California State University, Chico

California State University, Chico is the second-oldest campus in the twenty-three-campus California State University system. It is located in Chico, California, about ninety miles north of Sacramento. California State University, Chico is commonly known as Chico State or Cal State, Chico.

Rankings

• Chico State ranked sixth among master’s level public universities in the western United States in the 2011 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” from U.S. News & World Report.
• For the third consecutive year, the Princeton Review included Chico State in its listing of “Best Business Schools” in 2010.
• Yahoo News listed Chico State as one of the top five ‘Green’ Colleges in America in September 2011.

Schools & Colleges

Chico State is known for academic excellence in engineering, science, computing, business, technology, environmental studies, Theatre Arts  and communication.Chico State has more than 50 Departments and offers more than 150 undergraduate degrees. It is organized into seven colleges and four schools. The school has several libraries, including Meriam Library, which has several special collections of Native American and Californian history.

Colleges

• College of Agriculture
• College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Communication & Education
• College of Engineering, Computer Science, & Construction Management
• College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• College of Natural Sciences

Schools

• School of Communication
• School of Education
• School of Nursing
• School of Social Work

Campus

The California State University, Chico campus consists of a 119-acre (48 ha) main campus and a 1,040-acre (420 ha) university farm. Currently, there are seven on-campus residential halls

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