California State University, Long Beach (also known as
Long Beach State,
Cal State Long Beach,
CSULB or
LBSU) is the largest campus of the California State University system located in Long Beach, California, at the southern coastal tip of Los Angeles County.California State University, Long Beach has been ranked one of the top three public masters universities in the west by U.S. News and World Report in its 2005 America's Best Colleges Guide, which
was released on Friday, Aug. 20.It is also one of west's top universities-master's institutions in student body diversity.CSULB is home to the largest publicly funded art school West of the Mississippi.The university operates with the lowest student tuition fees in the country, at 1,768 US dollars per student.