San Diego State University Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Blanca

My school is known for having diversity.

Anthony

SDSU I think is best known for being a place to get a pretty good educatition for a decent price.

DANIEL

Basketball team, Businesss and nursing program

Chloe

My school is best known for their sports as well as there greek like. Our school is very big on supporting each team that we have, and a lot of Alumn still come out to our games and show great support so our school spirit still thrives. Our greek life is also a huge factor on our campus, and more than half of the campus is involved with a greek org in one way or another.

Tawny

School spirt. This school has a proud group of students that attend and even when they are alumni they are still incredibly proud have graduated from this school. There are life long friendships that are made they have so much diversity that it is easy to be part of an incredible melting pot of people.

Jenna

San Diego State is known for a wide variety of assets, sports--we are quite proud of our basketball team--and excellence research opportunities. Some say SDSU is comporable to a UC due to its extensive research opportunities.

Jana

San Diego State Univeristy was best know, in the 80's, for it's football team, business department and reputation as a party school.

Carla

Research, Academic Excellence and Community Service.

Lauren

Sports, Academics, and social actitivities

Jessica

SDSU is known for being a party school; but it is very possible to study here as well without getting distracted. Best of both worlds!

mayra

While SDSU has an excellent Criminal Justice, they are well known for their location and beautiful campus in sunny southern California.

Caroline

This school is best known for it being a research school with great academics as well as a thriving social scene. We have an amazing basketball team. SDSU is also known for its connections within the San Diego Area that helps students get internships and jobs.

Conchita

We are known for studying abroad, our nursing program and sports.

Michiko

My school is mainly known for the sports teams as well as how much partying goes on at the fraternity houses.

Jennifer

SDSU Mens Basketball Team!

Jeff

In the past San Diego State was shunned for being a huge party school. Thankfully, now the school is much more regulated and our academics and sports teams have improved drastically as a result.

Raquel

I think our school is well known for its sports teams, like basketball for example.

Myranda

My school is best kmow for their teaching programs, interantional study program and study abroad program.

Ibinye

SDSU is known as one of the best party schools in San DIego(something I do not completely agree with). Sure, there are people who party from Thursday until Sunday, but there is also room for those who are there to learn about their chosen fields of study, network with people who could assist them with job searches and make lifelong friends.

Maricela

San Diego State University is best known for helping out programs like KPBS (minds that move the world). It is tha largest university in San Diego and the fifth largest in California. It has been ranked among the nation's best national universities according to U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2009 Guide. In 2008?2009 SDSU awarded 6,679 bachelor's degrees. For the 2006?2007 school year, SDSU ranked No. 16 for number of bachelor?s degrees conferred by a public university with an undergraduate population of 20,000 or more.

Alfredo

Our school is best known for its International Business Program. It is one of the best in the country.

Alexandra

My school is best known as a party school. It is listed by Playboy magazine as number three in the nation. The drug bust nearly two years ago did nothing to help out reputation.

Ashleigh

My school is best known for their athletics and amazing school spirit at each game. Also, the school is located in beautiful San Diego where many students wish to study. The campus is beautiful and near the beach. Because there are so many applicants each year, the university must turn away a majority of the applicants every year. Academics are extremely important here at SDSU and only those that demonstrate academic excellence generally get accepted, making this a fairly prestigious school.

Alyson

Unfortunately most people know San Diego State University for its partying and social life, but I think people should know our school has an academically sound and environmental friendly.

Samantha

My school is best known for being a party school.

Leonsio

San Diego State is best known for beign a great school in the department of International Business

Rachelle

The weather, being a progressively green campus, and accreditation in nursing and engineering.

Kayla

San Diego State is best known for its great social life.

Jing

International Business Major and Accounting

Laura

research

Allison

Socially this school is all about the greek system. Academically they are known for having a lot of variety and programs that some other schools don't offer.

Trisha

My school is best known for being a party school. I don't go to any of the parties, though. They also place emphais on being environment-friendly. It also have a great research facility. It also has one of the top study abroad programs.

Jacob

The quality of education, work ethic, and efficiency the school instills in its students.

Saman

Its a very nice campus I have a very good experience. Ia m a student with physical disabilty and I joined the student Disbility office at the campus and they are very helpfull also the EOP office is very helpfull too. All the profesoers are nice and knowlegable on what they are teching and dealing with. I encourge everyone who have the ability to go to that campus is to do so.

Samantha

It's known as a party school because it is a party school

Joshua

our research program and study abroad program is most likely what my school is known for besides our horrible football team haha

Esmeralda

Being the external campus to the main campus in San Diego.

Dionne

Parties

Myleen

My school is best known for it's small research.

Charles

Business Administration classes. It is a very social school and an easy place to make friends. Before I came to SDSU i did not know any one. I met friends quickly by living in the dorms for a year. Overall it is a good school, although I wish I talked to someone who went to college before me. I would have done some things differently.

Tiffany

It is known as a party school, but aside from that, SDSU is just a lot a fun in general. I have met some of the greatest friends I've ever known from living in the dorms.

Jonathan

It is likely best known for its party reputation.

Emily

Our school is an all around school.

Roberto

It is known as a party school but also known as the number one small research university.

Lauren

Our school is probably best known for it's great location and partying. Alot of people don't know that we are the #1 small research school in the country and also have one of the strongest business programs.

Cheryn

SDSU was known as a party school but also had a good biology department.

Erica

My school is known for small research

Sarah

Partying.

Nicole

The business and public relations programs are very renowned.

Adrian

Nursing