There are rumors that California State University of Long Beach will become a UC school is that true?
Asked by Kevin TIs long beach state eventually going to swtich and become a UC school or will it remain as a Cal state school, since the school is so impacted now.
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Answered by Gumdrop Girl
No, there are NO plans to add CSULB to the UC system. Just because a school is impacted does not qualify it for the University of California. Creating a new UC school involves many years of planning (it took more than a decade to get UC Merced started, and UC Riverside is in talks to get a med school -- it's won't start construction for at least another 5 years). UCs serve a different purpose from the CSUs. UCs are research-oriented institutions. CSUs are intended to offer practical university educations. In terms of graduate level study, UCs are more inclined to offer doctoral degrees (with the exception of top-shelf MBAs). CSUs offer a lot more masters programs and nursing programs. With that said, I'm a bit of a UC snob, but I think CSU Long Beach is a pretty good school. I've worked with a lot of public health and nursing grads from that school, and they are all quite good at their jobs.
No, there are NO plans to add CSULB to the UC system. Just because a school is impacted does not qualify it for the University of California. Creating a new UC school involves many years of planning (it took more than a decade to get UC Merced started, and UC Riverside is in talks to get a med school -- it's won't start construction for at least another 5 years). UCs serve a different purpose from the CSUs. UCs are research-oriented institutions. CSUs are intended to offer practical university educations. In terms of graduate level study, UCs are more inclined to offer doctoral degrees (with the exception of top-shelf MBAs). CSUs offer a lot more masters programs and nursing programs. With that said, I'm a bit of a UC snob, but I think CSU Long Beach is a pretty good school. I've worked with a lot of public health and nursing grads from that school, and they are all quite good at their jobs.
