Since 1964, Cleveland State University (CSU) has enjoyed a legacy in higher education, upward mobility and community well-being, ensuring students don’t have to choose between quality and cost. More than 140,000 students have graduated from CSU within the eight colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Public Affairs and Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Health, Honors and Law. More than 1,000 courses supporting 200 major fields of study are offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

CSU is nationally recognized by esteemed organizations. Our online programs provide the flexibility you need with the same rigor and support our on-campus students receive, in tandem with esteemed faculty, up-to-date curriculum and research opportunities. 

Mission

• Empowering Students
• Creating Knowledge
• Engaging Communities
• Shaping Our World

Vision

We will be a nationally recognized and student-focused public research institution that provides accessible, affordable and Engaged Learning opportunities for all. We will be:

• An anchor institution for Northeast Ohio, recognized for cutting-edge research, creative activity and innovative collaborations that drive economic development and enrich the lives of our students and citizens.
• A beacon institution whose vitality attracts diverse and talented students, faculty and staff from within and outside the region, thereby enhancing our distinctive and inclusive living, learning and working environments.

Relevance: Providing our students with the resources they need to persist and succeed in their career pathways, the community with active citizens and the region with enriching scholarship and creative activity.

Community engagement: Connecting the University to the larger community through meaningful, mutually beneficial partnerships.

Accessibility and affordability: Providing high-quality, accessible and affordable educational experiences to a wide spectrum of students.

Inclusive excellence: Ensuring that we are a diverse institution where the collaboration and involvement of all are encouraged, all voices are heard, and all are treated with dignity and respect.

Fiscal responsibility and responsiveness: Being good stewards of public and university resources and anticipating the best ways to deploy them.

Accountability: Being responsible for our words, our actions and their consequences.

Freedom of expression: Protecting and championing the right to freely communicate ideas without censorship and to study material as it is written, produced or stated.

• Cleveland State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the largest regional accreditor in the U.S. 
  HLC: 230 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, IL 60604, 312-263-0456

• The Master of Science in Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Education (CCNE). The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master’s degree program in nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Cleveland State University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org)

• The Master of Social Work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
  In 2019, the Master of Social Work and Baccalaureate Social Work programs were reaffirmed for accreditation for the next eight years by the Council on Social Work Education Commission on Accreditation.CSWE: 333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-683-8080

• The CSU College of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).
  ABA: 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-5000