EL Civics #49   Learn about Higher Education in California 3  - CSU System
Channel: EL Civics San Diego
Date: 05/03/2020

California Public Higher Education System.
The California Master Plan for Higher Education.  A three-tier system was created consisting of the University of California schools, California State Universities, and California Community Colleges.

The California State Universities (CSU) focus on undergraduate and graduate education.  The schools prepare the majority of students to enter the job market after the completion of a bachelor’s degree program, but they also offer graduate and professional programs and some doctoral programs jointly with other institutions. The first CSU schools were created from teaching colleges and to this day CSU educates the majority of the state’s teachers, as well as most of its administrators. CSU selects students from the top third of high school graduates. With 23 campuses enrolling over 400,000 students, it is the largest university system in the United States.