California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), known as "The Beach", offers a vibrant, diverse environment for international students. With the best of Southern California’s attractions just around the corner-including beaches, Disneyland, Universal Studios, and Hollywood, to name a few-CSULB is an ideal place to live and learn. U.S News & World Report has ranked CSULB the fifth best public regional university in the western United Sates in its 2014 edition of “America’s Best Colleges Guide.”