{{Short description|Public university in Sacramento, California, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox university | name = {{nowrap|California State University, Sacramento}} | parent = [[California State University]] | accreditation = [[WASC Senior College and University Commission|WSCUC]] | image = California State University, Sacramento seal.svg | image_upright = .6 | motto = "Redefine the Possible" | established = {{Start date and age|1947|9|22}} | type = [[Public university]] | endowment = $96.41 million (2024-25)<ref>As of March 12, 2026. >{{Cite web |title=Public NCSE Tables |url= https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2025/Public-NCSE-Tables |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=www.nacubo.org}}</ref>
| budget = $438.6 million (2024-25)<ref>{{Citation | title = 2024-25 Operating Fund Budget - Sacramento State: Budget Allocations as Approved by the President | url = https://www.csus.edu/administration-business-affairs/budget-planning/_internal/_documents/operating-fund-budget-for-website1.pdf}}</ref> | president = [[J. Luke Wood]] | provost = Carlos Nevarez<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csus.edu/academic-affairs/provost/meet-provost.html|title=Meet the Provost |publisher=California State University, Sacramento |access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref> | students = 30,883 (fall 2024)<ref name=Enrollment>{{cite web |url=https://www.csus.edu/experience/_internal/_documents/factbook25-webpages.pdf|title=Fact Book 2025 |access-date=May 25, 2025}}</ref> | undergrad = 28,222 (fall 2024)<ref name=Enrollment/> | postgrad = 2,661 (fall 2024)<ref name=Enrollment/> | faculty = 1,771<ref name="csus.edu"/> | administrative_staff = 1,270<ref name="csus.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/University%20Fact%20Book/University%20Fact%20Book.html|title=CSUS – Office of Institutional Research|publisher=Csus.edu|access-date=24 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213054747/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/University%20Fact%20Book/University%20Fact%20Book.html|archive-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> | city = [[Sacramento, California]] | country = United States | campus = Large city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Sacr&s=all&pg=1&id=110617|title=IPEDS-California State University, Sacramento}}</ref> | campus_size = {{Convert|305|acre|ha}} | former_names = Sacramento State College (1947–1972) | colors = Green and gold<br>{{colorsample|#043927}} {{colorsample|#c4b581}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/brand/color-palettes.html |title=Sacramento State Brand Center |access-date=2023-03-17}}</ref> | sports_nickname = [[Sacramento State Hornets|Hornets]] | mascot = Herky the Hornet | sporting_affiliations = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] – [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]|[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]|[[American Athletic Conference|AAC]]|[[Big West Conference|Big West]]}} | academic_affiliations = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]] | website = {{official URL}} | logo = California State University, Sacramento logo.svg | logo_upright = .8 | module = {{Designation list|embed=yes|designation1=California|designation1_number=697}} | free_label = | free = | free_label2 = Newspaper | free2 = ''The State Hornet'' }}
'''California State University, Sacramento''' ('''CSUS''', '''Sacramento State''', or informally '''Sac State''') is a [[public university]] in [[Sacramento, California]], United States. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College,<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Sacramento State Campus {{!}} Sacramento State |url=https://www.csus.edu/faculty/c/rcoleman/natural%20history%20museums/sacramento_state_online_natural_history_museum/history%20of%20the%20sacramento%20state%20campus.html |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.csus.edu}}</ref> it is part of the [[California State University]] system.
The university enrolls approximately 30,100 students annually, with 30,833 enrolled in the fall of 2024.<ref name=Enrollment/> It also has an alumni base of more than 290,000<ref name=Enrollment/> and awards 9,000 degrees annually. The university offers 151 different [[bachelor's degree]] programs, 69 [[master's degree]] programs, 28 types of [[teaching credential]]s, and 5 [[doctoral degree]] programs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://degrees.calstate.edu/degree_list/csu-degree-programs |title=Search CSU Degrees |format=PDF |publisher=Degrees.calstate.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526181244/http://degrees.calstate.edu/degree_list/csu-degree-programs |archive-date=2016-05-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=Kim|date=August 1, 2020|title=Sacramento State Fact Book 2020|url=https://www.csus.edu/experience/fact-book/rankings-distinctions.html|access-date=August 1, 2020|website=csus.edu|publisher=Sacramento State University Communications|format=webpage}}</ref>
The campus sits on {{cvt|305|acre}}, covered with over 3,500 trees and over 1,200 resting in the [[University Arboretum at California State University, Sacramento|University Arboretum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/bios/#Arboretum |title=Biological Sciences Home |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=2013-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602195444/http://www.csus.edu/bios/images/PlantingsMap.jpg#Arboretum |url-status=dead }}</ref> The university is home to one site of the [[National Register of Historic Places]], the [[Julia Morgan House]].<!-- The preceding sentence previously said that the campus was also home to a Pony Express building.
I found what building they was referring to, the B. F. Hastings Building, the Sacramento terminal for the Pony Express. https://www.nps.gov/places/b-f-hastings-building.htm
But I have not found any indication that the building is owned by Sacramento State University. -->
Sacramento State is federally recognized as both a [[Hispanic-Serving Institution]] (HSI) and an [[Minority-serving institution|Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution]] (AANAPISI). The institution was also recognized by the California Legislative Assembly as the first Black-Serving Institution (BSI) in the state of California. The [[Arbor Day Foundation]] officially declared the university a "Tree Campus USA" in 2012.
==History== {{More citations needed section|date=November 2024}}
===Early years=== The efforts to get a four-year university in Sacramento date back to the 1920s; however, legislation repeatedly failed. Local supporters blamed "pork barrel politics" by Bay Area legislators trying to monopolize higher education.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/pubaf/journal/fall2004/13legendLore.htm |title=Journal: Sac State Legend & Lore |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527012142/http://www.csus.edu/pubaf/journal/fall2004/13legendLore.htm |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sacramento State was formally established in 1947 through legislation by State Senator [[Earl D. Desmond]], by playing hardball to get it done – convincing the Senate's finance committee to withhold funding for the [[University of California]] until he had a commitment. Later on, Desmond eventually had 11 children and grandchildren graduate from the college.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Founded as Sacramento State College on September 22, 1947, during a time of intense demand for higher education after World War II, Sacramento State shared space with [[Sacramento Junior College]]. Sacramento State's first semester of classes consisted of 235 students enrolled in 44 sections.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> During December 1947, the official mascot "Herky" (short for Hercules) the Hornet was chosen over the Elk, which wasn't considered to be aggressive enough. The college's colors – green and gold symbolizing the foothills and trees, were also established. The next spring, the college held its first graduation ceremony. A single student, history major John J. Collins, who had transferred from [[UC Berkeley]], graduated.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> By 1948, the college was already fielding intercollegiate teams in basketball, baseball, and tennis.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> In spring 1949, the winning "Fight Hornet Fight" song was composed by Donald McDonald. The State Hornet and Statesman yearbook were first published in 1949.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Several sites for a permanent home for the college were considered. A site at 5th Street and Broadway, a site near Fruitridge and Stockton Boulevard, and a site in the Pocket Area of South Sacramento were all rejected.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> In 1949, the state purchased 244 acres of what was then peach farm land to be the site of the new college at $1,650 to $1,800 an acre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sacstatemagazine.uberflip.com/i/80524 |title=Sac State Magazine – Fall 2011 |publisher=Sacstatemagazine.uberflip.com |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109120349/http://sacstatemagazine.uberflip.com/i/80524 |archive-date=2015-01-09 }}</ref> In December 1952, the school left the Sacramento City College property and moved to its permanent location on the banks of the [[American River]]. On February 9, 1953, the then 289-acre campus opened to approximately 2,400 students with a parade through town called "GO EAST WITH WEST", in reference to President West.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Parking has notoriously been a problem at the university, and since the beginning, drivers were confronted by a sea of mud. Students would simply drive as close to the buildings as they could and park.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Construction began in 1951. By 1962, 30 new structures had been built and occupied. A campus landmark was created when the [[Guy West Bridge]] was erected – a bridge modeled after the Golden Gate Bridge and named after the college's founding president.
In 1955, the first Hornet football team scored its first victory, against [[Southern Oregon University|Southern Oregon College]]. [[Jackrabbits]] were a problem in the early years and landscapers were permitted to shoot them on sight through the 1960s.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> In 1972, the school became California State University, Sacramento. In 2004, it formally adopted Sacramento State as its primary name; it had been used in athletics for some time. Today, Sacramento State is the only major four-year comprehensive university in the city of Sacramento.
