Overview

California State University, Sacramento, is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh-oldest school in the 23-campus California State University system. 

The California State University - Sacramento is home to top academic programs, comprising a learning community where students, faculty, and staff come together to Redefine the Possible.

Named one of the most diverse cities in the United States by TIME magazine, the city of Sacramento is home to exceptional restaurants, the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, farmers’ markets, and more than 2.4 million people. Centrally located 145 km from the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Mountains, Sacramento boasts 285 days a year of California sunshine. Sacramento State students enjoy miles of bicycle trails stretching along the nearby American River.

Sacramento State faculty members are internationally known, researchers and scholars. More than 80 percent of our full-time faculty hold a PhD. This means students will learn from professors who are prominent in their fields - people who are creating new knowledge in engineering, science, business, arts, education, health care, technology, social science, humanities, and liberal arts.