California State University, Sacramento

California State University, Sacramento
Former names
Sacramento State College (1947–1972)
Motto"Redefine the Possible"
TypePublic university
EstablishedSeptember 22, 1947 (1947-09-22)
Parent institution
California State University
AccreditationWSCUC
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
Endowment$92.991 million (2023)[1]
Budget$349.6 million (2020)[2]
PresidentJ. Luke Wood
ProvostStephen Perez[3]
Academic staff
1,771[4]
Administrative staff
1,270[4]
Students31,451 (fall 2020)[5]
Undergraduates28,697 (fall 2020)[5]
Postgraduates2,754 (fall 2020)[5]
Location,
California
,
United States
CampusLarge city[6], 305 acres (123 ha)
NewspaperThe State Hornet
ColorsGreen and gold
[7]
NicknameHornets
Sporting affiliations
MascotHerky the Hornet
Websitewww.csus.edu Edit this at Wikidata
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California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College,[8] it is part of the California State University system.

The university enrolls approximately 31,500 students annually, 31,573 in Fall 2021.[9] It also has an alumni base of more than 250,000[10] and awards 9,000 degrees annually. The university offers 151 different bachelor's degrees, 69 master's degrees, 28 types of teaching credentials, and 5 doctoral degrees.[11][12]

The campus sits on 305 acres (123 ha), covered with over 3,500 trees and over 1,200 resting in the University Arboretum.[13] The university is home to one site of the National Register of Historic Places, the Julia Morgan House.

The Arbor Day Foundation officially declared the university "Tree Campus USA" in 2012. Sacramento State is an Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) and is eligible to be designated as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander serving institution (AANAPISI).

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2023. "Financial statements and supplementary information with independent auditors' report" (PDF). KCOE ISOM. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Operating Fund Budget 2020–21[bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Sacramento State Faculty". California State University, Sacramento. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "CSUS – Office of Institutional Research". Csus.edu. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "Fall Term Student Enrollment". The California State University Institutional Research and Analyses. Archived from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "IPEDS-California State University, Sacramento".
  7. ^ "Sacramento State Brand Center". Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  8. ^ "History of the Sacramento State Campus | Sacramento State". www.csus.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  9. ^ "Enrollment | CSU". California State University. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  10. ^ "Sacramento State On the Rise". Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  11. ^ "Search CSU Degrees". Degrees.calstate.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  12. ^ Lewis, Kim (August 1, 2020). "Sacramento State Fact Book 2020" (webpage). csus.edu. Sacramento State University Communications. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  13. ^ "Biological Sciences Home". Csus.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2013-02-06.

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