The university underwent a major expansion in the [[Korean War]] years, with the 'heart' of the campus residing in Douglass Hall, Shasta Hall, Sacramento Hall (the administration building).
In 1975, the University Union opened its doors, originally comprising {{cvt|65,000|sqft}}. In 1981, the [https://www.sacstateaquaticcenter.com/ Sacramento State Aquatic Center] was established. The Center for California Studies was established the following year. In 1986, Sacramento State established a Master Plan that called for over $100 million in growth. During that same year, the university came within hours of being deliberately flooded as officials contemplated blowing floodgates to avoid a massive levee failure in [[Sacramento]].
The 1990s saw additional growth, constructing more than 1.2 million square-feet of space. In 1992, [[Hornet Stadium (Sacramento State)|Hornet Stadium]] was renovated, providing capacity for 26,000 patrons. In 1996, students passed a referendum to build a RWEC Center (Recreation, Wellness, and Event Center, later shortened to "the WELL"). The original plans for the center were to house a new basketball stadium; it was later modified to include other student amenities such as a campus gym. Cost overruns halted the construction of the basketball facility, and the original vision of the WELL was not seen until 2025, when the basketball facility was finally added 30 years later.
In 2000 and 2004, the campus hosted the [[U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials]]. In 2003, Dr. Alexander Gonzalez was appointed the 11th president of the university. In his first year, he launched Destination 2010, an initiative focusing on reforming academic programs and constructing new facilities.
In 2007, the faculty overwhelmingly (77% of ballots) approved a "No Confidence" vote for President Alexander Gonzalez.<ref>{{cite web|first=Charles|last=Huckabee |url=http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Votes-No-Confidence/38742/ |title=Faculty Votes No Confidence in President of Sacramento State |work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=2007-04-29 |access-date=2014-08-18}}</ref> The vote expressed anger over the President's handling of finances, including a $6.5 million structural deficit the university is facing. They also accused him of pumping money into student recruitment and promotion rather than academic affairs. In response to the vote Gonzalez publicly replied, "in the 28 years I have been a part of the California State University...I have yet to encounter the level of incivility, mean-spiritedness and outright distortion that I have found among some members of the Sacramento State community. It embarrasses and saddens me."<ref>{{cite web |first=Cody |last=Kitaura |url=http://www.statehornet.com/faculty-senate-approves-no-confidence-referendum/article_724b6280-c57f-5da8-b806-3ca3ae3a035f.html |title=Faculty senate approves no-confidence referendum |publisher=The State Hornet |date=2014-01-28 |access-date=2014-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906184927/http://www.statehornet.com/faculty-senate-approves-no-confidence-referendum/article_724b6280-c57f-5da8-b806-3ca3ae3a035f.html |archive-date=2014-09-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/no-confidence-man/content?oid=318709 |title=(No) confidence man |newspaper=Sacramento News & Review |date=2013-05-03 |access-date=2014-08-18}}</ref>
Similarly in 2011, then Sacramento State Police Chief Daniel Davis also received a "No Confidence" vote by 14 out of 15 sworn in officers. The vote came amid seven alleged sexual assaults that occurred the prior fall semester. This was also the second time the police force voiced concerns about the police chief's mismanagement.<ref>{{cite web |first=Timothy |last=Sandoval |url=http://www.statehornet.com/sacramento-state-police-chief-given-vote-of-no-confidence-by/article_4d96a01a-fe29-55b7-8046-949f37e98efa.html?mode=story |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130724065201/http://www.statehornet.com/sacramento-state-police-chief-given-vote-of-no-confidence-by/article_4d96a01a-fe29-55b7-8046-949f37e98efa.html?mode=story |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-24 |title=Sacramento State police chief given vote of no confidence by 14 officers |publisher=The State Hornet |date=2014-01-28 |access-date=2014-08-18 }}</ref>
===Today=== Sacramento State is organized into seven academic colleges and a college of continuing education. The university is also a member of the consortium that operates Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, offering curricula in marine sciences. In keeping with its proximity to a burgeoning electronics industry, the university is developing expanded applications of technology to learn through computerized and televised instruction over a wide area of Northern California.<ref name="calstate">{{cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/cpdc/Facilities_Planning/2013-14-Five-Yr-CapImprovementPgmBk.pdf|title=Capital Outlay Program 2013/2014|publisher=Calstate.edu|access-date=24 October 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195906/http://www.calstate.edu/cpdc/Facilities_Planning/2013-14-Five-Yr-CapImprovementPgmBk.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The university reached an important strategic milestone. Sacramento State launched Destination 2010, an initiative focused on creating excellent academic programs, new student facilities and a more welcoming campus culture and environment. During that time, the campus constructed the four-story Academic Information Research Center, Parking Structure III (which at 3,000 spaces is the largest in the CSU system), the new Hornet Bookstore, Eli and Edythe Broad Athletic Fieldhouse, and the American River Courtyard residence hall (with 600 beds).<ref name="calstate" />
Many new buildings and other structural improvements are currently underway or recently completed including:
*The Ernest E. Tschannen Science Complex: The science complex opened in fall 2019. A state-of-the-art building complete with a 2,500-square-foot planetarium and open-roof observatory, it is available to students and the public. *University Union expansion: A 72,500-square-foot expansion of the University Union was completed in 2019. The renovation accommodates the growing campus population, providing informal recreation space, student offices, campus group meeting rooms, special-event space, casual seating, and a new coffee shop. *The WELL expansion: Completed in January 2020, the renovation added square footage and renovate current spaces in both the Campus Recreation and Student Health and Counseling areas. Highlights include expanded locker room capacity, additional strength group fitness studios, lounge and free weight fitness space.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The WELL expansion offers more space, services for growing Sac State student population |url=https://www.csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2021/10/well-expansion-renovation.html |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=www.csus.edu |language=en}}</ref> *Riverview Hall: Opened in August 2017, the $53 million residence hall is home to 416 first- and second-year students. It was built to LEED Gold specifications. *Parking Structure 5: $42 million. Parking for 1,750 vehicles. It is one of the first in the CSU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sac State's innovative parking structure earns high honor |url=https://www.csus.edu/news/newsroom/stories/2020/12/sac-states-innovative-parking-structure-earns-high-honor.html |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=www.csus.edu |language=en}}</ref> *Hornet Commons Residence Hall: As part of an ongoing effort to provide more on-campus housing, this $164 million housing project for upper-division students boasts 284 apartments and 1,100 beds in a six four-story buildings surrounding a swimming pool and a resident's common building. It was completed in fall 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2019/1/25/New-student-apartment-complex-to-break-ground-this-summer.shtml|title=New student apartment complex to break ground|website=csus.edu|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>
Many prominent people have lectured or performed at Sacramento State, including [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (1967), [[Jimi Hendrix]] (1968), [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] (1992, "largest concert ever ... the first and last to play" in Hornet Stadium), [[Sheryl Crow]] (1995), [[Jesse Jackson]] (1998), [[Woody Harrelson]] (2001), [[Oliver Stone]] (2006), [[John Kerry]] (2004), [[Wangari Maathai]] (2009), [[Maya Soetoro-Ng]] (2009) and [[Chuck D]] (2010).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/articles/2011/01/mlk-1-13-11.html |title=SAC State Students Volunteer for MLK Jr. Day |work=CSUS Office of Public Affairs |date=2011-01-13 |access-date=2013-02-06 |quote=Martin Luther King Jr. during a 1967 speech at Sacramento State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130054010/https://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/articles/2011/01/mlk-1-13-11.html |archive-date=2011-01-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://crosstowntorrents.org/showthread.php?1258-Jimi-Plays-Sacramento-State-College-California-February-8-1968 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213032009/http://crosstowntorrents.org/showthread.php?1258-Jimi-Plays-Sacramento-State-College-California-February-8-1968 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |title=Jimi Plays Sacramento State College, California February 8, 1968 |publisher=Crosstowntorrents.org |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.csus.edu/hornet/archive/spring98/number54/50th/ |title=CSUS has a Rockin' History |first=Erik |last=Diaz |newspaper=The State Hornet |quote=Genesis... Sheryl Crow |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527013135/http://www.csus.edu/hornet/archive/spring98/number54/50th/ |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.csus.edu/hornet/archive/spring98/number33/features.html |title=Jesse Jackson urges CSUS students to 'Save the Dream' |first=Laurie |last=Spencer |newspaper=The State Hornet |date=1998-02-20 |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527015149/http://www.csus.edu/hornet/archive/spring98/number33/features.html |archive-date=2013-05-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.statehornet.com/tree-hugger-woody-harrelson-to-visit-sac-state/article_c735718f-90ac-5311-a5e5-6a35cb26eaa5.html |title='Tree-hugger' Woody Harrelson to Visit Sac State |first=Justin |last=Hoeger |newspaper=The State Hornet |date=2001-04-24 |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216202619/http://www.statehornet.com/tree-hugger-woody-harrelson-to-visit-sac-state/article_c735718f-90ac-5311-a5e5-6a35cb26eaa5.html |archive-date=2013-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/news/102306OliverStone.stm |title=Oliver Stone set to visit Sacramento State |work=CSUS Office of Public Affairs |date=2006-10-23 |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/news/032904kerryVisit.stm |title=John Kerry visits CSUS |work=CSUS Office of Public Affairs |date=2004-03-29 |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527020658/http://www.csus.edu/news/032904kerryVisit.stm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/cec/events/maathai.stm |title=Wangari Maathai |work=CSUS Community Engagement Center |date=2009-05-05 |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203175938/http://www.csus.edu/cec/events/maathai.stm |archive-date=2013-02-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/bulletin/bulletin030909/bulletin030909obamasister.stm |title=President's sister to speak on campus |first=Mike |last=Ward |work=Sacramento State Bulletin |publisher=CSUS Office of Public Affairs |date=2009-03-09 |access-date=2013-02-06 |quote=Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Barack Obama |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813165632/https://www.csus.edu/bulletin/bulletin030909/bulletin030909obamasister.stm |archive-date=2010-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/21636/Chuck_D_to_speak_at_Sacramento_State |title=Chuck D to speak at Sacramento State |first=Jonathan |last=Mendick |work=Sacramento Press |date=2010-02-02 |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216195623/http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/21636/Chuck_D_to_speak_at_Sacramento_State |archive-date=2013-02-16}}</ref>
===Doctoral degrees=== In 1999, Sacramento State was given authority to award its first ever [[Doctoral]] degree, unique at the time in the [[California State University System]]. In the past, authority to award any sort of degree beyond Master's in California's higher public education was given solely to the [[University of California]]. The program would be a joint PhD in history with the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. However, this program later phased out due to declining enrollment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/bulletin/830bull.pdf|title=Bulletin|publisher=Csus.edu|access-date=24 October 2014|archive-date=May 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527013217/http://www.csus.edu/bulletin/830bull.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The university was given authority again to award its first ever [[Doctorate in Education]] (Ed.D.) degree in 2007, with its first graduating class in 2010. Since its establishment, the program has branched into several focuses offering different types of degrees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/bulletin/bulletin092611/profile.htm |title=Sacramento State Bulletin |publisher=Csus.edu |date=2011-09-26 |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527012757/http://www.csus.edu/bulletin/bulletin092611/profile.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2012, the university was accredited to award its first [[Doctor of Physical Therapy]] (DPT), with the first class entering in fall of 2012. The program is highly competitive, with over 400 applications for just 32 seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/2011/10/documents/PTdoctorate.pdf|title=Doctorate|publisher=Csus.edu|access-date=24 October 2014|archive-date=May 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527015952/http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/2011/10/documents/PTdoctorate.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> This program eventually will fade out the Master's in Physical Therapy by 2015, following standards set by the [[Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/2011/02/physicaltherapy-doctorate-2-1-11.html |title=Sacramento State |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=2013-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005026/http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/2011/02/physicaltherapy-doctorate-2-1-11.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/HHS/PT/ |title=Department of Physical Therapy |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref>
In 2019, the university added its most recent doctoral degree, a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D). Sacramento State is one of four CSUs to receive approval of the proposed doctorate of audiology degree along with San Jose, Northridge, and Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doctor of Audiology < Sacramento State|url=https://catalog.csus.edu/colleges/health-human-services/communication-sciences-disorders/doctor-of-audiology/|access-date=2020-08-11|website=catalog.csus.edu}}</ref>
===Renaming=== In 2004, the university re-branded itself as Sacramento State, or Sac State for short, though students had been referring to the school as "Sac State" for years. The formal name is California State University, Sacramento. The university's marketing unit discourages the use of CSUS, Cal State Sacramento, Sacramento State University, CSU Sacramento and CS Sacramento,<ref>{{cite web| title = Sacramento State Identity Style Guide| url = http://www.csus.edu/pa/identity/docs/SacStateSGF05Fv1.pdf| publisher = Sacramento State| access-date = 2008-01-10| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071201151849/http://www.csus.edu/pa/identity/docs/SacStateSGF05Fv1.pdf| archive-date = 2007-12-01}}</ref> even though the university's web address is csus.edu. The university also adopted a new logo and seal that replaced the previous design based on the [[Seal of California]]. In addition, the exact shades of Sacramento State's colors of green and gold were formalized in the 2005 Style Guide.
==Admissions and enrollment== <div style="float:right; text-align:center;"> <big>'''Fall Statistics'''</big> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! ! 2024 <ref>{{cite web| title = Common Data Set 2024-2025| url = https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2024-2025-final.pdf| publisher = Sacramento State| access-date = 2025-05-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250525183745/https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2024-2025-final.pdf| archive-date = May 25, 2025}}</ref> ! 2023 <ref>{{cite web| title = Common Data Set 2023-2024| url = https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2024-2025-final.pdf| publisher = Sacramento State| access-date = 2025-05-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250525183910/https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2023-2024-final.pdf| archive-date = May 25, 2025}}</ref> ! 2022 <ref>{{cite web| title = Common Data Set 2022-2023| url = https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2024-2025-final.pdf| publisher = Sacramento State| access-date = 2025-05-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240526193825/https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2022-2023-final.pdf| archive-date = May 26, 2024}}</ref> ! 2021 <ref>{{cite web| title = Common Data Set 2021-2022| url = https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2024-2025-final.pdf| publisher = Sacramento State| access-date = 2025-05-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240602191832/https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2021-2022-final.pdf| archive-date = June 2, 2024}}</ref> ! 2020 <ref>{{cite web| title = Common Data Set 2020-2021| url = https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2024-2025-final.pdf| publisher = Sacramento State| access-date = 2025-05-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240517231713/https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/common-data-set/cds_2020-2021_final.pdf| archive-date = May 17, 2024}}</ref> |- !Freshman Applicants | 27,868 || 26,113 || 25,443 || 22,653 || 25,709 |- ! Admits |26,036 || 24,335 || 23,471 || 21,238 || 21,363 |- ! % Admitted | {{#expr:(((26036)/(27868))*100)round1}} || {{#expr:(((24355)/(26113))*100)round1}} || {{#expr:(((9734+13737)/(10728+14715))*100)round1}} || {{#expr:(((21238)/(22653))*100)round1}} || {{#expr:(((8197+13166)/(10237+15472))*100)round1}} |- ! Enrolled | 3,988 || 3,882 || 4,019 || 3,450 || 3,607 |- ! Average GPA | 3.41 || 3.40 || 3.39 || 3.42 || 3.41 |} </div>
Some 44,733 students applied to Sacramento State for the fall 2019 semester, marking the record number of applications in one semester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2019/8/20/Science-Complex-opening,-record-enrollment-mark-Fall-2019.shtml|title=Science Complex opening, record enrollment mark fall 2019|publisher=Sacramento State|access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> Following a CSU-wide trend, the university has seen growth over the past few years in the number of applications.
The campus is consistently one of the top three destinations among all universities in the state for California Community College transfer, welcoming more than 4,300 new students each academic year.<ref name="cpec.ca.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2019/8/20/Science-Complex-opening,-record-enrollment-mark-Fall-2019.shtml|title=Record Enrollment marks Fall 2019|last=wiedeman|first=Kim|date=2019-08-20|website=Sacramento State newsroom|publisher=CSUS.edu|access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref>
Sacramento State historically attempts to admit the top 1/3 of California high school graduates. For students entering fall 2018, 19,653 freshmen were accepted out of 27,105 applicants, a 72.5% acceptance rate. Enrolled freshmen had an average high school [[GPA]] of 3.4.<ref name=Admissions>{{cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/president/institutional-research-effectiveness-planning/dashboards/admissions.html|title=Admissions Dashboard|publisher=Sacramento State University Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning |access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
For transfer students, Sacramento State accepted 11,248 of 13,578 applicants in the fall of 2018, an 82.8% acceptance rate. The average transfer GPA for fall 2018 was 3.2.<ref name=Admissions/> {{clear}}
===Enrollment=== Around 30% of incoming freshman live on-campus in the dorms. For the fall 2012 semester, just about 50% of incoming freshman came from the Sacramento Region, while around 18% came from the San Francisco Bay Area, an additional 13% came from the Northern CA Foothills, and the remaining came in from Southern California (14.4%), other parts of the United States (0.8%), or Foreign Countries (0.4%).
