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San Diego State University

San Diego,  California
College Board code: 4682

Main Address

5500 Campanile Drive, MC-8010
San Diego, CA 92182-7455
(619) 594-5200
www.sdsu.edu

Admission Office

5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-7455
(619) 594-6336
admissions@sdsu.edu
Contact: Beverly Arata
Director of Admissions

Type of School

  • Public
  • University
  • Four-year
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 31%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges
  • College Board member
  • Hispanic serving
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
    Other characteristics: Branch campus at Calexico in Imperial Valley.

Setting

  • Urban setting
  • Very large city (over 500,000)
  • Commuter campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 29,481
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 4,386
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 29,481
  • Graduate enrollment: 6,351

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 92% In-state students
  • 8% Out-of-state students
  • 18% Part-time students
  • 59% Women
  • 41% Men
  • 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 18% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 4% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 27% Hispanic
  • 41% White/Non-Hispanic
  • 2% Non-Resident Alien
  • 8% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 25% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 28% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 19% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 17% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 11% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99