Overview
California Beaches + Mediterranean Climate + Myriad Attractions = Prime Location for San Diego State University
With some of the finest weather in the country and pastimes suited to that amazing, temperate climate, San Diego is the perfect host for the 30,000 students of San Diego State University in Southern California. Home to nearly 1.3 million residents and bordered by the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, a desert, and a range of mountains, San Diego is the second-largest city in California and the eighth-largest city in the country. Under blue skies, a gentle Mediterranean climate shelters San Diego's year-round outdoor recreation, multicultural festivals and celebrations, and other remarkable offerings.
The city has 70 miles of beaches and almost 100 golf courses, not to mention the San Diego Museum of Art, Sea World, the San Diego Zoo and Animal Park, and a myriad of other attractions. The arts, culture, and culinary arts are booming. In San Diego's North Country, the agricultural community produces quantities of flowers and magnificent produce. Excellent wines are produced, some of which accompany award-winning meals served throughout the region's restaurants.
Located in California's southwestern corner, San Diego has some of the world's best surf spots, making it a sizzling destination for surfers and skateboarders. And, being just across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, it is a hot spot for people who like to travel into Mexico for shopping and culture.
San Diego's residents and visitors have no shortage of options for world-class entertainment while soaking in the warm sunny rays of the Southern California sun. More importantly, the students enrolled at San Diego State University are in the envious position to benefit from all San Diego has to offer, when they aren't engrossed in their studies.
Academics, Research, Sports, and Location Draw Students to California's San Diego State University
Established in 1897, San Diego State University's (SDSU) student body of 30,000 makes it the third-largest university in southern California. SDSU offers more than eighty bachelor's degrees, over seventy master's degrees, and some fifteen doctoral degrees. With all those degree programs, it is no wonder that one in seven adults in San Diego who holds a college degree attended SDSU. The most well known of SDSU's academic programs include biology, education, international business, psychology, public administration, social work, and women's studies. SDSU is known for being very active in research. The university has received numerous awards for its research and regularly attracts millions of dollars in external research grants and program contracts.
With connections to more than 190 international programs, more students at SDSU participate in study-abroad programs than at any other university in California. Visiting more than forty countries, including Australia, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, and Spain, more than 1,400 students study abroad each year. Even with all those students away from campus, there are over 200 students organizations at SDSU, and students volunteer more than 3 million hours in the community each year.
San Diego State University's student life is very integrated and social. A variety of on-campus living-learning communities allow students to combine their social life with their academic life by placing them in living quarters with community members who are enrolled in complimentary programs, such as social justice, service, career exploration, and multiculturalism.
Students at San Diego State University have an vivacious school spirit that is evident at any of the Aztec games. SDSU offers its students an assortment of athletic opportunities--competitive, recreational, and spectator. From its NCAA Division I teams to recreational pools and hydrotherapy spas for student and community use, San Diego State University has it all available.
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