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Cal State Channel Islands

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Camarillo, CA
Population 1,500,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,230
Men / Women 34% / 66%
Hispanic 57%
White 23%
Asian 6%
Mixed 4%
Black 3%
International 1%
Native American 0%
From State 99%
From Region 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 46%
Business & Economics 17%
Health Sciences 14%
Life & Natural Sciences 7%
Arts 4%
Computer Science 4%
Education 4%
Physical Sciences & Math 4%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,159
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $19,759
Est. In-State Cost $9,261
Est. Out-of-State Cost $25,560
10-Year ROI $210,000
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 72%
4-Year Graduation Rate 30%
6-Year Graduation Rate 51%
Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Weather

Comfortable Days 195 (99% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,120 (92% β˜€οΈ)
Days Without Precipitation 322 (96% πŸ–οΈ)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 80%
Yield (Unbound) 6%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $1M #354
Life & Natural Sciences $2M #404
Humanities & Social Sciences $0M #415

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy blind

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and βˆ’1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

β‡… Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
California State University Channel Islands 1,663 36% / 64% 1% $60,173 92%
Engineering 6 β€” 100% / 0% 0% $96,880 98 β€”
Computer Science 45 +1 89% / 11% 2% $119,989 99 90%
Information Technology 15 β€” 93% / 7% 0% $92,421 97 96%
Chemistry 22 +1 55% / 45% 0% $57,328 71 97%
Mathematics 28 β€” 71% / 29% 0% $69,215 85 100%
Physics 11 β€” 82% / 18% 0% $65,894 82 β€”
Biology 79 +5 35% / 65% 0% $69,162 85 97%
Environmental Science 37 β€” 38% / 62% 0% $46,310 45 90%
Health Science 173 +3 24% / 76% 0% $57,228 70 100%
Nursing 68 +2 19% / 81% 0% $111,071 99 99%
Business Administration 270 +1 56% / 44% 1% $66,220 83 90%
Economics 14 +1 71% / 29% 0% $56,069 68 91%
Anthropology 15 β€” 27% / 73% 0% $55,660 68 94%
Chicanx Studies 7 +3 57% / 43% 0% $51,739 60 β€”
Communication 78 β€” 44% / 56% 0% $56,106 68 90%
English 54 β€” 22% / 78% 0% $44,572 40 88%
Global Studies 8 +1 38% / 62% 25% $58,735 73 β€”
History 39 +1 69% / 31% 0% $53,872 64 90%
Liberal Studies 90 β€” 13% / 87% 0% $50,286 56 92%
Political Science 23 β€” 52% / 48% 0% $58,270 72 94%
Psychology 324 +6 22% / 78% 1% $49,948 55 91%
Sociology 107 +2 28% / 72% 0% $58,859 73 93%
Spanish 12 +3 25% / 75% 0% $50,479 57 94%
Education 70 +1 6% / 94% 0% $40,726 29 92%
Art 60 β€” 40% / 60% 0% $46,275 45 82%
Dance 1 β€” 0% / 100% 100% $42,776 35 β€”
Visual and Performing Arts 7 +2 43% / 57% 0% $44,140 39 90%