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California State University, Northridge California State at Northridge, founded in 1958, is a public, comprehensive university. Its 353-acre campus is located in the San Fernando Valley, 15 miles from Los Angeles. Email: outreach.recruitment@csun.edu
About CSUN California State University, Northridge is a vibrant, diverse university community of 38,310 students and more than 4,000 faculty and staff, sited on a 356-acre campus in the heart of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.
The size of CSUN also has a major impact on the California economy, with an estimated $1.9 billion in economic output generated by CSUN on a yearly basis. [7] As of Fall 2025, the university has 2,085 faculty members, of which around 37% are tenured or on the tenure-track.
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CSUN has nine colleges and offers nearly 150 undergraduate majors and options, over 100 master's programs and options, 3 professional doctoral degrees, nearly 30 teaching credential pathways and nearly 30 certificate programs for mid-career professionals to advance in their fields.