B
Overall Niche Grade
How are grades calculated?
  1. Academics
    B-
  2. Value
    A-
  3. Diversity
    B+
  4. Campus
    B
  5. Athletics
    B-
  6. Party Scene
    B-
  7. Professors
    B
  8. Location
    C+
  9. Dorms
    NG
  10. Campus Food
    B
  11. Student Life
    C+
  12. Safety
    B-
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California State University - San Bernardino is ...
Public
Athletic Division
NCAA Division II (without football)
Athletic Conference
California Collegiate Athletic Assoc
Address
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, CA 92407
Website
csusb.edu

California State University - San Bernardino Rankings

Niche rankings are based on rigorous analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews.

Admissions

Acceptance Rate
65%
SAT Range
800-990
ACT Range
16-20
Application Fee
$55
SAT/ACT
Required
High School GPA
Required
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Test Scores and GPA for California State University - San Bernardino

Cost

Net Price
$6,984/ year
National
$15,403
Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Net Price by Household Income
  • <$30k
    $3,968/ year
  • $30-48k
    $5,417/ year
  • $49-75k
    $8,907/ year
  • $76-110k
    $12,592/ year
  • $110k+
    $15,622/ year

Academics

Professors
B
Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
Student Faculty Ratio
30:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
80%
of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.143 responses
45%
of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.141 responses
54%
of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.142 responses

Majors

Most Popular Majors
  • Business Administration and Management
    877 Graduates
  • Psychology
    493 Graduates
  • Criminal Justice and Safety Studies
    288 Graduates
  • Liberal Arts and Humanities
    211 Graduates
  • Sociology
    207 Graduates
  • Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
    164 Graduates
  • Communications
    156 Graduates
  • Nursing
    126 Graduates
  • English
    123 Graduates
  • Health Service Preparatory Studies
    107 Graduates

Students

Full-Time Enrollment
15,869Undergrads
Undergrads Over 25
17%
Pell Grant
65%
Varsity Athletes
1%
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes the typical student at this school?
Based on 95 responses
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  • Commuter
    27%
  • Kind, not a single student has been rude to others
    17%
  • Very kind and helpful
    15%
  • I commute.
    14%
  • Students are really upbeat and considerate
    12%
  • Commuting or chilling at school
    6%
  • Scholar's
    5%

Campus Life

Freshmen Live On-Campus
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Poll
54%
of students say that Greek life is average, and no one will treat you differently if you don't join.186 responses
Poll
60%
of students say varsity sporting events are attended, but not a huge part of campus life.230 responses
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes your school?
Based on 100 responses
Report
  • Diverse
    41%
  • Commuter
    29%
  • Friendly
    15%
  • Pretty
    7%
  • Natural
    6%
  • Athletic
    2%

After College

Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$45,500/ year
National
$33,028
Graduation Rate
52%
National
48%
Employed 2 Years After Graduation
89%
National
83%
80%
of students feel confident they will find a job in their field after graduation.111 responses
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California State University - San Bernardino Reviews

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My experience with this college is not a good one, but I only had contact with the Geology department back in 2006-2007. Dr. Britt Leatham is amazing, and a super genius right out of the Simpson's! Dr. Erik Melchiorre is out of the Lord of the Rings movie, part elf, part dwarf character. Dr. Fryxell and Dr. Smith are old antiquated professors that need to retire. We should have learned so much more than what they were teaching at the time, I am untrained in real world geological field work, thank god for the option to go to Geology field camp, which I did at Southern Oregon Univ. Way better program with better professors this is where I learned how to map and identify rocks in the field. One caveat, it looks like the department hired new professors,so it might be a better program now with Dr. McGill teaching again with new professors. What I got was a power struggle between the 3 professors mentioned with Dr. Leatham the only one knowing what the hell was going on in the real world.
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As being a first generation to attend college in my family. I love my school! My school is very nice and beautiful campus. People in my campus are all so nice I haven't met a rude student nor professor on campus. The campus is very welcoming to new students and has a program called SOAR making new students come and register to classes, meet people and divide people by majors and they get to met older class men who are majoring in the same major and get to ask them questions about your major. Then after you get to stay over night in the dorms for a night and get to go to a really cool school carnival. Being in the university the professors have been really great and passionate about their subject teaching in class. They are also very approachable and helpful if a student is having trouble with the class. There are many activities to do at school such as coyote night which is a school activities having sports, laser tag and games to win prizes. Also there is coyote night which is a carnival with rides and musicians come and perform.
CSU San Bernardino gives you the chance to thrive in your career choice of your dreams. If it is unknown what you want to do, the professors and courses grasp you and inspire you to be better than you are today. You truly feel as if you belong to this school. The best choice you can make is becoming a Coyote, trust me you'll never regret. Go Yotes!