San Diego State University

San Diego State is a public university within the California State University system, admitting through the Cal State Apply portal alongside the other 21 CSU campuses. Its cost structure is set system-wide rather than locally: international students pay the USD 6,838 base tuition and campus fees plus a non-resident surcharge of USD 471 per semester unit, which at a normal 15-unit load comes to roughly USD 21,000 a year in tuition and fees before housing. SDSU is among the more selective CSU campuses and its programmes are impacted, meaning admission standards for popular majors run above the system minimum — a Kazakh applicant should establish the requirement for their intended major specifically rather than relying on university-wide figures.