CSUSB Rankings and Awards
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Ranked among the best graduate schools for 2022 – U.S. News & World Report, March 2021
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CSUSB’s online criminal justice program named No. 1 Best Online Criminal Justice Degree Program in the state – Best Value Schools, March 2021
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CSUSB’s MBA program was listed among the top business schools in the world – CEO Magazine, March 2020
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CSUSB’s online MBA program was named among the top virtual business programs in the West Coast and in California – Online MBA Report, April 2020
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Named one of the Best Colleges in America, Ranked by Value – Money magazine, Aug. 2020
- Named a Best College for Student Voting in the nation – Washington Monthly, Sept. 2020
- Ranked No. 3 out of 614 colleges in the 2020 Master’s University Rankings – Washington Monthly, Sept. 2020
- Ranked No. 5 out of 215 colleges in the 2020 Best Bang for the Buck Rankings: West – Washington Monthly, Sept. 2020
- Listed as a top 40 Best Regional University in the West – U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 2020
- Ranked No. 18 for Top Public Schools in the West – U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 2020
- Ranked No. 11 for social mobility in the West – U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 2020
- Listed as a Best Value School in the West – U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 2020
- Listed as having one of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs – U.S. News & World Report, Sept. 2020
- Ranked No. 3 in the Top 200 universities with master’s programs – Washington Monthly, Aug. 2019
- Ranked No. 11 for the 2019 Best Bang for the Buck in the West – Washington Monthly, Aug. 2019
- Listed as one of the best colleges in the West – The Princeton Review, Aug. 2019
- Ranked No. 3 in the top 25 online MSW programs nationwide – Great Value Colleges, Oct. 2019
- Ranked in the top 50 Best Public Colleges – Money magazine, August 2019
- Ranked No. 21 for the top 50 Best Colleges Where More Than Half of Applicants Get In – Money magazine, Aug. 2019
- Ranked in the top 415 colleges across the nation for the 2019 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges in the U.S. – College Factual, Aug. 2019
- Ranked in the top 135 schools nationwide for the Best Online Criminal Justice & Corrections Colleges – College Factual, Aug. 2019
- Named one of the nation’s 2019 top colleges ranked by value – Money magazine, Aug. 2019
- Listed among the top 25 colleges nationwide with master’s degree programs in security studies – Security Degree Hub, Aug. 2019
- Ranked No. 21 in the nation in awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics and No. 55 in awarding master’s degrees to Hispanics – Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, Sept. 2019
- Listed No. 15 for the 50 Best Online MBA Programs throughout the nation – College Consensus, Sept. 2019
- Ranked No. 8 for the 2018 Best Bang for the Buck in the West – Washington Monthly, Aug. 2018
- Ranked No. 3 for national universities with master’s programs – Washington Monthly, Aug. 2018
- Named a ‘Best Regional College’ in the West – The Princeton Review, Aug. 2018
- Top 10 university in the nation for the best educational services to military and veteran students – Military Friendly, May 2018
- Among the top 50 universities in the nation offering bachelor’s and master’s online degree programs in criminal justice – TheBestSchools.org, April 2019
- No. 15 in Military Times Best College 2018 list for four-year universities – Military Times, Nov. 2017
- No. 18 in Best Colleges Where More Than Half of Applicants Get In – Money magazine, Aug. 2018
- No. 14 among the top 2019 public regional universities in the West – U.S. World News & Report, 2019
- Listed among the 2019 best regional universities in the West – U.S. World News & Report, 2019
- Listed among the 2019 best value regional universities in the West – U.S. World News & Report, 2019
- Ranked among the nation’s top 727 colleges and universities in Best Colleges for Your Money ranking – Money magazine, Aug. 2018
- Listed among the 50 Best Public Colleges in the nation – Money magazine, Aug. 2018
- One of the top 50 colleges nationwide for transfer students – Money magazine, Jan. 2019
- Listed among the top institutions in the West – Forbes, Sept. 2018
- Listed among the top 660 public colleges nationwide – Forbes, Sept. 2018
- Ranked among America’s Best Value Colleges – Forbes, Sept. 2018
- Listed in the Top Colleges nationwide ranking – Forbes, Sept. 2018