The average course load of all undergraduate students is 12.2 units, classified as a full-time student. For the most recent commencement, the average number of years taken to complete degrees of the class was 4.8, while the average number of units accumulated was 132 (12 above what is needed for a bachelor's). As of fall 2018 CSU Sacramento has the third largest enrollment percentage of Pacific Islander Americans and African Americans in the Cal State system.<ref name="Ethnicity Enrollment Profile">{{Cite web|last=Lewis|first=Kim|date=June 2020|title=Ethnicity Enrollment Profile|url=https://www.csus.edu/experience/fact-book/about-sac-state.html|access-date=2019-07-09|website=csus.edu}}</ref>
==Campus== {{More citations needed section|date=November 2024}}
===On-campus=== [[File:Sac State North Entrance.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Sacramento State north entrance]] {| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;" |+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023 |- ! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: California State University-Sacramento |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?110617-California-State-University-Sacramento |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref> ! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total |- | [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] |align=right| {{bartable|39|%|2||background:green}} |- | [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]] |align=right| {{bartable|22|%|2||background:cyan}} |- | [[Asian Americans|Asian]] |align=right| {{bartable|20|%|2||background:orange}} |- | [[African Americans|Black]] |align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:purple}} |- | Two or more races{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}} |align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:violet}} |- | Unknown |align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:brown}} |- | [[Foreign national]] |align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:#008080}} |- | [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] |align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:yellow}} |- ! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]] |- | [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}} |align=right| {{bartable|57|%|2||background:blue}} |- | [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}} |align=right| {{bartable|43|%|2||background:red}} |}
As the sixth-largest campus of the 23 state universities in California, the main campus is composed of {{convert|305|acre|ha}} in the city of Sacramento and lies adjacent to [[U.S. Route 50 in California|U.S. Route 50]].
The campus is bordered by the [[American River]] to the East, [[Union Pacific Railroad|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 at California State University, Sacramento|University Arboretum]], and residence halls.
Officially "Tree Campus USA" by the [[Arbor Day Foundation]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tree Campus Higher Education at arborday.org |url=https://www.arborday.org/programs/tree-campus-higher-education/#recognizedSection |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=www.arborday.org}}</ref> Sacramento State has more than 3,500 trees, with flower gardens, miles of trails stretching along the nearby river parkway, and student housing with recreational areas such as [[Lake Natoma]] and [[Old Sacramento]], in addition to its on-campus housing.
[[Guy West Bridge]], a pedestrian bridge inspired by the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], spans the nearby [[American River]].<!-- This sentence used to say that the Guy West Bridge is a scale replica of the Golden Gate Bridge. I was unable to find any verifiable indication that it was truly built to scale though. -->
There are more than 30 research and community service centers on campus such as the Center for California Studies, the Institute for Social Research, the Center for Collaborative Policy, the Center for Small Business, and the Office of Water Programs.
At the northeastern edge of campus are the dormitories which can currently accommodate 1,700 students. Southwest of the campus is the Upper Eastside Lofts located near the light rail station at Folsom Boulevard and 65th Street and is owned by University Enterprises. The lofts can accommodate an additional 443 students and is a short walk from campus via Hornet Tunnel. The university also purchased a piece of land south of the campus, Romana Site, and plans to construct housing for faculty and students in an apartment style housing complex that will be a close walk to campus.<ref name="fiveyeardraft">{{cite web |url=http://www.calstate.edu/cpdc/Facilities_Planning/2013-14-Five-Yr-CapImprovementPgmBk(DRAFT).pdf |title=DRAFT: Capital Outlay Program 2013/2014 |access-date=2012-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906043755/http://www.calstate.edu/cpdc/Facilities_Planning/2013-14-Five-Yr-CapImprovementPgmBk%28DRAFT%29.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-06 }}</ref>
The Port of Sacramento Japanese School (ポート･オブ･サクラメント補習授業校 ''Pōto obu Sakuramento Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a [[Hoshuko|weekend supplementary Japanese school]], holds its classes in Amador Hall.<ref>"[http://www.sacramento-hosyuko.com/campus_map.pdf campus_map.pdf]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140523034751/http://www.sacramento-hosyuko.com/campus_map.pdf Archive]). Port of Sacramento Japanese School. Retrieved May 23, 2014.</ref><ref>"[http://www.sacramento-hosyuko.com/guide.html 学校案内]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140523064121/http://www.sacramento-hosyuko.com/guide.html Archive]). Port of Sacramento Japanese School. Retrieved May 23, 2014.</ref> The school's committee is located in [[Roseville, California|Roseville]].<ref>"[http://www.sacramento-hosyuko.com/ Home]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140316075150/http://www.sacramento-hosyuko.com/ Archive]). Port of Sacramento Japanese School. Retrieved May 23, 2014. "校舎所在地 California State University, Sacramento 6000 J St., Sacramento, CA 95819 運営委員会 c/o Renesas Electronics America, Inc. 7501 Foothills Blvd., Roseville, CA 95747"</ref>
====Library==== {{Main|Sacramento State University Library}} [[File:Sac_State_Library_Quad.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Library]]
====Student Housing==== The Housing complex houses approximately 2,129 students consisting of five three-story Residence Halls Riverview Hall, and the American River Courtyard, surrounding a central Dining Commons (DC) and quad area.
===Off-campus=== ====Sacramento State Aquatic Center==== [[File:Sacramento State Aquatic Center.jpg|left|thumb]]
Located on [[Lake Natoma]], {{convert|15|mi|km}} east of the university right next to [[Nimbus Dam]], the Sacramento State Aquatic Center is a cooperative operation of the Associated Students of California State University, Sacramento, University Union of Sacramento State, [[California Department of Boating and Waterways]], and the [[California Department of Parks and Recreation]]. The center was established in 1981 and has provided instruction to thousands of students. The center houses the Sacramento State Rowing Team, and is the training destination for many other university rowing teams and clubs. The center hosts several national championships, including the Pac 10 Rowing Championships, Pacific Coast Rowing Championships, NCAA Women's Rowing Championships, IRA National Rowing Championship, and the West Coast Conference Rowing Championship. {{clear}}
====Julia Morgan House Event and Conference Center==== {{main|Julia Morgan House}} [[File:Julia morgan house.jpg|right|thumb|Julia Morgan House]]
Located three miles (5 km) west of Sacramento State and was designed by famous architect [[Julia Morgan]]. It was donated to the school in 1966 and was placed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982. The school remodeled the house in 2000 honored by the California Heritage Council. Sacramento State uses the home to host lectures, small meetings, conferences, and campus events.<ref>see Julia Morgan House</ref>
==Academics== ===Accreditation=== Since 1951, the university has been accredited by the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]]. Sacramento State is a [[Space-grant university]] and is an affiliate institution of the [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program]], sponsoring an outreach program to girls and minorities for excellency in Engineering and Computer Science.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://casgc.ucsd.edu/?page_id=1762 |title=California Space Grant Consortium " CSUS Outreach to Girls and Minorities for Excellency in Engineering and Computer Science |publisher=Casgc.ucsd.edu |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://casgc.ucsd.edu/?page_id=27#csus |title=California Space Grant Consortium " Affiliates |publisher=Casgc.ucsd.edu |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref> The school is a member of the [[Association of Public and Land-grant Universities]]. The university is nationally and internationally accredited in specific specialized programs including the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for Business programs, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for Didactic programs in Dietetics, the [[American Physical Therapy Association]] for professional programs in Physical Therapy Administration, the [[American Speech-Language-Hearing Association]] for programs in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the [[Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education]] for various Nursing (CNURED) programs, the [[National Association of Schools of Art and Design]], the [[National Association of Schools of Music]], and the National Association of Schools of Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/InstAccrDetails.aspx?756e697469643d3130333030362663616d70757349643d30267264743d312f31312f3230313320363a35313a313620504d |title=U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs |publisher=Ope.ed.gov |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref> Counselling programs are accredited by [[The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cacrep.org/directory/?p=%257B%2522states%2522%253A%255B%2522CA%2522%255D%252C%2522programStatuses%2522%253A%255B%25222%2520Year%2522%252C%25228%2520Year%2522%255D%252C%2522programTypes%2522%253A%255B%255D%252C%2522programCharacteristics%2522%253A%255B%255D%252C%2522keywords%2522%253A%2522Sacramento%2522%252C%2522page%2522%253A1%252C%2522perPage%2522%253A%2522100%2522%252C%2522sort%2522%253A%2522institution_name%2522%252C%2522sortdir%2522%253A%2522asc%2522%257D|title = Directory}}</ref> The School Psychology program is accredited by the [[National Association of School Psychologists]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Approved Programs|url=https://www.nasponline.org/standards-and-certification/graduate-program-approval-and-accreditation/program-approval/approved-programs|access-date=2021-09-17|website=National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)|language=en}}</ref>
