About California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB)
California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) is a comprehensive state university which values high quality education. The identity of the university is framed by substantive commitment to multilingual, multicultural, gender-equitable learning. It provides a collaborative, intellectual community distinguished by partnerships with existing institutions both public and private; cooperative agreements, which enable students, faculty, and staff to cross institutional boundaries for innovative instruction; broadly defined scholarly and creative activity; and coordinated community service. The curriculum of CSUMB is student and society centered and of sufficient breadth and depth to meet statewide and regional needs. CSUMB dynamically links the past, present, and future by responding to historical and changing conditions, experimenting with strategies which increase access, improve quality, and lower costs through education in a distinctive CSU environment. California State University, Monterey Bay is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.