California State University - Los Angeles Overview

Located in Los Angeles, California, California State University - Los Angeles is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is California State University - Los Angeles Known For?

• Students at Cal State LA have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Cal State LA is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 44% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Cal State LA bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $54,219 a year. That's about 33% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is California State University - Los Angeles?

Contact details for Cal State LA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5151 State University Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8506
Phone:	323-343-3000
Website:	www.calstatela.edu

How Do I Get Into Cal State LA?

You can apply to Cal State LA online at: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Cal State LA

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 Cal State LA?

With an acceptance rate of 91%, Cal State LA 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 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Can I Afford California State University - Los Angeles?

The overall average net price of Cal State LA is $28,795. 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 Cal State LA, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $4,592 a year. That adds up to $18,368 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cal State LA is 1.7%. 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 - Los Angeles Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 23,536 undergraduate students at Cal State LA, with 19,558 being full-time and 3,978 being part-time.

There are also 3,977 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 19,558 full-time undergraduates at Cal State LA, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,225
Black or African American	698
Hispanic or Latino	14,179
White	804
International Students	1,023
Other Races/Ethnicities	629

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University - Los Angeles. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 71 countries are represented at Cal State LA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at California State University - Los Angeles

In 2020-2021, 25,122 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Cal State LA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California State University - Los Angeles was 5,135.6%. This is the #48 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Cal State LA 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 Justefrain under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.