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ABOUT THE CSU
CAMPUSES
The California State University is
the nation's largest university system, with 23 campuses and seven
off-site campus centers, nearly 408,000 students and 45,000 faculty
and staff. The CSU, stretching from Humboldt in the
north to San Diego in the south is renowned for the quality of its
teaching and for its graduates. The CSU prepares the majority
of the teachers in the state, 40 percent of the State's engineering
graduates, almost half its business graduates, and more graduates in
agriculture, communications, health, education, and public
administration than all other California universities and colleges
combined. The CSU is the national leader in producing
students who later earn doctoral degrees in science and
engineering. 12 CSU campuses are among the top 20 universities
nationally in number of graduates who later earn doctoral
degrees
CSU Bakersfield: Four
Schools: Business & Public Administration, Education,
Humanities & Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences &
Mathematics. Pre-professional programs for medicine, veterinary
medicine, pharmacy, dental science, and law are also available.
Popular majors: nursing, computer science, and criminal justice.
(7500 students) www.csubak.edu
CSU Channel Islands.
Newest of the Cal State campuses. Majors include: Art,
Biology, Business, Computer Science, English, Environmental Science
and Resource Management, History, Liberal Studies, Math, psychology
and multiple and Single-Subject Teaching Credentials.
Educational alliance with local Amgen Biotech industries and agri
business in the area. New dorms, and Sciences Building state of
the art. In 2003 1000 upper-division students and 250 Frosh.
www.csuci.edu
CSU Chico. Driving
distance to Sacramento, San Francisco and Lake Tahoe. Popular
majors include: Liberal Studies, Business, psychology, Computer
Science, Communication Studies, Recreation Administration, Nursing,
Recording Arts, and Engineering. (16,000 students).
www.csuchico.edu
CSU Dominguez Hills.
Located in Carson, home to the new Home Depot Center sports
complex. Popular majors: Communications, journalism,
broadcasting, Theater arts, travel & Tourism, Athletic Training,
Dance Recreation and Leisure Studies, Criminal Justice &
Occupational Therapy. (13,000 students) www.csudh.edu
CSU Fresno "Bulldogs".
Located in central California, has 8 schools: Agricultural (has
own vineyards & make own wine!) Arts, Craig School of Business
(Jenny's husband), Education (fabulous student run day care),
Engineering & Computer Science (inventors of the solar car),
Health & human Services, Natural Sciences & Social
Sciences. Top Criminology in state. Equestrian
team! Smittcamp honors College (3.0/1200SAT) (21,305 UG)
www.csufresno.edu/
CSU Fullerton. 7
colleges; the Arts (affiliated with Walt Disney Co. Partners in
Education) Business & Economics, Communications Engineering and
Computer Science, Human Development, Humanities & Soc. Science,
and Nat. Science & Mathematics. 2nd largest undergrad
business program in the US. 85% admit rate to medical schools.
Most highly recommended undergrad program for drama and musical
theater. (23,000 UG) www.fullerton.edu
CSU Hayward. Located in
East Bay hills with panoramic vista of SF Bay. 4 Colleges: Arts,
Letters and Sciences, Business & Econ, Education, Science.
Guaranteed frosh courses in learning communities that form core
support groups. (13,800 UG) www.csuhayward.edu
Humboldt State. Located
in the Redwood forests, has the largest greenhouse and herbarium in
CSU's, an observatory, a seagoing research vessel and art gallery run
by students. Top majors; environmental engineering (with links
to the Arcata Marsh Project and Schatz Energy Research Center),
fisheries biology, forestry oceanography. (8000UG) www.humboldt.edu
CSU Long Beach. Largest
of the CSU's with 35,000 UG. 8 Colleges: Top majors: graphic
design, nursing, physical therapy, and speech/communication.
Nationally Acclaimed Univ. Dance Facility, Renowned Univ. Art Museum,
Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Top Business School, The Pyramid
Athletic Center. www.csulb.edu
CSU Los Angeles. 6
colleges including business, technology, science and multimedia arts,
and engineering . New Golden Eagle complex student center.
Housing for 1000. (21,000 UG) www.calstatela.edu
California Maritime Academy.
