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San Diego State University is a public research university located in San Diego, California, United States. Founded as San Diego State Normal School in 1897, the university today is colloquially known as SDSU and the mascot is the Aztec Warrior, or the Aztec for short. In 1923, the school changed its name to "San Diego State Teachers College" and was controlled by the Board of Education, up until 1974 when the formal name San Diego State University was adopted. Today it is the primary educator of the San Diego, with 60% of graduates remaining in the region.

SDSU is organized into eight undergraduate and several graduate and professional schools. The university's research expenditures top nearly $200 million annually. SDSU is the only research university in the 23-member CSU system, and its research organization is the largest auxiliary program in the CSU. Furthermore, the university just surpassed $400 million in its comprehensive fundraising campaign efforts - the most money raised in the schools history, and the most at any CSU campus. In its 2013 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the university's undergraduate business program 86th among national universities, while ranking the graduate program 87th among national universities. SDSU is a top producer of Fulbright Scholars, with more than 40 receiving scholarships since 2005. QS World University Rankings ranks SDSU's business program 80th best in North America. The university has adopted the mission to "provide well-balanced, high quality education for undergradua te and graduate students and to contribute to knowledge and the solution of problems through excellence and distinction in teaching, research, and service."