California State University, Bakersfield

Website: http://www.csub.edu

California State University, Bakersfield opened in September 1970 as the 19th member of the 23-campus California State University system. Its vision is to become the leading campus in the CSU system in terms of faculty and academic excellence and diversity, quality of the student experience and community engagement. The university is a comprehensive regional university and is committed to excellence in its four schools: Arts and Humanities, Business and Public Administration, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social and Behavioral Sciences and Education. The university is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, with six programs also accredited by national accrediting organizations. CSUB is located on a 375-acre site in metropolitan Bakersfield. Some 7,800 undergraduate and graduate students attend CSUB at either the main campus in Bakersfield or the off-campus center in Antelope Valley. More than 90% of CSUB's tenured/tenure-track- faculty have doctoral degrees in their fields of study. The university operates on a quarter system from September to June, with two summer sessions. CSUB has majors in 31 undergraduate degree programs, seven credential programs in education, and 17 graduate degree programs. CSUB Athletics has been a source of continuing pride for the university and community. CSUB's 17 sports programs have won 30 national championships. In 1998 CSUB won the Sears Cup as the best NCAA Division II program in the nation. In June, 2006, President Mitchell announced the university's intention to move its athletics program to NCAA Division I.

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The WUE tuition rate applies to the majors listed below. If the major is not listed here, it is not eligible for the WUE rate:

Program Name		Degree Type(s)
Anthropology		BA
Art/Art Studies, General		BA
Biology/Biological Sciences, General		BS
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other		BA
Chemistry, Other		BS
Clinical Psychology		BS
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics		BS
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric		BS
Computer Science		BS
Criminology		BA
Directing and Theatrical Production		BA
Early Childhood Education and Teaching		BA
Economics, General		BA, BS
Engineering		BS
English Language and Literature, General		BA
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General		BA
Geology/Earth Science, General		BA, BS
History, General		BA
Kinesiology and Exercise Science		BS
Leisure and Recreational Activities, Other		No Degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies		BA
Mathematics, General		BA
Music, General		BA
Natural Resources Management and Policy		BS
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)		BS
Philosophy		BA
Physics, General		BS
Political Science and Government, General		BA
Pre-Dentistry Studies		No Degree
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies		No Degree
Pre-Nursing Studies		No Degree
Pre-Pharmacy Studies		No Degree
Pre-Veterinary Studies		No Degree
Psychology, General		BA
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other		BA
Religion/Religious Studies		BA
Sociology		BA
Spanish Language and Literature		BA
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management		BA

Enrollment Information

To be eligible for consideration, an individual must meet all CSU requirements for out-of-state residents and be admissible as a full-time student at CSU Bakersfield. First-time freshman admissions requirements (minimum eligibility requirements for CSU):

Have or will have graduated from high school.
Meet the eligibility index with the grade point average and test scores.
Have or will have completed, with a grade of C or better on a pattern of courses which total 15 units. (A "unit" is one year of study in high school.)
Non-California residents must have a minimum eligibility index of 3502 using SAT I scores, or 842 using ACT scores.

Transfer admission requirements:
Lower division

Have a college grade point average of 2.00 or better in all transferable college units.
Be in good standing at the last college or university attended.
Meet the admissions requirements for a first-time freshman, or have successfully completed necessary courses to make up the deficiencies in high school if the student did not complete the 15-high-school-unit-pattern of college preparatory courses.
Meet the eligibility index required of a freshman.

Upper division
You are eligible for admission with 60 or more transferable semester units (90 quarter units) if you:

Have a college grade point average of 2.4 or better in all transferable college units.
Are in good standing at the last college or university attended.
Have completed or plan to complete prior to transfer at least 30 semester units (45 quarter units) of courses equivalent to general education requirements with a grade of C or better. The 30 units must include all of the general education requirements in communication in the English language (English composition, oral communication, and critical thinking) and at least one course of at least three semester units (four quarter units) in college-level mathematics.

Contact Information

Debbie Blowers
Assistant Director of Admissions and Evaluations

admissions@csub.edu
CSU Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Highway 47SA
Bakersfield, CA 93311

Official telephone: (661) 654-3036
1-800-788-2782 (toll free)
Fax number: (661) 654-3194
Website: www.csub.edu