===Colleges=== [[File:Sac State Riverside Hall.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Riverside Hall houses the College of Engineering and Computer Science]] [[File:Sac State Sequoia Hall.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Sequoia Hall houses the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics]] The university comprises the following colleges: * Arts & Letters * Business * Continuing Education * Education * Engineering & Computer Science * Health & Human Services * Natural Sciences & Mathematics * Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies
Sacramento State's largest academic major for undergraduates is [[nursing]] with nearly 2,000 students,<ref name="csus">{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Students%20Special%20Reports/Students%20Special%20Reports.html|title=CSUS – Office of Institutional Research|publisher=Csus.edu|access-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213053627/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Students%20Special%20Reports/Students%20Special%20Reports.html|archive-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> followed by [[criminal justice]] with 1,800 students in the department,<ref name="ReferenceB">[http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Department%20Fact%20Book/CriminalJustice12.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527012540/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Department%20Fact%20Book/CriminalJustice12.pdf|date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> [[psychology]] with 1,600 enrolled,<ref>[http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Department%20Fact%20Book/Psychology12.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527014526/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Department%20Fact%20Book/Psychology12.pdf|date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> Biological Sciences with over nearly 1,500 students,<ref>[http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Department%20Fact%20Book/Biological%20Sciences12.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527020030/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Department%20Fact%20Book/Biological%20Sciences12.pdf|date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> and Accounting with over 1,200 students.<ref name="csus" />
With nearly 2,700 students, the university's division of Public Affairs is the largest in the [[California State University]] (CSU). The university is home to the largest [[Chemistry]] program within the CSU with over 400 students.<ref name="calstate1">{{cite web |author-first1=Mike |author-last1=Baker |author-first2=Monica |author-last2=Malhotra |url=http://www.calstate.edu/AS/stat_reports/2011-2012/fmaj02.htm |title=CSU | New Students Fall 2011 |publisher=Calstate.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718000850/http://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2011-2012/fmaj02.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Along with [[CSUN]], it is the only university in California to offer a bachelor's degree in Deaf Studies.<ref name="calstate1"/>
The average class size throughout the university is 38 students.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/University%20Fact%20Book/SEC%204-Teaching%20and%20Learning.pdf|title=Teaching And Learning|publisher=Csus.edu|access-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205220225/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/University%20Fact%20Book/SEC%204-Teaching%20and%20Learning.pdf|archive-date=5 December 2014}}</ref> The student-to-faculty ratio is about 28 to 1. (22,461 FTE students to 803 FTE faculty). Most transfer students come from two-year colleges, and about 750 international students from 80 nations. Approximately 160 students from India study abroad at the university, the largest country represented.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sacstatemagazine.uberflip.com/i/81141/17 |title=Sac State Magazine – Spring 2012 |publisher=Sacstatemagazine.uberflip.com |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024143634/http://sacstatemagazine.uberflip.com/i/81141/17 |archive-date=2014-10-24 }}</ref> The school has the largest cooperative education program in the entire state. Students from all majors are placed in paid positions while simultaneously receiving academic credit. Many students work in government-related internships and fellowships. Approximately 36% of students work as volunteers. With nearly 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students, its criminal justice program is one of the largest in all of North America.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> The school's College of Engineering and Computer Science is the only university in California to offer a master's degree in Electrical Engineering, and is designated as a national center of cyber-security.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/sacstatemagazine/BestPlaces-Fall2012.html |title=BestPlaces-Fall2012 |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202191203/http://www.csus.edu/sacstatemagazine/BestPlaces-Fall2012.html |archive-date=2013-02-02 }}</ref> The university along with Chico State offers CSU's only [[Electronic engineering]] degree option. Sacramento State is the only campus in the CSU to offer a bachelor's degree in [[Cinematography|Cinematic]] Arts, [[Digital cinematography]] and professional performance.<ref name="calstate1"/> The College of Business Administration is accredited by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
===Rankings=== <!-- Please put department-specific rankings in the article for that particular college--> {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} {{Infobox US university ranking <!-- Master's rankings --> | Wamo_MAS = 5 <!-- Regional rankings --> | USNWR_REG = 27 <small>(tie)</small> <!-- National rankings --> | Forbes_NU = 151 | WSJ_NU = 71 <!-- Global rankings --> | USNWR_W = 1,279 <small>(tie)</small> }} {{col-break}} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Sacramento State Hornets|color=white}}"|National Program Rankings<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/california-state-university-sacramento-1150/overall-rankings |title=California State University, Sacramento Overall Rankings {{!}} US News Best Colleges |date=September 18, 2023 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=August 12, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/california-state-university-sacramento-110617/overall-rankings |title=California State University--Sacramento - Overall Rankings |date=April 9, 2024 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=August 12, 2024 }}</ref> |- | Economics <small>(undergraduate)</small> || 254{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |- | Engineering <small>(undergraduate)</small> || 30{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |- | Nursing <small>(undergraduate)</small> || 154{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |- | Nursing: Master's || 114{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |- | Physical Therapy <small>(graduate)</small> || 106{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |- | Rehabilitation Counseling <small>(graduate)</small> || 88{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |- | Social Work <small>(graduate)</small> || 120{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |- | Speech-Language Pathology <small>(graduate)</small> || 124{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |} {{col-break}} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Sacramento State Hornets|color=white}}"|Global Subject Rankings<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/california-state-university-sacramento-110617 |title=California State University Sacramento in United States - US News Best Global Universities |date=June 24, 2024 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=August 12, 2024 }}</ref> |- | Physics || 454{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small> |} {{col-end}} * Sacramento State is the 4th most diverse university in the western United States among regional schools offering some masters programs but few doctorates.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/regional-universities-west/campus-ethnic-diversity |title=Campus Ethnic Diversity Regional Universities West |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2019}}</ref> * The school's bachelor's in gerontology degree is ranked 5th best in the U.S.by ''College Choice''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegechoice.net/rankings/best-gerontology-degrees/|title=Best Gerontology Degrees|date=2018-04-25|website=College Choice|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> * Among western regional schools offering some masters programs but few doctorates, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' in 2021 ranked Sacramento State tied for 43rd overall out of 127 schools, tied for 20th best public school, tied for 24th best college for veterans, and tied for the 46th best undergraduate engineering program in the western United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/california-state-university-sacramento-1150/overall-rankings |title=California State University—Sacramento Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2021}}</ref> * Sacramento State was named one of the 'greenest' campuses in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/overall-ranking-2018/|title=UI Green Ranking World University Rankings|last=wiedeman|first=kim|date=March 20, 2019|website=greenmetric.ui.ac.id/overall-ranking-2018/|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027182141/http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/overall-ranking-2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * In March 2018, Sacramento State's Jazz Ensemble was named one of the nation's three best college jazz bands at the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montereyjazzfestival.org/NGJF/2018-next-generation-jazz-festival-finalists-special-guests|title=2018 Next Generation Jazz Festival Finalists & Special Guests|website=60th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320205137/https://montereyjazzfestival.org/NGJF/2018-next-generation-jazz-festival-finalists-special-guests|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Downbeat'' magazine has bestowed two Outstanding Performance awards and another for Outstanding Arrangement to Sac State in its 2018 Student Music Awards of colleges and high schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2018/5/2/jazz-program-wins-more-honors.shtml|title=The (Down)beat goes on for Jazz Program|website=csus.edu|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> * In 2019, Sacramento State's Master of Science in Accountancy program ranked 3rd nationally for Best Online Program and 6th most affordable by OnlineU.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlineu.com/degrees/masters-accounting|title=2020 Best Master's in Accounting Online Degrees|website=onlineu.com|access-date=2020-10-13}}</ref>
