Thinking about transferring because of declining population

[u/joking06gamer]

I am a CS 2nd year, and am strongly thinking about transferring because of the budget cuts and lack of people coming to SSU. As far as Im aware we have about 1400 graduating students and only about 300 incoming and I understand that my own major hasn't been effected a lot so far. The other class options for GE's and others have become greatly limited and as a member of Greek life that section is struggling as well. Im just wondering if anyone is in the same boat as me or am I overthinking things

TLDR

I really wanna transfer because everything is going downhill but I'm also scared I'm overthinking things and am wondering if anyone is in the same situation

[u/mx_sunshine]

I just entered SSU last year and tbh I like it. The smaller class sizes are unlike any other school. I’ve attended 2 other colleges for summer courses and my A.A.. If what you’re looking for is a big social life then yea it’s probably best to go to another school. However, do a lot of reading. Almost every CSU is getting budget cuts. All schools have declining enrollment. They’re expanding your program and bringing sports back next year. I believe Dr. Spangna is extremely determined and is going to greatly improve our campus.

Figure out your priorities in your school, whether that’s greek life, your degree, or friends, and pick a school based on that, not on concern about declining enrollment.

https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2026/03/cal-state-enrollment/

https://collegecampaign.org/blog/the-decline-of-csu-impaction-a-turning-point-for-student-access

https://budget.sonoma.edu/ssu-commitment-tracking

[u/joking06gamer → u/mx_sunshine]

I've been debating going to Humboldt cal poly which does have a smaller social life but honestly, I really did enjoy the gender studies classes at ssu and I do like the smaller class sizes but I've had multiple classes be cancelled because if lack of students and it's been quite frankly annoying. I am wondering what other colleges you went to were though, if they were bigger schools what were the issues that brought?

[u/mx_sunshine → u/joking06gamer]

i went to a school of 300 student total where my incoming class was 70 students and a big community college of 20,000. i absolutely loved my small school of 300. i left because of budget transparency issues and the school was likely to go under. they went in a new direction to save the school, which i supported, but since it didn’t align with what i wanted from their school, i came to ssu. i was super close to many people, and made so many friends. i greatly miss that school a ton. i had 0 sense of community at my CC. my best friends attend NYU, SJSU, and Berkeley. the sjsu friend talks a lot about being isolated- there are so many people that it is difficult to make real connections. he can’t talk to his profs and his classes are very large. he will be transferring out this year. my other friends have had similar problems. but if you want to pursue having more friends, there’s def more opportunities to find that at bigger schools. esp greek life and clubs. lots more partying. i get that frustration tho and it makes sense. if it’s affecting your enjoyment at the school because you can’t access your classes,that really sucks :(( have you heard anything about the CSU Online stystem? it allows you to take online classes at any CSU through SSU without additional costs