Humboldt State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Humboldt State University is the northernmost campus of the California State University system. It was founded on June 16, 1913 by the then-California Governor Hiram Johnson. HSU is located in Arcata within Humboldt County, California. The university offers more than 45 undergraduate majors and over 80 minors. It is organized into the following academic units:

• College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
• College of Natural Resources & Sciences
• College of Professional Studies

Humboldt State has an active Greek system. It includes the national fraternity Chi Phi and the national sorority Delta Phi Epsilon. The campus is home to several student clubs and organizations as well. Its sports teams are nicknamed the Lumberjacks.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, art studies, liberal arts, science, music, and drama and performing arts.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 7,800 in 2009-2010 (7,212 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 89% of enrolled students and graduate students are 11%.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Humboldt State provides on-campus housing for 1,653 of its 7,212 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Great Northwest Athletic Conference), basketball (California Collegiate Athletic Association), baseball (), and track (California Collegiate Athletic Association).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 75 male students received the aid (men were 46% of those receiving aid) and 89 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 54% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Humboldt State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (69 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (85 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (11 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (187 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
• Forestry
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Natural Resources/Conservation
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (24 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (20 awarded)

• Education
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (24 awarded)

• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (70 awarded)

• Social Work

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (7 awarded)

• Range Science and Management

LIBERAL ARTS (458 awarded)

• American Indian/Native American Studies
• Anthropology
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (15 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (39 awarded)

• Journalism

MUSIC (27 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (51 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (42 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (21 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (140 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (94 awarded)

• Psychology