California State University, Bakersfield opened in September 1970 as the 19th campus of the California State University system. CSU Bakersfield is a comprehensive public university committed to offering excellent undergraduate and graduate programs that advance the intellectual and personal development of its students. An emphasis on student learning is enhanced by a commitment to scholarship, diversity, service, global awareness and lifelong learning. The University collaborates with partners in the community to increase the region's overall educational attainment, enhance its quality of life, and support its economic development.

Centrally located on a 375-acre site in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California State University, Bakersfield is a continuously growing comprehensive regional university that is committed to transforming the lives of its students and community through its established excellence in academia, diversity, service, and community engagement since its founding in 1965.

The University serves more than 10,000 students at either the main campus in Bakersfield or CSUB Antelope Valley and counts over 50,000 alumni from its four schools: Arts and Humanities, Business and Public Administration, Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering, and Social Sciences and Education. It offers undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and credential programs, and a doctoral program in Educational Leadership (Ed.D). CSUB's Extended University serves the community by offering additional professional development, certificate, and degree programs.

Students at CSU Bakersfield take school seriously, but there's also plenty of time to enjoy student life on and around campus. CSUB features a state-of-the-art student recreation center, over 85 student organizations and clubs, and 11 fraternities and sororities. Students also enjoy Roadrunner NCAA Division I sporting events, on-campus performances, and plenty of dining and entertainment options in the city of Bakersfield.

Bakersfield is located in the heart of the west coast's farming and oil-producing regions, at a logistics crossroads of east-west and north-south transportation routes. CSU Bakersfield is the only regional comprehensive public university within a 100-mile radius.