Founded in 1949 by Governor Earl Warren as Los Angeles-Orange County State College, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB or Cal State Long Beach, known affectionately as "The Beach") is a premier 322-acre public comprehensive research university located in coastal Long Beach, California. As one of the largest and most sought-after campuses in the 23-member California State University system, CSULB enrolls over 39,000 students across eight degree-granting colleges: College of the Arts, College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Health and Human Services, College of Liberal Arts, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and College of Professional and Continuing Education (CPaCE). Nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a Top Performer on Social Mobility and consistently ranked among the top public master’s universities in the West, CSULB is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) with championship NCAA Division I Big West Conference athletics (Beach Athletics).

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