California State University, Sacramento

California State University, Sacramento, informally "Sacramento State" or "Sac State", is a public university located in the city of Sacramento, California. It is part of the California State University system.

The university has a total enrollment of approximately 29,000 students making it the fourth largest university of the California State University system, and one of the largest comprehensive universities in California. The campus is known as the most diverse campus in the CSU system.

Rankings

In 2011, Bloomberg Businessweek named CCA as one of "the best design schools in the world.

According to the U.S. News & World Report, CCA ranks 11th among best overall Master of Fine Arts programs in the country (tied with Art Center College of Design and Columbia University).

CCA is also ranked highly in numerous MFA programs and specialties.

Programs

Sacramento State awards 7,000 degrees annually and has since awarded over 200,000 degrees. Sac State has seven different academic colleges offering 60 different Bachelors degrees, 48 Masters, several Ed.D degrees, and a specialized Doctorate in Physical Therapy.

• Art & Letters
• Business Administration
• Continuing Education
• Education
• Engineering & Computer Science
• Health & Human Service
• Natural Science & Mathematics
• Social Sciences

Campus

As the sixth-largest campus of the 23 state universities in California, the campus is composed of 300 acres (120 ha) in the city of Sacramento. It lies adjacent to U.S. Route 50.The campus is bordered by the American River to the East, Union Pacific Railroad tracks to the West, Folsom Boulevard to the South and H Street to the North. The North end of campus is dominated by the University Arboretum, formerly Goethe Arboretum, and residence halls.

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