- Ranked at No. 3 in conferring degrees to Hispanics in psychology; No. 4 in liberal arts and sciences; No. 4 in physical sciences; No. 5 in business administration, management and operations; No. 6 in mathematics and statistics; No. 8 in family and consumer sciences/human sciences; No. 8 in parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies; No. 9 in history; and No. 13 in all disciplines combined – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Sept. 2018
- No. 8 in conferring bachelor’s degrees in psychology in the total minority category of African-Americans, Native American, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Latinos, LGBT, military and women – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Sept. 2018
- No. 9 in conferring master’s degrees to African-Americans in English language and literature/letters – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Sept. 2018
- No. 12 in awarding master’s degrees to Hispanics in public administration and social service professions – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Sept. 2018
- No. 30 out of 77 schools for best online graduate criminal justice program – U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 2019
- Listed in the top 301 schools for best online MBA degree program – U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 2019
- In the top 156 schools for best online graduate business programs – U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 2019
- Listed in the top 100 in engineering programs at universities that don’t offer a doctorate degree – U.S. World News & Report, 2019 rankings
- Ranked No. 41/113 among the 2020 Best Regional Universities in the West – U.S. News & World Report 2020 rankings
- Ranked No. 22/46 among the 2020 Best Value Schools Regional Universities West – U.S. News & World Report 2020 rankings
- Ranked No. 17/42 among the 2020 Top Public Schools Regional Universities West – U.S. News & World Report 2020 rankings
- Ranked No. 9/56 in the 2020 Social Mobility Regional Universities West – U.S. News & World Report 2020 rankings
- Ranked in the top 504 schools in the 2020 Undergraduate Business Programs in the nation – U.S. News & World Report 2020 rankings
- Ranked in the top 210 schools in the 2020 Undergraduate Engineering Programs in the nation at universities that don’t offer doctorate degrees – U.S. News & World Report 2020 rankings
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Named the best college in California for civic engagement –Intelligent.com, April 2021
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Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration named one of the West’s Best Business Schools for 2021 – The Princeton Review, Jan. 2021
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CSUSB’s online master’s degree criminal justice and MBA programs were listed among the nation’s top programs – U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 2021
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Named a 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School with gold ranking – Military Friendly®, Feb. 2021
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Named one of the Best Colleges for Student Voting in 2020 – Washington Monthly, Sept. 2020
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Ranked among the top universities for Hispanics in the nation for total enrollment, and the awarding of bachelor’s and master’s degrees – Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, Oct. 2020
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CSUSB’s graduate public administration program named one of the best in the nation – U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 2020
- Ranked among the Best Public Colleges and Universities in the nation – College Consensus, Oct. 2020
- Ranked among the Best Value College and Universities in the nation – College Consensus, Oct. 2020
- Ranked in the top 30 Best Online Graduate Schools in the nation – College Consensus, Oct. 2020
- Ranked No. 6 in the Best Online College and Universities in California – College Consensus, Oct. 2020
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Named one of the top colleges in the West – The Princeton Review, Aug. 2020
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Ranked CSUSB among the nation’s top graduate schools for its Master of Fine Arts, Public Affairs, and part-time MBA graduate programs – U.S. News & World Report, 2021 rankings of graduate schools
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CSUSB’s criminal justice department ranked No. 15 on the list of 35 Most Affordable Bachelor’s in Criminology for 2020 – Great Value Colleges, March 2020
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CSUSB’s online RN-BSN nursing program was ranked No.4 as one of the state’s best – RegisteredNursing.org, July 2020
