California State University - Bakersfield Overview

California State University - Bakersfield is a public institution located in Bakersfield, California. The location of CSUB is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is California State University - Bakersfield Known For?

• Students at CSUB have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at CSUB.
• For the <nil> academic year, 51% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from CSUB makes roughly $55,530 a year. This is 36% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is California State University - Bakersfield?

Contact details for CSUB are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099
Phone:	661-654-2782
Website:	www.csub.edu

How Do I Get Into CSUB?

You can apply to CSUB online at: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for CSUB

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into CSUB?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, CSUB is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Can I Afford California State University - Bakersfield?

The overall average net price of CSUB is $25,315. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CSUB, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $4,603 a year. That adds up to $18,412 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSUB is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California State University - Bakersfield Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,367 undergraduate students at CSUB, with 7,387 being full-time and 1,980 being part-time.

There are also 1,605 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,387 full-time undergraduates at CSUB, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California State University - Bakersfield students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	493
Black or African American	289
Hispanic or Latino	4,765
White	969
International Students	314
Other Races/Ethnicities	557

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University - Bakersfield. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at California State University - Bakersfield

In 2020-2021, 10,000 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CSUB has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of CSUB

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California State University - Bakersfield was 460.1%. This is the #173 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CSUB regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.