Mathematics at California State University - Long Beach

What traits are you looking for in a math school? To help you decide if California State University - Long Beach is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's math program.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and has a total student population of 40,069. Of the 9,179 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Long Beach in 2021, 105 of them were mathematics majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Master’s Degree in Math

CSULB Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at CSULB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at CSULB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	247
Most Focused Mathematics Schools	390

In 2021, 30 students received their master’s degree in math from CSULB. This makes it the #7 most popular school for math master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Math Graduates from CSULB Make?

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSULB is $23,769. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $43,164 for all math students.

Math Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 105 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from CSULB in 2020-2021, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at CSULB since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	22
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

CSULB Mathematics Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a master’s in math from CSULB in 2021, 63% were men and 37% were women.

In the math master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

CSULB also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Statistics

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.