California State University, San Bernardino
public university in San Bernardino, California, United States
California State University, San Bernardino (Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB) is a public research university in San Bernardino, California, United States. Founded in 1965, it is part of the California State University system. The main campus sits on 441 acres (178 ha) in the University District of San Bernardino, with a branch campus of 169 acres (68 ha) in Palm Desert, California, opened in 1986. Cal State San Bernardino's fall 2025 enrollment was 19,049. In fall 2025, it had 1,084 faculty, of which 436 were on the tenure track. Total staff (excluding student employees) were 952.
The university offers 232 degrees; a full list of all available bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and certificates can be found online at the above links.
CSUSB's sports teams are known as the Coyotes and play in the California Collegiate Athletic Association in the Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The nickname was inspired by the coyotes that inhabit the area around the campus, which lies in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. Men's sports include Baseball, Basketball, Golf, and Soccer.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “California State University, San Bernardino” is public university in San Bernardino, California, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through California, State and University, not as a finished interpretation.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1026944. VIAF identifies the subject as 134903495. The Library of Congress control number is n85138638. Authority coordinates are 34.183, -117.324. 4 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1965, 1986 and 2025.
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