Serving Institution]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* Dunham, E. Alden. "Colleges of the Forgotten Americans. A Profile of State Colleges and Regional Universities." (McGraw Hill, 1969).

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