Situated on the waterfront of Vallejo 30 miles NE of San
Francisco. Campus includes 500-foot ship, the Training Ship GOLDEN
BEAR. Serves as floating lab where management, engineering,
technology, navigation and practical maritime and transportation
concepts are applied. (600 UG) www.csum.edu
CSU Monterey Bay. Service
learning, language and research component required to graduate. 12
undergraduate majors include: Business, Health, Marine biology,
global studies Communication, Education, Filmmaking, radio/audio
broadcasting, theater production, and video/TV production.
(4000 UG) www.csumb.edu
CSU Northridge.
Neighbors include DreamWorks SKG, Universal Studios, Walt Disney
Co. where students intern. Most popular majors:
Accounting, Cinema & TV Arts, Computer Science, and
Finance. Excellent deaf studies program. Excellent
residence halls. (32,000 UG). www.csun.edu
Cal Poly Pomona. 1400
acre campus was once the winter ranch of cereal magnate W.K.
Kellogg. 8 Colleges include agriculture, business, education,
engineering, environmental design, hospitality management and
architecture. Lyle Center for Regenerative includes Center for
Turf, irrigation and landscape Technology. (20,000 UG)
www.csupomona.edu
CSU Sacramento. Located
in State Capital. Most popular majors: education, business,
criminal justice, communication, psychology and computer science,
nursing and physical therapy. (29,000 UG).
www.csus.edu
CSU San Bernardino. More
a commuter campus. Education Department 2nd largest
in State. New visual arts building. Photography a popular
major as well as Criminal Justice and Nursing. MUN team award
winning. 65% of students applying med school accepted. (16,000
UG) www.csusb.edu
San Diego State. Located
on hilltop known as Montezuma Mesa in eastern San Diego. 7
Colleges: Arts and Letter,
Business, Education, Engineering, Health & Human Services.
Popular majors; Criminal Justice, international Business, Journalism,
Nursing, TV, Film. (33,000 UG) www.sdsu.edu
San Francisco State.
Located in the SW corner of the city. Most popular
majors: business, psychology, computer science, biology,
Radio/TV, Cinema, Art Engineering, script writing, Interior Design
and Apparel Design & Merchandising. Offers doctorate
in Physical Therapy. 85% medical school acceptance rate.
New dorms. (29,000 UG) www.sfsu.edu
San Jose State. Located
in the Silicon Valley with great internships and summer
programs. 8 colleges: Science and Arts, Business, education,
Engineering, Humanities, Science, Social Science and Social
Work. Largest majors: Art and Design, Accounting,
Electrical Engineering, Management Psychology, and Nursing. (30,000
UG) www.sjsu.edu
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Offers binding Early Decision Program except for those applying
in art & music. 6 colleges: agriculture, architecture
and environmental design, business, liberal arts, science and Math,
engineering. Students must declare major when applying.
Impacted campus requiring higher GPA/SAT. (16,000 UG)
www.calpoly.edu.
CSU San Marcos: Located on
hillside overlooking the city of San Marcos 15 miles east of the
ocean and 30 miles north of San Diego. New dorms opened in
2003. Most popular majors: Business, Liberal studies, 19
teacher credentialing programs, Computer Science, Chem. & Bio,
Communications, Criminology and Justice (8000 UG0 www.csusm.edu/admissions.
Sonoma State. Located in
California's wine country 40 miles north of San Francisco. Most
residential of all campuses with fabulous dorms! Hutchins
School of Liberal Studies limited to 13 in class. Top majors;
Business, Hutchins Liberal studies, psychology, English, Biology,
Criminal Justice, Communications, Environmental Science, Nursing,
Pre-Business, psychology. Jean & Charles Schulz (Peanuts creator)
Information Center is a state of the art library and technology
housing the Jack London Collection containing at least one first
edition of each of Jack London's novels. (8100 UG).
www.sonoma.edu
CSU Stanislaus. Located
in Turlock in the middle of California's heartland, the Central
Valley between the Sierra Nevada mountains and the greater bay
Area. 4-1-4 academic calendar consisting of 2 13 week semesters
and a one-month winter term. Most popular majors: Liberal
studies, Biological Sciences, Business Administration, Psychology,
Criminal Justice (8000 UG) http://stan4you.cusustan.edu
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