California State University - Chico Business Programs

Located in Chico, California, California State University - Chico is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

California State University - Chico Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Chico State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#15	Most Popular Agricultural Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/californiastateuniversitychico
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/chicostate

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	required
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Chico State?

Chico State has the high acceptance rate of 90%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

About 90% of students accepted to Chico State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 580.

Chico State received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

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 43% of students took out student loans averaging $5,619 a year. That adds up to $22,476 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Chico State is 4.0%. 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 15,747 undergraduate students at Chico State, with 14,228 being full-time and 1,519 being part-time.

There are also 999 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,228 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	781
Black or African American	401
Hispanic or Latino	5,164
White	6,117
International Students	350
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,415

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 2019-2020, 16,733 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.

Online Affordability Rankings of Chico State Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at California State University - Chico was $7,864 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $19,744. The following table shows how Chico State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business Administration & Management	#55	#169

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 #113 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Chico State regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Chico State ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Chico State.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#28
Business Administration & Management	#37

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%.

California State University - Chico Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	661	22	683
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	86	0	86
General Economics	30	0	30
Agricultural Business	0	0	0
TOTAL	777	22	799

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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