<P> California State University, East Bay (commonly referred to as Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay, or CSUEB) is a public university located in Hayward, California, United States . The university, as part of the 23 - campus California State University system, offers 136 undergraduate and 60 post-baccalaureate areas of study . California State University, East Bay has been designated a top--tier institution among master's--granting universities in the west by U.S. News & World Report and has been recognized as a "Best in the West" college by the Princeton Review . </P> <P> Founded in 1957, California State University, East Bay has a student body of almost 16,000 . In Fall of 2013, it had 752 faculty, of which 275 (or 37%) were on the tenure track . The university's largest and oldest campus is located in Hayward, with additional campus - sites in the nearby cities of Oakland and Concord . The university operates on the quarter system and is scheduled to convert to the semester system Fall 2018 . </P> <P> In 2005, with multiple campuses across the region, the university broadened its mission to serve the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area . To reflect a more widespread objective, the school changed its name from California State University, Hayward to California State University, East Bay that same year . </P> <P> California State University, East Bay is the most ethnically diverse college in California and the fifth most in the United States by The Chronicles of Higher Education's Almanac in the year 2015 . </P>

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