Editing California State University (section)

{{Short description|Public university system}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = California State University
 | native_name            = 
 | latin_name             = 
 | image                  = Seal of the California State University.svg
 | image_upright          = 0.7
 | motto                  = ''Vox Veritas Vita'' ([[Latin Language|Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Voice, Truth, Life" (Speak the truth as a way of life.)
 | established            = {{start date and age|1857}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[university system]]
 | endowment              = $2.8 billion (2023–24)<ref name="CSU Facts 2025">{{cite web |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/facts-about-the-csu/Documents/facts2025.pdf |title=2025 Fact Book |publisher=The California State University}}</ref>{{rp|p=39}}
 | budget                 = $8.4 billion (2023–24)<ref name="CSU Facts 2025" />{{rp|p=36}}
 | chancellor             = [[Mildred García]]<ref name="CSU Facts 2025" />{{rp|p=43}}
 | undergrad              = 408,248 (2023-24)<ref name="CSU Facts 2025" />{{rp|p=13}}
 | postgrad               = 53,364 (2023-24)<ref name="CSU Facts 2025" />{{rp|p=14}}
 | city                   = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]
 | state                  = [[California]]
 | country                = United States
 | campus                 = 23 campuses
 | colors                 = Red & White {{color box|#D00D2D}}&nbsp;{{color box|white}}
 | affiliations           = [[State of California]]
 | website                = {{url|https://calstate.edu}}
 | logo                   = California State University logo.svg
}}

The '''California State University''' ('''Cal State''' or '''CSU''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[university system]] in [[California]], and the [[List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment|largest public university system]] in the United States.<ref name="CSU Facts 2025" /> It consists of 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers, which together enroll 461,612 students and employ 63,375 faculty and staff members.<ref name="CSU Facts 2025" />{{rp|p=13, 26}} In California, it is one of the three public higher education systems, along with the [[University of California system|University of California]] and the [[California Community Colleges]] systems. The CSU system is officially incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University, and is headquartered in [[Long Beach, California]].

Established in 1960 as part of the [[California Master Plan for Higher Education]], the CSU system has its roots in the [[California State Normal School]]s that were chartered in 1857.<ref name="calstate3">{{cite web |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/facts-about-the-csu/Documents/facts2022.pdf |title=Fact Book 2022 |website=Calstate.edu |access-date=2022-06-18}}</ref> It holds the distinction of being the leading producer of [[bachelor's degree]]s in the country,<ref name="calstate3" /> with over 110,000 graduates each year. Additionally, the CSU system contributes to the state's economy by sustaining more than 209,000 jobs.<ref name="calstate3" />

In the 2015–16 academic year, CSU awarded 52% of newly issued California teaching credentials, 33% of the state's [[information technology]] bachelor's degrees, and it had more graduates in business, [[criminal justice]], [[engineering]], [[public administration]], and [[agriculture]] than all other [[List of colleges and universities in California|colleges and universities in California]] combined.<ref name="CSUimpact">[https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/why-the-csu-matters/value-of-the-csu "Measuring the Value of the CSU"], CSU</ref> Altogether, about half of the bachelor's degrees, one-fourth of the [[master's degree]]s, and 3% of the doctoral degrees awarded annually in California are from the CSU.<ref name="CSUimpact" /> Additionally, 62% of all bachelor's degrees granted to Hispanic students in California and over half of bachelor's degrees earned by California's Latino, [[African Americans|African American]] and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] students combined are conferred by the CSU.<ref name="CSUDiversity">[https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/diversity "Diversity"], CSU</ref>

Since 1961, over four million alumni have received a degree from the CSU system.<ref name="calstate3" /> CSU offers more than 1,800 degree programs in some 240 subject areas.<ref>[http://blogs.calstate.edu/graduates/?cat=29 "Graduation Facts | 100,000 Graduates Strong"] ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629103959/http://blogs.calstate.edu/graduates/?cat=29 |date=June 29, 2014 }}). Blogs.calstate.edu. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.</ref> In fall of 2022, 11,181 (or 40%) of CSU's 27,741 faculty were tenured or on the tenure track.<ref name="calstate5">{{cite web |title=2022 Employee Profile |url=https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/faculty-staff/employee-profile/Documents/Fall2022CSUProfiles.pdf |access-date=2023-05-28 |publisher=Calstate.edu}}</ref>