==Economic impact== The university has a significant impact on the [[Sacramento Valley|Sacramento Region]] and California statewide economy. It sustains nearly 9,000 jobs in the region and statewide,<ref name="calstate2">{{cite web |url=http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/sacramento.html |title=Sacramento State | The Impact of the California State University |publisher=Calstate.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102015710/http://www.calstate.edu/impact/campus/sacramento.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> generates $816 million to the Sacramento economy,<ref name="calstate2"/> and nearly $1 billion to the state economy, with annual spending amongst the campus exceeding $600 million. The campus has the state's largest co-operative education program, placing students in paid positions where they receive academic credit. Biology students help in the Sacramento crime lab with DNA matching while Physical Therapy students are assisting stroke victims regain their mobility, and Government students are staffed at the Capitol. The campus has one of the largest Criminal Justice programs in all of North America with nearly 1,500 undergraduate students and 80 graduate students.<ref name="calstate.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.calstate.edu/impact/workforce/service.html#criminaljustice |title=Key Service Industries | The Impact of the California State University |publisher=Calstate.edu |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref> Nearly 36% of students volunteer through the Sacramento State Serves program, committing more than 2 million hours of service each year.<ref name="calstate2"/>
==Research centers and institutes== The campuses houses over 30 research centers. Notable include: * California Smart Grid Center (engages in automated metering infrastructure)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.csus.edu/CASmartGrid/index.php |title=Smart Grid Center Home |publisher=Ecs.csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109213220/http://www.ecs.csus.edu/CASmartGrid/index.php |archive-date=2011-01-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Archaeological Research Center<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/arc/ |title=Archaeological Research Center |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref> * Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/org/capcr/ |title=Sacramento State – Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref> * Center for California Studies (houses Capitol Fellows)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/calst/ |title=Center for California Studies at Sacramento State – Leadership begins here |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=June 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602225616/http://www.csus.edu/calst/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Office of Water Programs<ref name="owp">{{cite web|url=http://www.owp.csus.edu/ |title=Office of Water Programs |publisher=Owp.csus.edu |date=2013-01-15 |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref> * North Central Information Center<ref name="owp"/> * STEM Research<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/stem/ |title=STEM Home |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611055820/http://www.csus.edu/stem/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Sustainable Technology Optimization Research Center]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.csus.edu/storc/ |title=storc home |website=csus.edu |access-date=2016-03-02}}</ref>
===CAMP/HEP Center=== The College Assistance Migrant Program<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/camp/camp_description.stm |title=Description |access-date=2008-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922033546/http://www.csus.edu/camp/camp_description.stm |archive-date=2008-09-22 }}</ref> (CAMP)/High School Equivalent Program is one of nearly 50 federally funded assistance programs that is geared to help migrant or seasonal farm workers (or children of them) not currently enrolled in school achieve the equivalent of a high school diploma and then subsequently obtain employment. Sacramento State current has a 5-year, $2.1 million grant that serves 70 incoming freshman and 300 continuing students each year. The program ensures 90% successfully complete their first academic year, and 90% enroll in their second year of college. The program serves more than 7,000 annually.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
===Capital Fellows Program=== Sacramento State works with the California State government to host the Capital Fellowship program through the Center for California Studies. The Center administers the [[Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship]], [[Executive Fellowship]], [[Judicial Administration Fellowship]], and [[California Senate Fellows]] programs. These programs, known collectively as the Capital Fellows Programs, are nationally recognized. The 18 Assembly Fellows, 18 Senate Fellows, 18 Executive Fellows and 10 Judicial Administration Fellows receive an outstanding opportunity to engage in public service and prepare for future careers, while actively contributing to the development and implementation of public policy in California. The ranks of former fellows and associates include a Justice of the California Supreme Court, members of the United States Congress and the State Legislature, a deputy director of the Peace Corps, corporate executives, and local government and community leaders.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
===Center for Collaborative Policy=== The Center provides services for public disputes at the state, regional, and local levels, ranging from conflicts between agencies to multi-party disputes on major policies. Its methods are mediation, negotiation, and consensus-building. It tries to reach solutions satisfying everyone while avoiding traditional adversarial processes.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
==Athletics== {{main|Sacramento State Hornets}} {{See also|Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball|Sacramento State Hornets football|Sacramento State Men's Rowing Team}} [[File:Sacramento State script 2008.svg|thumb|Athletics wordmark]] The university offers 21 intercollegiate sports. In hopes of expanding its athletics department even further, the university added its 21st sport, Women's Beach Volleyball in the spring of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/wvball/release.asp?release_id=11051 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411023431/http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/wvball/release.asp?release_id=11051 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-11 |title=Women's Volleyball Release – Hornet Sports |publisher=Archive.is |access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> Sacramento State sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (FCS for College Football). Sacramento State's colors are green and gold, its nickname is Hornets, its commonly used phrase is ''[[Stingers Up!]]'' and its mascot is Herky the Hornet.
Conference breakdowns are as follows: * [[Mid-American Conference|Mid American Conference]] (MAC): Football * [[Big West Conference]]: Men's Soccer, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Indoor Track & Field, Men's Golf (effective 2014–15),<ref name="Big Sky men's golf">{{cite news |url=http://www.standard.net/Sports/2014/06/04/Weber-State-joins-familiar-friends-foes-as-Big-Sky-brings-back-men-s-golf.html |title=WSU joins friends/foes as Big Sky brings back men's golf |first=Roy |last=Burton |newspaper=[[Standard-Examiner]] |location=Ogden, Utah |date=June 4, 2014 |access-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164422/http://www.standard.net/Sports/2014/06/04/Weber-State-joins-familiar-friends-foes-as-Big-Sky-brings-back-men-s-golf.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Men's Tennis, Men's Outdoor Track & Field, Women's Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Indoor Track & Field, Women's Golf, Women's Tennis, Women's Outdoor Track & Field, Women's Soccer, Softball * [[Western Athletic Conference]]: Baseball, Women's Gymnastics * [[American Athletic Conference]]: Rowing (effective 2014–15)<ref name="New American members">{{cite press release|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2014/3/25/ROWING_0325144625.aspx |title=The American adds Associate Members for Women's Rowing |publisher=American Athletic Conference |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=May 17, 2014}}</ref> * [[Northern California Sand Volleyball Consortium]]: Women's Beach Volleyball
Scholarships are offered in all sports. The football and track and field teams compete in [[Hornet Stadium (Sacramento State)|Hornet Stadium]], baseball at [[John Smith Field]], and the volleyball, men's and women's basketball and gymnastics teams call [[Colberg Court]] home, in honor of legendary volleyball coach Debby Colberg. The baseball stadium was renamed John Smith Field in 2011 in honor of the long-time head coach. Most athletic teams compete in the [[Big Sky Conference]]. Sacramento State is the only school from California in the Big Sky, which also includes Eastern Washington, Portland State, Idaho State, Northern Colorado, Northern Arizona and Weber State. UC Davis and Cal Poly joined the Big Sky for football only in 2012.
In 2013, the women's rowing team was granted access into an NCAA-affiliated conference, Conference USA (C-USA). Previously the team competed in Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) which is not recognized as a conference by the NCAA. Effective for the 2013–14 season, along with [[San Diego State University]], the rowing team transferred into C-USA, with 12 rowing members, increasing competition, and providing eligibility for NCAA Championships nationally.<ref name="statehornet">{{cite web|url=http://www.statehornet.com/sports/sac-state-rowing-joins-ncaa-conference/article_e240266a-90ff-11e2-8928-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Sac State rowing joins NCAA conference|work=The State Hornet|access-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328020936/http://www.statehornet.com/sports/sac-state-rowing-joins-ncaa-conference/article_e240266a-90ff-11e2-8928-001a4bcf6878.html|archive-date=28 March 2013}}</ref> However, the team only competed for one season in C-USA; it will move along with San Diego State to the American Athletic Conference beginning in 2014–15.<ref name="New American members"/>
In 2003 and from 2005 to 2007, the university hosted the NCAA Track and Field Championship at Hornet Stadium.
In 2026, the university made the jump to the FBS, joining the [[Mid-American Conference]] in football, while other sports joined the Big West Conference.
