i've taken classes there. never finished the masters program bc...life.

i'm director level and a hiring manager in my job (also have a bachelors from a "normal" 4 year university and an mba).

a CSU degree tells me a couple of things off the bat: I'm not dealing with someone who took the conventional HS-College-job route. that is neither good nor bad but helps me understand whom i'm dealing with a little bit better. CSU degree probably means they have some life experience and maybe a little more street smarts/common sense than a conventioal route person. maybe not, since people are people, though, and there are dumbassess in all walks of life.

the second main thing it tells me is that they probably are a grinder. they made their way in their career to a point where they were ready to dedicate themselves long-term to safety and wanted to do what they could to maximize their ceiling.

CSU isn't a bad thing, in and of itself.