<p>SDSU has an excellent accounting program, but to get any luck in getting into BIG 4, you will need to become a member of Beta Alpha Psi. The problem is Big 4 is mostly LA based, and they recruit more heavily from the local schools and University of San Diego. </p>
<p>For northern California, Cal Poly SLO is one of the most heavily recruited school for accounting by the Big 4. In fact, both KPMG and EY has designated Cal Poly as a targeted school, and is the only CSU to receive that designation. </p>
<p>San Jose State is also a great school with a good program, and is smack in the middle of Silicon Valley and a lot of firms. However, it does fall behind Cal Poly in terms of recruitment for Big 4 from the NorCal area.</p>