==Auxiliary organizations== The [[California Education Code]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100108182516/http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=edc&group=89001-90000&file=89900-89912 §89901] identifies auxiliary organizations of the California State University.<ref>CSU Fresno Association v. Superior Court, 90 Cal.App.4th 810, 831, 108 Cal. Rptr. 2d 870 (2001)</ref> Sacramento State currently has several auxiliary organizations:<ref>List of CSU Auxiliary Organizations by Campus</ref>
===Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps=== The school hosts [[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps]], Detachment 088, which trains [[US Air Force]] cadets from Sacramento State and [[University of California Davis]]. It is currently the largest Detachment in Northern California.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}
===Army Reserve Officer Training Corps=== [[File:California State University Sacramento AROTC SSI (vect).svg|thumb|right|Old [[United States Army]] [[Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] CSU, Sacramento [[Shoulder sleeve insignia]]]] An independent [[United States Army|Army]] [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] program existed until the 1996 when the program was phased out by California State University, Sacramento President Donald Gerth due to the Army's policy of "[[Don't ask, don't tell]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=ROTC Program Withdrawing Early From Sac State |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0DAF321772534&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |newspaper=Sacramento Bee |date=18 October 1994 |access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref> The program was allowed back onto campus in 1997, due to the possibility of the campus losing federal student aid and research funding.<ref name="SH20NOV2002">{{cite news|title=Army ROTC ranked No. 1 in nation|first=Michelle|last=Perez|url=http://www.statehornet.com/army-rotc-ranked-no-in-nation/article_39800f56-58fb-5468-9d50-5382f0e67a3d.html|access-date=23 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203024447/http://www.statehornet.com/army-rotc-ranked-no-in-nation/article_39800f56-58fb-5468-9d50-5382f0e67a3d.html|archive-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> In 2002, the program received the gold [[Douglas MacArthur|MacArthur]] ROTC Leadership Award.<ref name="SH20NOV2002" /> The program currently exists as an extension of the Forged Gold Battalion based at [[University of California, Davis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catalog.csus.edu/12-14/programs/rotc.html |title=ROTC |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=University Catalog |publisher=Sacramento State |access-date=24 December 2012 |quote=The Military Science Department operates as an extension office of the Military Science Department at the University of California at Davis and offers hands-on training in management and leadership. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512050242/http://catalog.csus.edu/12-14/programs/rotc.html |archive-date=12 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://armyrotc.com/edu/univcadavis/history.htm |title=History of the military science department University of California, Davis |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS (UCD) |publisher=United States Army Recruiting Command |access-date=24 December 2012 |quote=Now a fully functioning, separate unit, the Forged Gold Battalion teamed up with CSU Chico and CSU Sacramento, using UC Davis as the main unit home.}}</ref>
===Associated Students Inc.=== Associated Students Inc. is a nonprofit corporation that provides programs, services, and [[students' union|student government]] for Sacramento State, in accordance with the California Education Code.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2015 |title=California Education Code §89300 |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=89300.&lawCode=EDC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728225517/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=89300.&lawCode=EDC |archive-date=July 28, 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=California Legislative Information}}</ref> ASI is a California recognized 501(c)(3) corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2006 |title=Registrant Details |url=https://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Details.aspx?result=f90e11a9-d629-44c7-a8e4-48334cc02ecc |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=State of California Department of Justice}}</ref> Students elect the Board of Directors, which consists of the President, Executive Vice President, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of University Affairs, Vice President of Academic Affairs, a representative from each of the academic colleges, a representative for undeclared students, and a representative for graduate students. ASI has a budget of over $10 million, which is collected through semesterly student fees and revenues generated through its programs: Peak Adventures, Aquatic Center, Children's Center, and ASI student shop.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
===ASI Children's Center=== Like most other CSUs, ASI offers a unique day care center for faculty, staff, or student's children ages newborn to five years. The ASI Children's Center is accredited by the NAEYC,<ref>{{cite web |title=NAEYC Accreditation |url=https://asi.csus.edu/post/naeyc-accreditation |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=Associated Students Inc.: Sacramento State}}</ref> something that only about 7% of children's centers are endorsed by.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} Child Development and Teacher Education majors are given the opportunity to work with the Children's Center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Children's Center Employment |url=https://asi.csus.edu/childrens-center-employment |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=Associated Students, Inc. |language=en}}</ref>
===Capital Public Radio, Inc.=== Sacramento State owns and operates multiple [[public radio]] stations throughout California in close cooperation with [[Capital Public Radio]].
Two of these stations are [[KXPR]] and [[KXJZ]], both on [[FM Broadcasting|FM]]. [[KXPR]] plays classical and [[jazz|jazz music]]. [[KXJZ]] offers local news and talk programming, including several popular shows like "This American Life", "A Prairie Home Companion", "Car Talk" and others. The listener-supported stations broadcast without commercials and with the support of underwriters. Both stations carry programming from [[National Public Radio]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
===KSSU 1580 AM=== KSSU 1580AM is a non-profit free format radio station at Sacramento State and part of Associated Students. The radio station has only a 3-watt signal and is not strong enough to broadcast much farther than the campus, but it can be heard all over the world at kssu.com. KSSU is maintained and funded by the Associated Students Inc. KSSU has formed itself into being one of the premier college radio stations in North America.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} In 2007 the station won music director of the year from the College Music Journal and then returned to New York for the award show in 2008 with 8 nominations for awards by CMJ. In 2008, KSSU was also nominated for College Radio Station of the Year by MTVU. Notable former DJs include actor and international hip hop artist, [[Only Won]] who gave credit to KSSU at the 2010 Distinguished Service award for influencing his career in the music industry.<ref>[http://www.statehornet.com/news/campus-to-honor-alumni-for-success-community-service-1.1375580]{{dead link|date=February 2013}}</ref>
===State Hornet=== ''The State Hornet'' serves as Sacramento State's student newspaper. The State Hornet publishes 14 or 15 issues each semester and produces content for a daily Web site. The online edition carries the content of the print edition, posted Wednesday mornings, and publishes unique content to the site as generated by the staff. The 1999–2000 staff of the newspaper, led by Editor-in-Chief David Sommers and Faculty Advisor Sylvia Fox, was awarded the [[National Newspaper Pacemaker Award]], considered to be the highest national honor in collegiate journalism and unofficially known as the "[[Pulitzer Prize]]s of student journalism."<ref>{{cite web| title = 2000 National Newspaper Pacemaker Award Winners| url = http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm00.html| publisher = Associated Collegiate Press| access-date = 2008-08-10| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081008031249/http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm00.html| archive-date = 2008-10-08}}</ref> In 2012, the newspaper was placed in the [[Associated Collegiate Press]] Pacemaker Finalists category.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm12.html |title=ACP – Contest Winners |publisher=Studentpress.org |date=2013-01-15 |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119200350/http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm12.html |archive-date=2013-01-19 }}</ref> The newspaper is formally administered by the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Arts and Letters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asn.csus.edu/coms/faculty/Pages/Department%20History.html |title=Welcome to the Communication Studies Department |publisher=Asn.csus.edu |date=2009-09-16 |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116065704/http://www.asn.csus.edu/coms/faculty/Pages/Department%20History.html |archive-date=2013-01-16 }}</ref>
===University Union=== The CSUS [[student activity center]] is the '''University Union'''. The University Union is unique in that it is the original building that was first structured in 1972. It has gone under major renovations throughout the years, with the first phase in 1992 that added a large ballroom and space for food vendors and meeting rooms and other extensions. In 1998, the Union underwent another major renovation again, adding another 180,000 square feet for certain University Outlets such as [[KSSU (AM)|KSSU]] and Peak Adventures (which have both since moved). In 2012, the Union yet again underwent major renovations, including adding the university operated restaurant Good Eats, new flooring and stage demolition in the Redwood Room, a complete remodel of Round Table Pizza, an addition of the much requested "prayer room" or "quiet room" on the second floor, a complete remodel of the Terminal Lounge on the second floor, and tearing down the University Center Restaurant and building the new Epicure Restaurant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.union.csus.edu/union_history.php |title=Sac State University Union |publisher=Union.csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103111455/http://www.union.csus.edu/union_history.php |archive-date=2012-11-03 }}</ref>
