The Future of Healthcare

California is at the forefront of research, pharmaceutical production, healthcare, and biotechnology. More than 100,000 people are employed in pure life sciences production and research in California, with an additional 1 million working in healthcare. The CSU has been a consistent supporter of these fields by graduating 44 percent of all health-or-medical-related bachelor's students and 37 percent of all master's students in the state. Additionally, nearly 1 in 10 CSU graduate students studies health sciences and 77 percent more CSU students are studying health professions than did in 2003. Furthermore, individual CSU campuses offer important contributions to the biomedical sciences as fifteen CSU campuses are partners to the biomedical industry in Professional Science Master's (PSM) programs.

Did you know:

  • CSU Bakersfield's Nursing Department was awarded a five-year $10.4 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study children's health and development.
  • San Francisco State University is a new training ground for future stem cell researchers, with support from a $1.7 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).
  • The CSU Northridge Language, Speech and Hearing Center has provided diagnostics and therapeutic services to children and adults with communications disorders since 1960. Today, the center averages 12,000 patient visits annually.
  • CSU East Bay has teamed with healthcare provider John Muir Health to more than double the number of students earning bachelor's of science degrees (to about 150 per year) in the nursing program at the CSUEB Concord Campus.