California State University Bakersfield

I attended undergrad here and then came back to work here. What a horrible experience both times. As a student, it seemed like my paperwork was always getting lost and nothing was on time. As a staff member, I felt like Dr. Mitchell managed by fear and it trickled down to the Deans and everyone else. There’s a huge culture of bullying. Staffers get underpaid, overworked and have to watch their backs. I don’t recommend this school for local students or as a place to work. I’d rate it a zero if possible.

Very big commuter school, teachers are good, library and gym are nice and new, and the cafeteria food is expensive.

I attended CSUB and often come back to bring students for events or competitions. I can’t believe home much it has grown since I left back in 2006. Parking seems to still be issue, but you are still able to find spots and stalk people as they approach their car for a spot. The Dore is a great little venue. The new dorms look awesome. I need to just come back on my own and check out all the new building and stuff. While I attended Cal State, I had some great teachers in the Biology department.

I transferred to CSUB with a positive outlook. After one quarter here, I realized that this school is probably second worst CSU in California. Some of the teachers are very arrogant and few are nice. Councilors office consist off of all females. Only one of them is nice & the other councilors are stuck up. People at CSUB are not very social, due to commute campus. Frat & sorority, they just hang out with each other. It’s difficult to meet anybody at this school. I’ve meet students like me. I know seven people that have dropped out from the previous quarter, due to disliking this school very much. I do not recommend this school, unless you live locally and you want to continue living with your family.

I started there as an Electrical Engineering major but decided to leave after continuous bad experiences. I had probably the worse teachers ever. While being at CalState Bakersfield I took physics with one of the best physicist out there but the man cannot teach whatsoever. He was never at his office and when I would run into him outside he would totally evade or just straight up ignore me (I wasn’t the only student with the same problem).The fact that these people have PhDs doesn’t mean they can teach. His tests were really difficult and he didn’t give any partial credit so it was either, right or wrong and thats it; no room for error.
The following quarter I took calc 2 with an even worse teacher. He was very arrogant and full of himself. He wasn’t helpful at all and had a very condescending tone and attitude. No other students liked him. On one occasion I tried approaching him with a questions during his office hours and his answer was «Can you come back in 20 minutes?» with a very arrogant and condescending look. Other times during lecture he would say «I don’t have time for this» when someone would ask very basic questions about calc 1 or something like that. His notes are very structured but he skips a lot of steps so makes his work hard to follow. If you are one of those students who can learn on his/​her own then he suits you.
I just cannot understand why they would get hired by the school’s administration. If you are paying good money each quarter you would expect good quality teachers. I personally don’t care how many PhDs they have or what their accomplishments are thats only relevant in the professional world. I rather be taught by someone, regardless of their title, who can teach and explain and be open to students rather than by snobby «teachers». During my time there i only encountered 2 (literally) good teachers who were friendly and there to help you not stress you out. If you can choose what school to attend and are going for either Electrical or Computer Engineering, physics or Computer science; I do not recommend CalState Bakersfield.

I hold a BA degree from another college. I also attended a community college for part of that previous degree. And I have seen 1^st and 2^nd hand how a few other colleges are operated. I went back to school 10 years after graduating from college to do premed in a career change. I have almost completed my first term here at CSUB. There are many things wrong with this college. I think my biggest mistake was assuming I had a few bad experiences and that things would get better. Here at CSUB there is no underestimating the incompetence of the administration. I have dealt with various offices from admissions to advising and everything in between and beyond. I can honestly say that not once have I been impressed by anyone’s performance. And quite often I am appalled at the in-​your-​face rudeness, the stupidity, and the utter incompetence at every level of CSUB administration. The professors are hit and miss. And that’s out of only the four that I have had teaching me so far. One is a total loose cannon as far consistency in grading. I have spoken to many who feel this way away this particular professor, it is not just me. I have another teacher who is borderline incompetent. And then there is just the overall mediocrity of my other two professors. I guess Bakersfield is for the slacker PhDs. And academia is already a slacker’s paradise. These profs are so bad that they ended up in Bakersfield teaching. However, they are still PhDs, so for the most part they know what they are talking about in the subject they are teaching. I can respect that. But overall the administration has seriously ruined my experience here. I am about one hot breath away from filing a grievance.

I’m free! Lol overall select teachers & staff really made this place. You get what u pay for

I studied at CSUB from 2003 – 2007, and got my bachelors degree in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting. Most of the professors I had at Cal State were awesome! But there were a few that I did not like at all because they weren’t open and helpful to the majority of their students. Overall, I would highly recommend a business degree from Cal State Bakersfield. It has helped me tremendously in my endeavors as a working professional. This is NOT a party school be any means… When I went to school, I never really felt like their was much of a social seen on campus… Although there were a few annual events and groups to be a part of, it definitely wasn’t a strong part of campus life for most of us. I have recently been using their new Rec Center, which my boyfriend and I LOVE. The staff are friendly, the equipment is clean and well maintained, the facility is clean, and it’s not ever overly busy! If you have credits to use for having gone to Cal State, take advantage! Great workout! And if you are a current student, take advantage, it is a great way to unwind a long day of lectures!