Much is offered, including a large fast food court, a game room, public computers with internet access, free [[WiFi]], [[conference room]]s, the university's main auditoria, a prayer room, and many offices for student organizations including the Pride Center, the State Hornet (student paper), and others.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Sac State officials have announced an expansion of The University Union will begin in the first quarter of 2017.<ref>{{cite web| title=California State University Sacramento student union expansion a $53 million project – Sacramento Business Journal | website=Sacramento Business Journal | date=2016-07-19 | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2016/07/19/sac-state-student-union-expansion-a-53-million.html?ana=twt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009151334/http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2016/07/19/sac-state-student-union-expansion-a-53-million.html?ana=twt | archive-date=2016-10-09 | url-status=dead | access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> This expansion will add 71,000 square feet of space consisting of "a storefront for Peak Adventures (currently located at The WELL), a premium [[Starbucks]] venue, meeting and conference spaces for student groups and other organizations, additional restrooms, a study lounge, food-service storage, expanded casual seating, and an outdoor seating/pavilion area" according to the school website.<ref>{{cite web|author-first1=Dixie |author-last1=Reid |url=http://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2016/7/19/sac-state-plans-$53-million-expansion-of-university-union.shtml |title=Sac State plans major expansion of University Union |publisher=Csus.edu |date=2016-07-19 |access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> Due to lack of space and overcrowding over the years, students have requested expanding the University Union. This expansion was funded with student fees, the Union WELL Inc., and generated fees; it completed in August 2018.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
==Student clubs and organizations== Sacramento State has a wide selection of social and academic clubs and organizations. Each are dedicated to help students of similar interests bond together by common goals and aspirations. They make up a wide range of opportunities to be involved. They often represent national, international, local and regional organizations. Some also promote certain cultures or multiculturalism as well as political and recreational. Clubs and organizations are overseen by Student Organizations & Leadership. In fall 2012, approximately 7% of undergraduate men (or 774 students) were part of fraternities while 5% of undergraduate women (or 725 students) were part of sororities for a total of about 1,500 Greeks (the largest class to date).<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Common%20Data%20Set/cds/CDS_2012-2013.pdf|title=Common Data Set 2012–2013|publisher=Csus.edu|access-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211648/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/Common%20Data%20Set/cds/CDS_2012-2013.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
In 2014, the CSU removed recognition from certain religious organizations that had policy conflicts with a state-mandated nondiscrimination policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/intervarsity-sanctioned-california-state-university_n_5791906.html |title=InterVarsity, College Christian Group, 'De-Recognized' At California State University Campuses |work=HuffPost |date=2014-09-10 |access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> The new policy stated that religious clubs must allow any student eligibility to participate as a student leader regardless of beliefs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calstate.edu/sas/nondiscrim.shtml |title=Nondiscrimination Policy | CSU |publisher=Calstate.edu |access-date=2016-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422203811/http://www.calstate.edu/sas/nondiscrim.shtml |archive-date=2016-04-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both CRU and Intervarsity, as of fall 2015, came to an agreement with the Chancellor that allowed them to return to campus, while allowing them to maintain their religious beliefs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/23/college-christian-groups-to-allow-non-believers-ho/?page=all |title=Cal State Christian groups to allow non-believers to hold leadership posts |work=The Washington Times |access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref>
==Transportation== University Transportation and Parking Services (UTAPS), an auxiliary of Sacramento State, operates its own buses known as the Hornet Shuttle, providing several lines around the campus running approximately 7:30 am until 5:00 pm in conjunction with [[Sacramento Regional Transit District]].<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/hornet-shuttle.html |title=Hornet Shuttle |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref> The Hornet Line serves the south end of the university, university/65th Light-Rail Station, and newly added Folsom Hall,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/hornet-line.html |title=Gold Line |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211011434/http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/hornet-line.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Green Line serves the College Town/La Riviera District and the east end of Campus,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/green-line.html |title=Gold Line |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=January 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109075953/http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/green-line.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> while the Gold Line runs all the way to the Fair Oaks district and the [[Arden Fair Mall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/gold-line.html |title=Gold Line |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211011429/http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/gold-line.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> UTAPS also runs night shuttle for students, providing point-to-point service from dusk to 11:00 pm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/aba/utaps/hornet-night-shuttle.html |title=Hornet Night Shuttle |publisher=Csus.edu |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203091256/http://www.csus.edu/aba/UTAPS/hornet-night-shuttle.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The university has a bus terminal station at the north end of campus, which serves as a major stop for [[Sacramento Regional Transit]]. RT provides bus services to downtown (Route 30), Midtown/Sutter District (Route 34), American River College/Watt (Route 82), Marconi/Arcade Light-Rail Station (Route 87), seven days a week departing approximately every 10 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacrt.com/schedules/current/routes.stm |title=Regional Transit Routes & Schedules |publisher=Sacrt.com |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502233254/http://www.sacrt.com/schedules/current/routes.stm |archive-date=2017-05-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The university is located about 1/2-mile from [[University/65th Street station]] on the [[SacRT light rail]] system, just south of the campus.
Sacramento State students can use these resources, including LRT, for free with their student One Card.<ref name="autogenerated3"/>
The university also has multiple [[Zipcar]]s housed on campus for students, faculty and staff to use 24-hours a day, part of the ZipCarU program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zipcar.com/sacstate |title=Sacramento State |publisher=Zipcar |access-date=2013-02-06}}</ref>
Plans have been in the works for the university to operate its own streetcar bus rapid transit (BRT) system, looping around the perimeter of the campus and back to University/65th Street station. However this has been set back due to budget constraints.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csus.edu/bulletin/bulletin103105/bulletin103105transit.htm |title=Sacramento State Bulletin |publisher=Csus.edu |date=2005-10-31 |access-date=2013-02-06 |archive-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527013226/http://www.csus.edu/bulletin/bulletin103105/bulletin103105transit.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Sacramento [[light rail]] system was originally proposed to run through the library quad, but then-president Donald Gerth vetoed the proposal over concerns for student safety.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
The school is situated just north of [[U.S. Route 50 in California|US 50]] and is accessible by two exits – 65th St. and Howe Avenue.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
==Notable people== {{Main|List of Sacramento State people}}
The university has conferred over 250,000 degrees since its establishment.<ref name="csus.edu"/> CSUS alumni live over all 50 states of the U.S., with over 165,000 residing in California, nearly 3,000 in [[Washington (state)|Washington]], 2,500 in [[Oregon]] and over 2,000 in [[Texas]]. There are also over nearly 1,000 alumni residing in approximately 62 countries, including 102 located in Japan, 90 in India, and nearly 60 in Canada and China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/University%20Fact%20Book/SEC%208%20-%20Alumni.pdf|title=Alumni|publisher=Csus.edu|access-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205220659/http://www.csus.edu/oir/Data%20Center/University%20Fact%20Book/SEC%208%20-%20Alumni.pdf|archive-date=5 December 2014}}</ref> {{unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} <gallery align="center"> File:Tom Hanks face.jpg|[[Tom Hanks]], Academy Award Winning Actor File:Mahmoud Vaezi 2018.jpg|[[Mahmoud Vaezi]], Chief of staff of the president of Iran File:Melissa Hurtado.jpg|[[Melissa Hurtado]], California State Senator File:Ryan Coogler Deauville 2013 (cropped).jpg|[[Ryan Coogler]], Academy Award Nominated Director File:Creed Bratton.jpg|[[Creed Bratton]], American actor and musician File:Brian Posehn Get Smart premiere arrival.jpg|[[Brian Posehn]], Comedian File:Buck Martinez speaking at SABR convention 2014.jpg|[[Buck Martinez]], Toronto Blue Jays manager File:Ann Bannon in 1983.jpg|[[Ann Bannon]], author best known for lesbian pulp fiction novels File:Joseph DeAngelo mugshot.jpg|[[Joseph James DeAngelo|Joseph DeAngelo]], the Golden State Killer </gallery>
===University presidents=== {{unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} # Guy A. West (1947–1965) # F. Blair Mayne (1965) # Stephen L. Walker (1965–1966) # Robert Johns (1966–1969) # Otto Butz (1969–1970) # Bernard L. Hyink (1970–1972) # James G. Bond (1972–1978) # [[W. Lloyd Johns]] (1978–1983) # Austin J. Gerber (1983–1984) # Donald R. Gerth (1984–2003) # [[Alexander Gonzalez (businessman)|Alexander Gonzalez]] (2003–2015) # [[Robert S. Nelsen]] (2015–2023) # [[J. Luke Wood]] (2023–)
==See also== * [[Causeway Classic]]
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{ccat}} * {{Official website}} * [https://hornetsports.com/ Athletics website]
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