San Diego State University Teaching Programs

San Diego State University is a public institution situated in San Diego, California. San Diego is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is San Diego State University?

Contact details for SDSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-0001
Phone:	619-594-5200
Website:	www.sdsu.edu

How Do I Get Into SDSU?

You can apply to SDSU online at: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for SDSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SDSU?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to SDSU. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 39%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 36%, and the acceptance rate for women is 41%.

Can I Afford San Diego State University?

The overall average net price of SDSU is $34,380. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 SDSU, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $6,608 a year. That adds up to $26,432 over four years for those students.

San Diego State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 31,321 undergraduate students at SDSU, with 27,810 being full-time and 3,511 being part-time.

There are also 5,163 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 27,810 full-time undergraduates at SDSU, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of San Diego State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3,729
Black or African American	1,155
Hispanic or Latino	9,158
White	9,607
International Students	1,376
Other Races/Ethnicities	2,785

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at San Diego State University. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 98 countries are represented at SDSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Kuwait.

Online Learning at San Diego State University

In 2022-2023, 20,812 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SDSU has changed over the last few years.

San Diego State University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Education	0	0	237	8	245
Early Childhood Education	142	12	21	0	175
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	172	0	172
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	84	0	84
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	0	25	25
Community College Education	0	0	0	11	11
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	8	0	0	8
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	0	7	0	0	7
Science Education	0	0	0	4	4
Multicultural Education	0	3	0	0	3
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries	0	3	0	0	3
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	0	0
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0	0
Music Education	0	0	0	0	0
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
Adult & Continuing Education	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	142	33	514	48	737

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

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