Prospective Students

Rankings & Distinctions

Overall

• For two years in a row, SDSU has been ranked the No. 1 most productive research university, among schools with 14 or fewer Ph.D. programs based on the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index. --Academic Analytics, 2007

• SDSU has been ranked the No. 1 most productive research university, among schools with 14 or fewer Ph.D. programs based the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index.

• SDSU ranks number 130 nationwide and is in the top 5% of universities in the U.S.A., according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), which has been published by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

• SDSU is the largest university in San Diego and the fifth largest in California.

• Of the university’s more than 200,000 alumni, 160,000 live in California, including 101,000 alumni in San Diego County.  One in seven adults in San Diego who holds a degree attended SDSU. 

Academic Programs

• SDSU’s undergraduate international business program ranks No. 15 in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s "America’s Best-Colleges 2008 Guide."

• SDSU was ranked No. 27 in entrepreneurship among best graduate programs in April 2007 by U.S. News & World Report

• San Diego State University’s joint-doctoral program in mathematics and science education was ranked No. 7 in the nation by the American Mathematical Society. --October 2007

• SDSU's joint doctoral program in computational sciences (with Claremont Graduate University) ranked No. 9 in the country in the 2006-07 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index rankings of best doctoral programs nationwide by Academic Analytics. --November 2007

• SDSU’s College of Education ranked No. 57 in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2006 rankings of best graduate schools.

• The joint doctoral program in clinical psychology (with UCSD) was named the best in the country in the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index rankings of best doctoral programs nationwide by Academic Analytics and released by The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2007.

• SDSU's joint doctoral program in teacher education (with Claremont Graduate University) ranked third in the country in the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index rankings compiled by Academic Analytics and released by The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2007.

• SDSU's joint doctoral program in language and communicative disorders (with UCSD) placed fourth on the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index rankings compiled by Academic Analytics and released by The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2007.

• SDSU's joint doctoral program in language and communicative disorders (with UCSD) was named No. 1 in the country in the 2006-07 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index rankings of best doctoral programs nationwide by Academic Analytics. --November 2007

• SDSU's international business MSBA program ranks No. 21 in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report’s "America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008 Guide."

• In 1970, SDSU founded the first women's studies program in the country.

International

• SDSU ranks No. 2 among universities of its type nationwide and No. 1 in California, for students studying abroad as part of their college experience. – Institute of International Education (IIE), May 2006.

• The International Business Program at SDSU is the largest undergraduate international business program in the country, serving 1,100 students annually.

• SDSU’s Language Acquisition Resource Center is one of nine sites selected by the U.S. Department of Education to serve as a National Language Resource Center.

• SDSU’s American Language Institute is one of the largest university-based English as a Second Language (ESL) learning program in the U.S.

• CIBER – the Center for Intl. Business and Educational Research – is one of 28 federally funded centers in the U.S.

• SDSU’s International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR) major is the first of its kind in California.

• SDSU ranks No. 22 in the nation for ethnic diversity – US News & World Report, August 2006

Research/Sciences

• SDSU ranks in the top 150 colleges and universities in research and development expenditures, according to the latest data available from the National Science Foundation (2005).

• SDSU faculty received nearly $110 million in grants and contracts for research and administering programs during fiscal year 2006/2007, the most of any California State University campus.  SDSU faculty members have received a total of more than $1 billion in external funding since 2000.

• SDSU has been designated a "Research University" with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation. Peers in this group include George Washington University, Syracuse University, Texas Tech University and the University of Oregon.

• SDSU’s MS in regulatory affairs – a key area of the biotech industry – is one of only two programs of its kind in the country and is considered the most comprehensive.

Community Service

• SDSU’s Coastal and Marine Institute, established in 1991, is a powerful tool for SDSU scientists who are researching environmental problems up and down the coast of southern California.

• KPBS, owned and operated by SDSU, is rated among the top 10 public broadcasting stations in the U.S. For more information visit http://www.kpbs.org