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  • Students

    Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend SDSU.

  • Admissions

    See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at SDSU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.

  • College Costs & Financial Aid

    Learn about costs to attend SDSU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.

  • College Cost Estimator

    Estimate your cost to attend SDSU in a few simple steps.

  • Classes and Campus Life

    Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at SDSU.

  • Student Experiences

    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at SDSU – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at SDSU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at SDSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at SDSU.

  • Public Good

SDSU Classes & Instructors

Classroom Environment
 
Students per Faculty 25 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students 45%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students 76%
 
Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty 793
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female 44%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color 25%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study 84%

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Campus-based Housing

65% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
13% of all undergraduates live on campus

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Campus Safety

The San Diego State University Police Department has a force of 34 sworn police officers and 67 support staff, with plans of increasing in size with 10 additional officers in the next year. Our police officers are graduates of the California Peace Officers Standards Training Academy and have peace officer powers throughout the State of California. Whether on foot, behind the wheel of a patrol car, or patrolling on bicycle, they are here to protect and serve the campus community and adjacent neighborhood 24 hours a day.

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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/

Basic Type
Research Universities (high research activity)
Size and Setting
Large four-year, primarily nonresidential
Enrollment Profile
High undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile
Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
Undergraduate Instructional Program
Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional Program
Doctoral, professional dominant

NOTE: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2010 edition.

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