California State University - Chico Overview

Located in Chico, California, California State University - Chico is a public institution. The location of Chico State is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is California State University - Chico Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Chico State is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at Chico State is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 56% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Chico State bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $61,010 a year. That's about 50% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is California State University - Chico?

Contact details for Chico State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	First And Normal Sts, Chico, CA 95929-0150
Phone:	530-898-6116
Website:	www.csuchico.edu

How Do I Get Into Chico State?

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

Admission Requirements for Chico State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Chico State?

Chico State has the high acceptance rate of 85%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Can I Afford California State University - Chico?

The overall average net price of Chico State is $27,084. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Chico State, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $5,037 a year. That adds up to $20,148 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Chico State is 2.2%. 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.

California State University - Chico Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,462 undergraduate students at Chico State, with 12,908 being full-time and 1,554 being part-time.

There are also 1,240 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,908 full-time undergraduates at Chico State, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California State University - Chico students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	733
Black or African American	344
Hispanic or Latino	4,767
White	5,520
International Students	327
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,217

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University - Chico. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 50 countries are represented at Chico State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and China.

Online Learning at California State University - Chico

In 2020-2021, 14,138 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 92nd most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Chico State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California State University - Chico was 673.9%. This is the #136 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Chico State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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 Daderot under License

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