Sonoma State University

For the academic year 2024-25, Sonoma State University housing rate vary as per the accommodation type and room type. The housing prices are given below:

For First-Year Freshmen Students

For Graduate Students

Sonoma State University is 1 hour north of San Francisco, California, USA. With tradition of promoting intellectual and personal growth, technological proficiency and leadership opportunities, SSU offers friendly, safe and informal atmosphere in beautiful campus setting. Many classes at the university have on average less than 40 students, allowing close interaction between students and faculty.

The top 5 majors at Sonoma State University are:  

• Business Administration
• Biology
• Psychology
• Kinesiology
• Nursing

Besides the above-given majors, some of the other popular majors of the university are:

• Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Education
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• General Studies & Humanities
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Visual and Performing Arts

Sonoma State University is regularly named a ‘best regional university’ by one of the top-ranking publishers. It has also been named one of the ‘most wired’ campuses in the nation by Princeton Review. Furthermore, SSU is the only California University that is invited to be a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, a prestigious group of 25 universities and colleges across the US committed to providing a superior Liberal Arts and Sciences education to their students.

Sonoma State University campus size is 269 acres. The university is located in Rohnert Park at the foot of the Sonoma Mountains. The university is known to have a mid-size campus with over 5,500 students. The female student population is higher than the male student population at SSU, with 62% and 38% respectively. The university is located 50 miles north of San Francisco, off Highway 101, adjacent to the communities of Rohnert Park and Cotati.