California State University, Fullerton
800 N State College Blvd
Fullerton, CA 92831
United States
Telephone: 657-278-2593
Staff Liaison:Each institution is assigned a staff liaison who is their primary point of contact for accreditation activities. Barbara Gross Davis
Student Achievement URL:WSCUC Standards require that institutions regularly generate, evaluate, and make public data about student achievement, including measures of retention, and graduation, and evidence of student learning. http://www.fullerton.edu/data/institutionalresearch/student/index.php
Current Accreditation Status:Accredited - Reflects the Commission's finding that the institution is in compliance with the Standards. Accredited
Most Recent Commission Action: February 14, 2020
Granted Candidacy:Candidacy is a status of preliminary affiliation with the Senior College and University Commission, awarded for a maximum of four years following a procedure for institutional review that includes self-study and on-site visitation. Candidacy indicates that the institution meets all or nearly all the Standards at a minimum level. Candidacy is not accreditation and does not ensure eventual accreditation; it means that an institution is progressing toward accreditation. This is the date that the institution was first granted the status of Candidacy with WSCUC. Not all institutions have become accredited with WSCUC through the Candidacy process. 1900
First Accredited:Date the institution was first accredited by WSCUC. 1961
Undergraduate FTE: 32,648
Graduate FTE: 3,350
Financial Structure Type:Institutions within the WSCUC region are classified as Non-profit, For-profit or State-supported. Public
Sponsorship:Choices include: No related entity, Proprietary with Parent Board, Religious Control, Multi-institutional system, Other. For more information please see the Related Entities Policy. Multi-institution System
Academic Calendar:The period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to 2 semesters or trimesters, 3 quarters, or the period covered by a 4-1-4 calendar system. Semester
Distributes Financial Aid: Yes
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Role | Name | Title | |
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Accreditation Liaison Officer | Su Swarat | Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness & Accreditation Liaison Officer | sswarat@fullerton.edu |
Board of Directors Chair | Lillian Kimbell | Chair of the Board of Trustees of the CSU | trusteesecretariat@calstate.edu |
Chief Academic Officer | Carolyn Thomas | Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs | ccthomas@fullerton.edu |
Chief Executive Officer | Framroze Virjee | President | fvirjee@fullerton.edu |
Chief Financial Officer | Ron Coley | Interim Vice President for Administration and Finance | rcoley@fullerton.edu |
Director Institutional Research | Su Swarat | Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness & Accreditation Liaison Officer | sswarat@fullerton.edu |
OPEID | Name | City | Location Type | Status |
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Anaheim Elementary School District | Anaheim | Additional | Active | |
00113700 | Anaheim Union High School | Anaheim | Additional | Active |
00113701 | CSUF Irvine Location | Irvine | Additional | Active |
00113700 | California State University Fullerton | Fullerton | Main Campus | Active |
113700 | California State University, Fullerton | Santa Ana | Additional | Active |
00113707 | Fullerton Joint Union High School District | Fullerton | Additional | Active |
Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District | Norwalk | Additional | Active | |
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District | Placentia | Additional | Active |
Degree | Degree Level | Year Implemented | Modality |
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Accountancy | Masters | 1983 | On-Site |
Accounting and Finance | Masters | 2021 | On-Site |
Administrative Services Credential (Clear) | Non-degree | 2015 | On-Site |
Administrative Services Credential (Preliminary) | Non-degree | 2015 | Distance Education |
Administrative Services Credential (Preliminary) | Non-degree | 2015 | On-Site |
American Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
American Studies | Bachelors | 1969 | On-Site |
American Studies | Masters | 1975 | On-Site |
Anthropology | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Anthropology | Bachelors | 1964 | On-Site |
Anthropology | Masters | 1969 | On-Site |
Art (BA) | Bachelors | 1962 | On-Site |
Art (BA) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Art (BFA) | Bachelors | 1983 | On-Site |
Art (BFA) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Art (MA) | Masters | 1964 | On-Site |
Art (MFA) | Masters | 1983 | On-Site |
Artist Diploma: Professional Certificate in Music Performance | Non-degree | 2014 | On-Site |
Athletic Training | Masters | 2019 | On-Site |
Biochemistry | Bachelors | 1989 | On-Site |
Biochemistry | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Biological Science | Bachelors | 1960 | On-Site |
Biological Science | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Biology | Masters | 1964 | On-Site |
Business Administration | Masters | 1963 | On-Site |
Business Administration | Bachelors | 2012 | Distance Education |
Business Administration | Bachelors | 1959 | On-Site |
Chemistry (BA) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Chemistry (BA) | Bachelors | 1962 | On-Site |
Chemistry (BS) | Bachelors | 1974 | On-Site |
Chemistry (BS) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Chemistry (MA) | Masters | 1970 | On-Site |
Chemistry (MS) | Masters | 1984 | On-Site |
