The Chancellor of the California State University is the chief executive officer of the country s largest senior system of public higher education. He provides leadership to 44,000 faculty and staff and 405,000 students on 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers. The CSU, which spans the entire state of California, has an annual budget of more than $5 billion.
The California State University currently offers approximately 1,150 bachelor s degree programs, 750 master's programs, and 26 joint doctoral programs in 240 areas. CSU prepares the majority of the state;s new public school teachers and 10 percent of the nation's K-12 instructors. Each year, nearly as many people graduate with bachelor;s degrees from the CSU as from all other universities and colleges in the state combined.