CSUB is an institution that was founded in 1965. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 8,111, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 375 acres. It utilizes a quarter-​based academic calendar but will shortly change to semesters.
California State University of Bakersfield are recognized for its devotion to open and rigorous inquiry. The strength of their intellectual traditions, intense critical analysis, free and lively debate, creative solutions to complex problems rests on the scholars who continue to engage them. CSUB graduates have made discoveries in every field of academic study; they are ambitious thinkers who are unafraid to take on the most pressing questions of our time. Here are some noticeable alumni from CSUB
* Roy Ashburn, California State Senator
* Big Poppa E, professional slam poet
* Kathleen O’Neal Gear, archaeologist and author
* Lyle Martin, professional soccer player
* Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Politician[26]
* Stephen Neal, New England Patriot, NCAA and World Champion Wrestler
* Tito Ortiz, UFC Fighter
* Kebu Stewart, professional basketball player
* Josh Wicks, professional soccer player.
I’ve attended both CSUB main campus and satellite campus in Antelope Valley Center. To help prospective students get a better idea of how the school operates visit YouTube. «CSUB — Where U Want To Be».
The secret is that CSUB gives one of the most grant $ for graduate students due to low enrollment or less competition like other CSU campuses. It mean lots of free $ and less student loans!

I love CSUB. I currently attend here and I love it. It is so quite and the professors are great. The staff there genuenly care about your schooling and making sure you do well. i love coming here and just sitting in the grassy patio and read a book while listening to some music. CSUB is an amazing campus. Glad and proud to be a Runner.

I like this school. It is nice and clean. Most people are from out of town, which gives us the opportunity to meet new people. The library is nice like previously mention on the other reviews. The nicest thing though is that they recently open a place where you can buy food inside the library. If you are like me and spend endless hours in the library this is just better because you don’t need to travel to the café to buy food. The gym is my favorite part. The Rec. Room is annoying… filled with fresh people. The book school is fine, the prices are fair.

Not sure how you can give this school five stars but I am basing my review on visiting other schools and the way they maintain the grounds. I would expect it to be very difficult to maintain a campus in the central valley of California so on that note they do a fabulous job. I would say based on the tuition fees we pay here we should have a better baseball stadium and grounds. Overall it is a great place to get your learn on and not a bad campus for being so new. I will always support local athletics and dreams.

Filmed a video in the library and it was very nice!

I’m relatively new to the area and live right across from CSUB. I like to walk around the campus now and then because it’s beautiful! Nice expansive green campus with lots of grass, trees, little ponds here and there, benches to sit on.
Also, being a med student at KMC, i need to study a lot. I love Walter Stiern library. It’s huge, quiet, 4 floors, lots of good study desks with good lighting. and clean. only problem is limited internet access for visitors. but oh well, thats to be expected. I’ll be here a lot in the next few months while i study for my boards!

I attended CSU Bakersfield in the early to mid-​1990s. Just recently I had an enriching experience teaching at the OLLI Institute on campus. I worked with Jennifer Patino who is the program manager there. We put together a photography course (Photo Journeys) and another on creative writing (The Novel and You).
Even though CSUB is known as a commuter school, I love hanging out on campus even as recently as a few months ago. Its Walter Stiern Library has been a great place for me to prepare lectures, work on books and perform general literary and historical research. It’s always quiet and serene and I’ve found a lot of peace there just contemplating my writing and my ongoing studies.
I sort of picture myself as an eighty-​year-​old man one day still wandering through its halls, sitting on benches, visiting the man-​made creek just east of the library and waving to students as if it were still yesteryear.
I just imagine myself always going back and discovering something new.
Some of the best history classes I have ever taken were at CSUB, and some of the best friendships I ever had were those while I was a student there.
While some students dislike CSUB for having the stigma of being a commuter school, I can only hope, like others probably do, that the university will continue to grow and expand its programs for the southern Central Valley higher education community.
And someone please donate a billion dollars and build a stadium and start a football program (just had to get that in there).

A great regional university that is vastly improving its reputation this decade.
Look to the leadership of President Horace Mitchell to make this visionary leap in the next few years. Single-​handedly he is revamping the culture of the university to look more broadly than Kern County and Central California.
Several new degree programs have started recently and several more will start in the near future. A new Business and Public Administration complex opened a few years ago, with a Wellness/​Fitness Center and Math Science complex to be completed in a few years. Construction on new residence halls to begin in a few years. Proposal on mixed-​use development on south end of campus is pending — could possibly include a Hilton and 20-​story office towers.
Programs in nursing, business and geology are well-​known throughout the nation. Faculty are very hands-​on and accessible. Classes are actually taught by professors and NOT TAs! Very diverse campus, where the students actually reflect the community.
8,000 students enrolled — smallish but growing. Mostly commuter students — average age is 26 but trending downward. Look for transition to Division I athletics and crowded CSU campuses elsewhere to boost traditional-​aged student and residential enrollment here soon.
Student life has vastly improved in the time I was there. They have a handful of fraternities/​sororities, and a large number of student clubs. Cultural offerings in the arts and public speaker visits have improved in recent years.
* Highlights*
* Walter Stiern Library — the largest library for 100 miles around and great high-​rise views of Bakersfield
* Roadrunner athletics — among the best in the nation (basketball, softball, swimming, track, wrestling, soccer) in Division II, except wrestling which is already Div I
* Student Union — home to the bookstore, pub, credit union, meeting rooms, ASI, etc.
* Dorothy Donahoe Hall — DDH as it’s known is a classroom building known as the social pulse of campus
* Icardo Center — smallish basketball arena that is home to the women’s basketball team — men play downtown at the Rabobank Arena
* CSUB Amphitheater — beautiful outdoor space that is home to the Bakersfield Jazz Festival and a few commencement ceremonies