Child and Adolescent Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Child and Adolescent Studies | Bachelors | 2021 | On-Site |
Cinema and Television Arts | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Cinema and Television Arts | Bachelors | 2001 | On-Site |
Civil Engineering | Masters | 1967 | On-Site |
Civil Engineering | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Civil Engineering | Bachelors | 1968 | On-Site |
Communication Sciences and Disorders Multicultural Certificate | Non-degree | 2021 | On-Site |
Communication Studies | Masters | 1966 | On-Site |
Communication Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Communication Studies | Bachelors | 1961 | On-Site |
Communications | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Communications | Bachelors | 1963 | On-Site |
Communications | Masters | 1967 | On-Site |
Communicative Disorders | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Communicative Disorders | Masters | 1979 | On-Site |
Communicative Disorders | Bachelors | 1979 | On-Site |
Community College Studies Certificate | Non-degree | 2010 | On-Site |
Comparative Literature | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Comparative Literature | Bachelors | 1961 | On-Site |
Computational Applied Mathematics | Masters | 2020 | On-Site |
Computer Engineering | Masters | 2013 | On-Site |
Computer Engineering | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Computer Engineering | Bachelors | 2004 | On-Site |
Computer Science | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Computer Science | Bachelors | 1971 | On-Site |
Computer Science | Masters | 1974 | On-Site |
Counseling | Masters | 1974 | On-Site |
Criminal Justice | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Criminal Justice | Bachelors | 1973 | On-Site |
Dance | Bachelors | 1991 | On-Site |
Dance | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Digital Communications Media Certificate | Non-degree | 2018 | On-Site |
Earth Science | Bachelors | 2011 | On-Site |
Earth Science | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Economics | Masters | 1966 | On-Site |
Economics | Bachelors | 1961 | On-Site |
Economics | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Education (Bilingual/Bicultural) | Masters | 1977 | On-Site |
Education (Educational Administration) | Masters | 2010 | Distance Education |
Education (Elementary Curriculum and Instruction) | Masters | 2010 | Distance Education |
Education (Higher Education) | Masters | 1981 | On-Site |
Education (Literacy and Reading) | Masters | 2010 | Distance Education |
Education (Literacy and Reading) | Masters | 1967 | On-Site |
Education (Secondary Education) | Masters | 2010 | Distance Education |
Education (Secondary Education) | Masters | 2001 | On-Site |
Education (Special Education) | Masters | 2014 | Distance Education |
Education (Special Education) | Masters | 1967 | On-Site |
Education (TESOL) | Masters | 1982 | On-Site |
Education Specialist (Clear) Credential | Non-degree | 2012 | Distance Education |
Education Specialist (Prelim) Credential: Early Childhood Specialist | Non-degree | 2011 | On-Site |
Education Specialist (Preliminary) Credential: Mild/Moderate | Non-degree | 2010 | On-Site |
Education Specialist (Preliminary) Credential: Moderate/Severe | Non-degree | 2010 | On-Site |
Educational Leadership (Community College) | Professional Doctorate | 2008 | On-Site |
Educational Leadership (Pre K-12) | Professional Doctorate | 2007 | On-Site |
Educational Technology | Masters | 2009 | Distance Education |
Educational Technology Integration Certificate | Non-degree | 2014 | On-Site |
Electrical Engineering | Masters | 1967 | On-Site |
Electrical Engineering | Bachelors | 1968 | On-Site |
Electrical Engineering | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Engineering (General) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Engineering (General) | Bachelors | 1972 | On-Site |
English | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
English | Bachelors | 1961 | On-Site |
English | Masters | 1963 | On-Site |
Environmental Engineering | Masters | 2012 | Distance Education |
Environmental Studies | Masters | 1972 | On-Site |
Ethnic Studies | Bachelors | 1970 | On-Site |
Ethnic Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Forensic Anthropology Certificate | Non-degree | 2019 | On-Site |
French | Bachelors | 1963 | On-Site |
French | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Geographic Information Systems Certificate | Non-degree | 2018 | On-Site |
Geography | Masters | 1968 | On-Site |
Geography | Bachelors | 1961 | On-Site |
Geography | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Geology | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Geology | Masters | 1999 | On-Site |
Geology | Bachelors | 1969 | On-Site |
Geospatial Technologies Certificate | Non-degree | 2018 | On-Site |
Gerontology | Masters | 2001 | On-Site |
Health Care Analytics Certificate | Non-degree | 2016 | On-Site |
History | Masters | 1963 | On-Site |
History | Bachelors | 1961 | On-Site |
History | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Human Services | Bachelors | 1972 | On-Site |
Human Services | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Online Degree Completion) | Bachelors | 2019 | Distance Education |
Improvement Science for Education Leaders | Non-degree | 2021 | Distance Education |
Information Systems | Masters | 1981 | On-Site |
Information Technology | Masters | 2005 | Distance Education |
Information Technology (Data Science) | Masters | 2017 | Distance Education |
Information Technology (Information Technology Management) | Masters | 2017 | Distance Education |
Instructional Design Certificate Level 1 | Non-degree | 2018 | Distance Education |
