California State University, Los Angeles

California State University, Los Angeles (often shortened to CSULA or Cal State L.A.) is a state-run public university located in Los Angeles, California near the city of Alhambra. It is part of the California State University system.

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Serving approximately 21,000 students primarily from the greater Los Angeles area, Cal State L.A. is organized into six colleges that incorporate 50 academic departments and divisions offering a variety of majors. The green, hilltop campus is home to the nation's first Charter College of Education, the NASA-funded SPACE program and other award-winning engineering programs, along with a National Science Foundation-funded environmental research center. Cal State L.A.'s renowned programs include the U.S. News' top-ranked undergraduate business program at a Los Angeles public university, a teacher credential program that has awarded the greatest number of credentials in California, the nation's largest early/pre-teen collegiate program, and the only graduate Criminalistics program west of the Mississippi River. Cal State L.A. is the highest ranked California institution conferring bachelor's degrees on Hispanics.

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The vast majority of Cal State L.A. students are local commuters, and many are among the first in their families to attend college. Large numbers come from the surrounding working-class neighborhoods of El Sereno, East Los Angeles, and City Terrace, as well as middle-class neighborhoods of University Hills, Alhambra, and Monterey Park.

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Commuters - El Sereno - East Los Angeles - City Terrace - University Hills - Alhambra - Monterey Park

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