by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
California State University - Sacramento was awarded 425 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Sac State is ranked #249 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Sac State held the #360 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Sac State is also ranked #39 out of 168 schools in California.
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With an acceptance rate of 94%, Sac State has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At California State University - Sacramento, this rate is 25 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at California State University - Sacramento is 48%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
California State University - Sacramento has a freshmen retention rate of 81%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 12% for first-time, full-time students at Sac State, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 29,296 undergraduates at Sac State with 24,068 being full-time and 5,228 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,163 | $9,055 | $12,602 | $16,925 | $20,499 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Sac State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Sac State, approximately 18% of students took out student loans averaging $4,818 a year. That adds up to $19,272 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Sac State is 3.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Sac State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819-2694 |
| Phone: | 916-278-6011 |
| Website: | https://www.csus.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/sacstate |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/sacstate |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 983 | $43,709 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 489 | $33,592 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 488 | $36,922 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 477 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 300 | $28,931 |
| Sociology | 286 | $30,888 |
| General Biology | 265 | $34,796 |
| Computer Science | 260 | $62,510 |
| Nursing | 255 | $105,852 |
| Social Work | 210 | $33,548 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 30,569 students took at least one online class at California State University - Sacramento. This is a decrease from the 31,745 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 30,569 | 13,693 |
| 2019-2020 | 31,745 | 25,082 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,819 | 590 |
| 2017-2018 | 13,233 | 578 |
| 2016-2017 | 11,659 | 286 |
Learn more about online learning at California State University - Sacramento.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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