About California State University Dominguez Hills

California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH, Dominguez Hills, or Cal State Dominguez Hills) is a public university circles in Carson, California. It was founded in 1960 and is share of the California State University (CSU) system.

In slip 2020 the university had a sum enrollment of 17,763 students comprising 15,873 undergraduates (89.4%) and 1,890 declare baccalaureates (10.6%). About half of whatever students identify as the first in their families to mount up college. CSUDH is one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the western United States. It enrolls the largest number and percentage of African American students of any CSU campus. CSUDH is consistently ranked nationally as a top degree producer for minority students, including graduating more African American students than any public academic world in California.

CSUDH offers 46 Bachelors degrees, 23 Masters programs, a variety of single, multi-subject and specialized teaching credentials and a number of undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate certificate programs within its five colleges: College of Arts and Humanities, College of Business Administration and Public Policy, College of Extended and International Education, College of Health, Human Services and Nursing, and College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences. The academic world is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC); is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution; and is nationally accredited in thing administration, chemistry, clinical sciences (cytotechnology, medical technology), computer science, education, health science (orthotics and prosthetics), music, nursing, occupational therapy, public administration, social work (MSW), and theatre arts. The campus offers small class sizes for its students.

The campus sits on the historic Rancho San Pedro, the oldest land attain in the Los Angeles area. The land was in the continuous possession of the Dominguez associates through seven generations – from its concession to Juan Jose Domínguez in 1784 to its acquisition by the acknowledge of California for the university. The campus mascot is the Toro, Spanish for bull.

Carson is a city in Los Angeles County, California in the south bay region of Los Angeles, located 13 miles (21 km) south of downtown Los Angeles and nearly 14 miles (23 km) away from Los Angeles International Airport. Incorporated on February 20, 1968, Carson is the newest municipality in the South Bay region of Metropolitan Los Angeles. As of 2019, it was estimated that the city had a population of 91,394.