Editing Northridge, Los Angeles (section)

=== Colleges ===
[[File:OviattLibrary.jpg|right|thumb|California State University, Northridge]]

[[California State University, Northridge]], or CSUN, part of the [[California State University]] system, offers bachelor's and master's degrees in a number of disciplines. The school is a major producer of K-12 teachers in the region and the nation as a whole. CSUN also has engineering, business, and film programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CSUN University Catalog|url=https://catalog.csun.edu/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=catalog.csun.edu}}</ref>

CSUN had its beginnings as a college on [[Nordhoff Street]] and Etiwanda Avenue and officially opened in 1956 as San Fernando Valley Campus of Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences. Two years later it separated from its parent and became San Fernando Valley State College. By the early 1970s, however, this institution became known as California State University, Northridge. By fall of 2016, CSUN had reached enrollment of almost 40,000 students.<ref>{{cite web|title=CSU Total Enrollment by Sex and Student Level, Fall 2016 |url=http://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2016-2017/f16_01.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502163219/http://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2016-2017/f16_01.htm |archive-date=2017-05-02 |access-date=2017-05-09 }}</ref>

A 2004 study revealed that CSUN is a major contributor to the local economy: between $663 million and $686 million annually. Additionally, CSUN employs 5,800 people directly through the university and adds another 5,700 to 6,000 jobs into the local economy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csun.edu/images/impact.pdf |title=California State University No rthridge: Community Impacts |publisher=California State University, Northridge |access-date=2014-01-22}}</ref>