Welcome to California State University, East Bay hotels - Serving hotels in Hayward, CA

Welcome to University Hotel Network, your online source to find hotels near California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA. We provide a wide range of services including hotel reservations, car rentals, and other useful travel tools for your trip to Hayward, CA. You can choose your accommodation by price, rating and location, using our local University Hotel Map. Our system will ensure you an easy and secure online booking service, which will provide you with convenient hotel rates and discount fares.

Find your hotel in Hayward, CA, on a map

About California State University, East Bay

California State University, East Bay, also known as CSUEB, Cal State East Bay, CSU East Bay or East Bay, is a public university located in Hayward, which is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, in the US state of California, and the 6th largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, having a population estimated at a number of more than 151 000 inhabitants, during the 2010 census.

CSU East Bay was founded in 1957, as State College for Alameda County, the first classes being held 2 years later, on the campus of Hayward High School. The institution adopted its current name in 2005, to better reflect the university's more widespread objective, the name changing being approved by the California State University Board of Trustees on January 26, 2005.

Today, CSUEB is recognized as as a `top - tier` institution among master's - granting universities in the west by U.S. News & World Report, having an enrollment approximated at a number of more than 13 000 students, most of which are undergraduates, offering educational programs in over 100 areas of study, including 52 undergraduate degree programs and 39 Masters degree programs in addition to its teacher education program, being best known for its College of Business and Economics.

Athletics

Cal State East Bays's athletic teams are known as the Pioneers, who compete in NCAA Division II, in various sports, for both men and women. The Pioneers have experienced victory in many of the sports, in which they compete, since 1961, the teams having won a total of six national collegiate championships, the university having produced over 160 All-Americans, and having won 77 conference championships in NCAA Divisions II and III, as well as in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, one of the Pioneers' most recent success being in 2008, in women's water polo, when the team won the Division III National Championship.

Notable Alumni

Among the most resonant names, on the list of notable alumni, there are: Mark Curry - actor and comedian, Tom Coughlin - former vice chairman of Walmart, Cecil Pickett - President, Schering - Plough Research Institute, Mark Mastrov - founder of 24 Hour Fitness, Fran David - City Manager of Hayward, CA, Louis Navellier - Wall Street icon and trustee of the Cal State East Bay Education Foundation, and Mahla Shaghafi - Senior VP and Regional Director, Union Bank of California, among others.