2. California State University is a public university system in California.

It is one of the three university systems that constitute California's public higher education system, and the other two are California University System and California Community College System. Compared with the other two systems, California is essentially a teaching university. Compared with the university system in California, the tuition fees in California are lower and the entrance threshold is relatively loose.

California State University has 23 campuses with more than 465,438+0,000 students and more than 44,000 faculty members. California State University is the largest higher education system in the United States (excluding community colleges). In California, 60% of teachers and 40% of engineering talents, as well as half of California's university graduates and one third of its master's graduates come from the California University system.

Since 196 1, more than 2 million alumni have obtained bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from California State University system. The University of California system * * * offers more than 65,438+0,800 degree programs in about 240 professional fields.