California State University Long Beach (CSULB)
Locations: Long Beach, CA
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorates
Programs: Film, Broadcast Journalism, Graphic Design, Engineering and many others
Tuition Range: 2,800 - 3,400
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Located in Long Beach, California, the 322-acre ocean-view campus of California State University Long Beach has a student body of around 30,000 students. It offers a wide variety of degree programs in many disciplines, including Engineering, Business, Accounting, Legal Studies and many others. In particular, CSULB offers Bachelors degree programs in several media art forms, including Film and Electronic Media, Graphic Design, Interior Design, and even Broadcast Journalism (radio and television broadcasting) and New Media through its Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
CSULB follows a standard college education format, which means a bachelor’s degree requires a commitment of about four years, or eight semesters. As a public state university, CSULB offers tuition rates that are much lower for California residents. Full-time undergraduate California resident students can expect to pay about $2800 per semester, not including housing; graduate residents pay about $3400 per semsester. Non-resident students add $372 per credit hour.
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Located in Long Beach, California, the 322-acre ocean-view campus of California State University Long Beach has a student body of around 30,000 students. It offers a wide variety of degree programs in many disciplines, including Engineering, Business, Accounting, Legal Studies and many others. In particular, CSULB offers Bachelors degree programs in several media art forms, [...]
Review by Alex J.
May 30, 2012 5I study at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal State University Long Beach. I study music education. I spent two years, as a vocal performance major; and then changed to education because I saw more future in the field. And I had more interest in teaching music than, I did in simply performing voice music. There are about 125 out of 500 students right now, that are on full tuition scholarship, and I’m fortunate enough to be one of them.
I’m still in school and I have actually gotten a fair amount of work within the music industry as an audio-visual technician. Also as music teacher, I teach guitar lessons., I teach voice lessons. I mainly do what’s called vocal coaching, which is taking students who already know their repertoire, and already have a decent idea about how to use their instrument into the performance practice. And although I’m not as much of a performer anymore, in terms of classical music, I still use that little bit of experience into driving those students further.
I would recommend music school to those who truly want to learn about music. There’s a difference between wanting to learn more about your instrument and getting better at your craft. Like if you’re a guitarist and a songwriter. Wanting just to learn more about songwriting is different than wanting to learn about music. Learning about music really means that you’re getting into the depth of what there is to study, in terms of theory, in terms of harmony, compositional aspects, the history of music as we know it to be written down. Which comes to about 1200 years of history, it’s a lot more than just getting into the performing in choir or performing in band or performing in jazz groups and whatnot. I would pretty much only recommend music school to those who truly want to study music.
I would definitely do it all over again. I think it was a great decision. Even though I was a little bit blind at the time, I was only 18, deciding the next four-and-a-half years of my life. I think the greatest thing is that I have met hundreds and hundreds of wonderful people who are truly dedicated at getting better at what they do.
Found work after graduation? Yes
Review by Jason S.
January 16, 2012 2I have to say my expectation were not met. I had fun but and did learn how to shoot and edit, they don’t teach you how to find work. Once you’re out of money, school or ready to leave, they don’t seem to care if you find work or not. They need more classes that explain how to find work.
If you already know camera and editing on your own it’s not worth it. College is what you make of it; if you want to learn you will, if you don’t know much and would like to learn it’s good for that. I look a few writing classes, but I pretty much taught myself how to write screenplays.
Debt Accrued: $10,001 - $25,000
Found work after graduation? Yes
Review by Jason S.
August 23, 2011 2.5I graduated in 2005 with about $20,000 in student loans. I had fun but and=did learn how to shoot and edit, they don’t teach you how to find work. Once you’re out of money, school or ready to leave, they don’t seem to care if you find work or not.
They need more class that explain how to find work. I found a few PA gigs, but now I do some script work. I sold a few non-union scripts.
If you already know camera and editing on your own it’s not worth it. College is what you make of it; if you want to learn you will, if you don’t know much and would like to learn it’s good for that. I look a few writing classes, but I pretty much taught myself how to write screenplays.