Hills Average net price: $8,070 Acceptance rate: 42% (2016) Campus Surroundings: Small City Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 26 to 1 Average SAT: 930 Mascot: Toro One Area of Study: Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences California State University, Long Beach Average Net price: $11,590 Acceptance Rate: 35% Average SAT: 1110 Mascot: Prospector Pete Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 25 to 1 Campus Surroundings: Large City California State University San Marcos Average Net price: $18,845 Acceptance Rate: 62% Average SAT: 1062 Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 26 to 1 Mascot: Crash the Cougar Campus Surroundings: Town