Introduction

California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is a public comprehensive university in the heart of Los Angeles, one of the 23 universities in the California State University (CSU) system. Cal State LA is located in the eastern region of Los Angeles, California, United States, in the University Hills district, facing the San Gabriel Mountains, at the center of Los Angeles metropolitan area just five miles east of Downtown Los Angeles.

Cal State LA offers 129 types of Bachelor's degrees, 112 different Master's degrees, 3 Doctoral degrees including a Ph.D. in special education,Doctor of Education (Ed.D), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and 22 teaching credentials. Cal State LA is a Hispanic-serving institution.

Academics

Cal State LA's academic departments and programs are organized into 8 colleges College of Arts and Letters, College of Business and Economics, The Charter College of Education, College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, College of Health and Human Services, College of Natural and Social Sciences, College of Professional and Global Education, Honors College.

Dominant specialties in Cal State LA include Social Services, Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition Services, Public Administration and Social Services, Industrial and Commercial Administration Management, Sociology, Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.

Notable Alumni

Sal Castro, educator and activist

Edward Diller, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature, University of Oregon

Jaime Escalante, mathematician and teacher; the subject of the 1988 Academy Award-nominated film Stand and Deliver

Michael S. Harper, first poet laureate of Rhode Island; professor at Brown University

Walter E. Williams, author, economist, and professor at George Mason University

James A. Bell, CFO of the Boeing Company