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California State University, Fresno is a public comprehensive university and part of the 23 campus California State University system. It is located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, approximately 58 miles from the entrance to Yosemite National Park. The university has a total enrollment of 23,060 students including undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students.
The university offers Bachelor's degrees in 60 areas of study, 45 Master's degrees, 3 Doctoral degrees, 12 certificates of advanced study, and 2 different teaching credentials.
The campus sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the San Joaquin Valley. The city of Fresno is the fifth largest city in California. The university is within an hour's drive of many mountain and lake resorts and within a three-hour drive of both Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The university's unique facilities include on-campus raisin and wine grape vineyards and a commercial winery, where student-made wines have won over 300 awards since 1997. Members of Fresno State's nationally ranked Top 10 Equestrian Team have the option of housing their horses on campus, next to indoor and outdoor arenas. Fresno State has a Student Recreation Center and one of the biggest libraries, in terms of size and volumes, in the California State University system.
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