Academics
Seven colleges focused on subjects from agriculture and business to science and the arts. More than 300 undergraduate majors and minors, graduate degrees, and professional certifications.
Admissions
We’re regularly named among U.S. News & World Report’s Top Public Universities in the West. Our historic campus is within walking and biking distance of Chico’s charming, tree-lined downtown. Our graduates go on to become leaders in their careers and communities.
Cost and Aid
A Chico State education is more affordable than almost any other four-year college. And our students graduate with some of the lowest debt in the country—so you can focus on your future, not loan repayment plans.
Student Life
When you’re a Wildcat, you’ll get so much more from your time here than simply a degree. You’re going to learn about yourself, your community, and the things that inspire you to step forward. Student life at Chico State is all about being active and engaged—building skills and memories you’ll carry with you well after graduation.
Athletics

Academic Departments

The seven departments of the College of HFA are dedicated to the power of arts and ideas and the importance of imaginative and collaborative work.

Art and Art History
Dedicated to developing students’ critical thinking, creativity, visual literacy, technical skills, and knowledge about the history of art.
Comparative Religion & Humanities
Devoted to the scholarly interpretation of religion and the appreciation and analysis of cultural traditions.
English
In Chico State’s English Department, we make sense of language in its stunning diversity. We cultivate readers, writers, teachers, editors, researchers, thinkers, and problem-solvers.
History
The History Department is a community engaged in that most serious and intellectually rewarding of pursuits, the study of the past, the living past, that continues to shape our present and our future.
Languages and Cultures
Majoring in a language means studying the language and culture of the people and places where the language is spoken.
Music, Theatre and Dance
Providing student with opportunities to excel through disciplined study and practice in high-quality facilities, classes, performance ensembles and productions.
Philosophy
The great virtue of philosophy is that it teaches not what to think, but how to think. Because of this, a philosophical education is a valuable foundation for just about any career and just about any sort of life.

Art and Art History