Chico State
Choosing where to go to college is the first step to everything that comes next. Whether you’re following a familiar path or blazing your own, it all begins here: Your career. Your purpose. Your life. Since 1887, we’ve helped students lead the way from doing to daring. Now, it’s your turn.
What Will You Dare to Do?
You can go anywhere you want after studying at a University that offers nearly 400 undergraduate majors and minors, graduate degrees, and professional certifications. You’ll find Chico State alums in tech and communications, science and teaching, and everywhere in between. You have endless ways to own your today, making every tomorrow possible.
What Will You Dare to Do?
You can go anywhere you want after studying at a University that offers nearly 400 undergraduate majors and minors, graduate degrees, and professional certifications. You’ll find Chico State alums in tech and communications, science and teaching, and everywhere in between. You have endless ways to own your today, making every tomorrow possible.
I really was scared at first, but the faculty here showed me a lot of care and patience. Because of how they treated me, I now believe anyone is capable of learning.
- #7
Best Regional Public Universities —U.S. News
- 2015
Classified as a Hispanic-Serving Institution
- 48%
First-generation college students
You Belong Here
Equity, diversity, and inclusion is vital to Chico State. There’s room here for you to be YOU. Build community through one of our affinity centers or organizations.
Change Yourself. Change the World.
A funny thing happens once you find your passion: You’ll find ways to put it to work for the world around you. Whether that means changing your neighborhood or the planet, Chico State’s academic programs are forces for good.
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Our Rural California Nursing Preceptorships program helps rural communities fill crucial healthcare shortages. This one-of-a-kind program has placed more than 2,200 students in hospital settings.
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It may not be possible to prevent wildfire—but prescribed fires can help us live with it. That’s just one of the lessons University experts have learned at the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve.
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Healthy food, clean air, less pollution. For our Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems, it all starts with soil as students work to increase sustainability of farms and ranches.
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For parents whose children have been diagnosed with autism, finding support—and answers—is hard. Chico State’s Autism Clinic offers both. Students play a key role in supporting these families.
Doers Wanted
College is about finding where you fit. And with over 200+ student-run organizations, you’ll find a crew with passions just like yours. Want to compete nationally with the rugby club? Dance to K-pop? Or build a rocket? At Chico State, connecting over our interests—whether academic, social, cultural, or athletic—is a big part of our community.
Great Value. Within Reach.
It’s one thing to offer a transformative education. It’s another to make it affordable. Chico State does both. We equip our students to live out their most audacious dreams—without having to worry about the debt that often holds those dreams back.
for returns on investment among 2,000 US colleges
Combine Chico State’s affordability with the earnings power that comes with a degree, and you get big-time ROI.
Best Value School in the West by U.S. News & World Report
We're recognized among the nation’s colleges and universities for both affordability and quality—a deal that's hard to beat!
among US colleges on the Social Mobility Index
Chico State is for everybody. We’re a leader in ensuring that historically underserved students have access to the power of higher education.
