A Review of San Diego State University in San Diego, California

San Diego State University in San Diego, California is part of the California State University System offering quality education at public school costs. San Diego, despite the recent battles with dry conditions leading to massive wild fire devastation in the area, is one of California's most attractive areas in which to live. The coastal location, the pleasant climate, the laid back life style combine to produce the good life for many full time residents and those who choose to call San Diego home during the the four when they attend San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

A Century in Which to Grow. San Diego State University ( or SDSU as it is called by many) is set in San Diego California and as a west coast city one might expect that it is a relative new comer to the world of higher education. Not so. In fact San Diego State University, San Diego, California has been in the business of educating area students since 1897, first as a normal school educating elementary school teachers and gradually as a fully accredited state university.

During more than a century, San Diego State University grew beyond the bounds of its original campus and experienced a definite explosion of undergraduates. Currently the student body is counted at more than 33,000 students making it one of the largest colleges in the San Diego area and in the state of California. Seen another way, San Diego State University is like a small city or very large town. Area statistics indicate that a good portion of the student population of San Diego State University continues to be, what it was in 1897, a home grown product. And many of those educated at San Diego State continue to reside in the area after graduation. The end result is that one out of 7 college graduates living in the area received their college degree at San Diego State University, San Diego, California .