- The Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration named one of the nation's most outstanding business schools – The Princeton Review, Nov. 2019
- Ranked No. 19 in the 50 most transformative colleges in the nation – Money magazine, Dec. 2019
- Ranked among the top 25 best value online MPA programs in the nation – Value Colleges, July 2019
- Ranked among the top 25 communication, journalism and related programs in the nation graduating Hispanics – The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine, July 2019
- Online criminal justice master’s program ranked among nation’s top 50, placing at No. 18 – Intelligent.com, Jan. 2020
- Among the nation’s top 50 universities with the most affordable bachelor’s in economics programs, placing at No. 18 – Great Value Colleges, Feb. 2020
- Ranked in the top 650 colleges in the 2019 America’s Best Value Colleges category – Forbes, 2019 rankings
- Ranked among the top 50 schools in the nation for health care administration – Study.com, July 2019
- No. 46 in the nation in Hispanic enrollment of graduate students and No. 45 in awarding master’s degrees to Hispanics – Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education magazine, April 2019
- Ranked in the top 50 schools across the nation for having one of the best RN to BSN online programs – TheBestSchools.org, July 2019
- No. 9 in the nation for top online Master of Social Work program – Social Work Guide, July 2018
- Named among the best 132 colleges in the nation for student voting – Washington Monthly, Nov. 2018
- Among the best value colleges and universities in the nation that offer an excellent return on college investment – Forbes’ America’s Best Value Colleges 2019
- Ranked among the top business schools in the globe for its MBA programs – CEO Magazine, March 2019
- One of the top 2020 public health graduate programs in the nation – U.S. News & World Report, 2020 rankings of graduate schools
- One of the top 2020 rehabilitation counseling graduate programs in the nation – U.S. News & World Report, 2020 rankings of graduate schools
- One of the top 2020 social work graduate programs in the nation – U.S. News & World Report, 2020 rankings of graduate schools
- One of the top 2020 public affairs graduate programs in the nation – U.S. News & World Report, 2020 rankings of graduate schools
- One of the top 2020 part-time MBA programs in the nation – U.S. News & World Report, 2020 rankings of graduate schools
- No. 14 in the nation in awarding bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics – Hispanic Outlook, Oct. 2018
- No. 45 in awarding master’s degrees to Hispanics – Hispanic Outlook, Oct. 2018
- No. 21 in total enrollment of Hispanic students – Hispanic Outlook, Oct. 2018
- No. 3 in awarding degrees in psychology to Hispanics – Hispanic Outlook, Oct. 2018
- No. 6 in awarding degrees in mathematics and statistics to Hispanics – Hispanic Outlook, Oct. 2018
- No. 24 in top financial aid counseling programs in the country – LendEDU, March 2018
- Master’s program in industrial/organizational psychology ranked No. 5 in Top 20 Institutions/Programs for the Curriculum Dimension – Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, May 2018
- Master’s program in industrial/organizational psychology ranked No. 15 in overall rankings of Top 20 Institutions/Programs – Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, May 2018
- Awarded Circle of Excellence Gold Award for Branding Programs, Institution Wide – Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), June 2018
- Ranked in the top 206 for top part-time MBA program – U.S. News & World Report, 2019 rankings of graduate schools
- Ranked in the top 220 for top graduate social work program – U.S. News & World Report, 2019 rankings of graduate schools
- Ranked in the top 155 for top graduate public affairs program – U.S. News & World Report, 2019 rankings of graduate schools
- Awarded Bronze Seal for Excellence in Student Voter Engagement – ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Feb. 2018
- CSUSB radio program, ‘My Awesome Empire,’ wins international Golden Mic Award for Best Public Affairs Program – Intercollegiate Broadcasting System, March 2018
- No. 16 in the Top 2018 Public Regional Universities in the West – U.S. News & World Report, 2018 American’s Best Colleges guidebook
- Ranked among the 2018 Best Regional Universities in the West – U.S. News & World Report, 2018 American’s Best Colleges guidebook
- No. 31 in the 2018 Best Value Regional Universities in the West – U.S. News & World Report, 2018 American’s Best Colleges guidebook
- Ranked in the top 2018 Engineering Programs at Universities that Don’t Offer a Doctorate Degree – U.S. News & World Report, 2018 American’s Best Colleges guidebook
- Ranked in the top 2018 Best Undergraduate Business Programs – U.S. News & World Report, 2018 American’s Best Colleges guidebook