Instructional Design Certificate Level 2 | Non-degree | 2018 | Distance Education |
Instructional Design and Technology | Masters | 2002 | Distance Education |
International Business | Bachelors | 1984 | On-Site |
International Business | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Japanese | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Japanese | Bachelors | 1991 | On-Site |
Kinesiology | Bachelors | 1965 | On-Site |
Kinesiology | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Kinesiology | Masters | 1968 | On-Site |
Latin American Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Latin American Studies | Bachelors | 1970 | On-Site |
Liberal Studies | Bachelors | 1972 | On-Site |
Liberal Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Linguistics | Bachelors | 1966 | On-Site |
Linguistics | Masters | 1969 | On-Site |
Linguistics | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Mathematics | Bachelors | 1960 | On-Site |
Mathematics | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Mathematics | Masters | 1968 | On-Site |
Mechanical Engineering | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Mechanical Engineering | Bachelors | 1968 | On-Site |
Mechanical Engineering | Masters | 1967 | On-Site |
Multiple Subject Credential (Clear) | Non-degree | 2011 | Distance Education |
Multiple Subject Credential (Preliminary) | Non-degree | 2004 | On-Site |
Museum Studies Certificate | Non-degree | 2000 | On-Site |
Music (BA) | Bachelors | 1960 | On-Site |
Music (BA) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Music (BM) | Bachelors | 1968 | On-Site |
Music (BM) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Music (MA) | Masters | 1964 | On-Site |
Music (MM) | Masters | 1976 | On-Site |
Nursing | Bachelors | 2000 | Distance Education |
Nursing | Bachelors | 1975 | On-Site |
Nursing | Masters | 1991 | On-Site |
Nursing (Nursing Leadership) | Masters | 2008 | Distance Education |
Nursing (School Nursing) | Masters | 2005 | Distance Education |
Nursing Practice | Professional Doctorate | 2010 | Distance Education |
Philosophy | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Philosophy | Bachelors | 1962 | On-Site |
Photocommunications Certificate | Non-degree | 2018 | On-Site |
Physics | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Physics | Bachelors | 1962 | On-Site |
Physics | Masters | 1996 | On-Site |
Political Science | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Political Science | Bachelors | 1960 | On-Site |
Political Science | Masters | 1964 | On-Site |
Postsecondary Literacy and Learning | Non-degree | 2005 | Distance Education |
Pre-Health Professions Post-baccalaureate Program | Non-degree | 2009 | On-Site |
Professional Certificate in Human Resources Management | Non-degree | 2019 | Distance Education |
Professional Certificate in Personal Financial Planning | Non-degree | 2018 | On-Site |
Professional Certificate in Public Health | Non-degree | 2019 | On-Site |
Psychology | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Psychology | Bachelors | 1961 | On-Site |
Psychology (MA) | Masters | 1966 | On-Site |
Psychology (MS Clinical) | Masters | 1974 | On-Site |
Public Administration | Masters | 1967 | On-Site |
Public Administration | Bachelors | 2000 | On-Site |
Public Administration | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Public Health | Masters | 2003 | On-Site |
Public Health | Bachelors | 2019 | On-Site |
Public Health | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Radio-Audio Certificate | Non-degree | 2018 | On-Site |
Reading and Literacy Leadership Specialist Credential | Non-degree | 2012 | On-Site |
Reading and Literacy Leadership Specialist Credential | Non-degree | 2012 | Distance Education |
Religious Studies | Bachelors | 1969 | On-Site |
Religious Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
School Nurse Services Credential | Non-degree | 2005 | Distance Education |
Screenwriting | Masters | 2010 | On-Site |
Security Studies Certificate | Non-degree | 2020 | On-Site |
Single Subject Credential (Clear) | Non-degree | 2011 | Distance Education |
Single Subject Credential (Preliminary) | Non-degree | 2003 | On-Site |
Social Work | Masters | 2007 | On-Site |
Sociology | Masters | 1966 | On-Site |
Sociology | Bachelors | 1962 | On-Site |
Sociology | Bachelors | 2012 | Distance Education |
Software Engineering | Masters | 2010 | On-Site |
Software Engineering | Masters | 2004 | Distance Education |
Spanish | Masters | 1969 | On-Site |
Spanish | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Spanish | Bachelors | 1963 | On-Site |
Spanish for Hispanic Media Certificate | Non-degree | 2017 | On-Site |
Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential: Language, Speech and Hearing | Non-degree | 2011 | On-Site |
Statistics | Masters | 2013 | Distance Education |
Taxation | Masters | 1978 | On-Site |
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Cert | Non-degree | 2015 | On-Site |
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate (Postbac) | Non-degree | 2000 | On-Site |
Theatre (BA) | Bachelors | 1964 | On-Site |
Theatre (BA) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Theatre (BFA) | Bachelors | 1998 | On-Site |
Theatre (BFA) | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Theatre Arts (MFA) | Masters | 1976 | On-Site |
Translation: Spanish to English / English to Spanish Certificate | Non-degree | 2020 | On-Site |
Women and Gender Studies | Bachelors | 2000 | On-Site |
Women and Gender Studies | Bachelors | 2022 | Distance Education |
Season | Year | Review Type |
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Spring | 2023 | Interim Report |
Spring | 2029 | Offsite Review |
Fall | 2029 | Accreditation Visit |