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California State University, Monterey Bay

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Seaside, CA
Population 250,000
Website http://www.csumb.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,811
Men / Women 41% / 59%
Hispanic 55%
White 25%
Asian 7%
Mixed 5%
Black 2%
International 1%
Native American 0%
From State 96%
From Region 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 42%
Business & Economics 14%
Computer Science 11%
Health Sciences 11%
Life & Natural Sciences 9%
Physical Sciences & Math 7%
Arts 5%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,779
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $20,379
Est. In-State Cost $10,063
Est. Out-of-State Cost $26,362
10-Year ROI $211,000
ROI Percentile 86th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 80%
4-Year Graduation Rate 39%
6-Year Graduation Rate 59%
Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Weather

Comfortable Days 195 (99% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,120 (92% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 322 (96% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 82%
Yield (Unbound) 10%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Life & Natural Sciences $9M #256
Engineering, Computing & Math $2M #273
Humanities & Social Sciences $0M #358

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 −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 746 29% / 71% 1% $53,311 94%
Environmental Studies 43 — 37% / 63% 5% $53,883 64 93%
Ethnic Studies 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,082 60 —
Global Studies 12 — 42% / 58% 17% $60,250 75 97%
Humanities and Communication 107 — 46% / 54% 0% $54,702 65 91%
Japanese 12 — 50% / 50% 8% $44,436 39 —
Liberal Studies 131 — 12% / 88% 0% $54,702 65 91%
Psychology 250 — 19% / 81% 0% $54,215 64 96%
Social Sciences 83 +2 33% / 67% 0% $52,537 61 93%
Spanish 12 — 42% / 58% 8% $39,028 24 100%
Cinematic Arts and Technology 32 — 66% / 34% 6% $46,621 46 92%
Collaborative Design 41 — 44% / 56% 0% $56,342 68 96%
Music 7 — 43% / 57% 14% $39,275 24 100%
Visual and Public Art 13 — 8% / 92% 8% $43,249 36 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 219 51% / 49% 2% $71,245 95%
Business Administration 203 — 52% / 48% 2% $72,547 88 95%
Hospitality Management 16 — 31% / 69% 0% $54,739 65 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences and Human Services 339 25% / 75% 1% $68,152 97%
Kinesiology 145 — 44% / 56% 0% $59,223 73 95%
Nursing 52 — 12% / 88% 4% $132,226 100 100%
Human Development and Family Studies 71 +2 11% / 89% 0% $50,096 55 100%
Human Services 71 — 11% / 89% 0% $57,518 70 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 473 57% / 43% 4% $65,624 97%
Computer Science 199 — 82% / 18% 10% $86,576 95 100%
Marine Sciences 99 — 38% / 62% 1% $45,771 43 94%
Mathematics 18 — 67% / 33% 0% $64,436 80 95%
Statistics 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $81,173 93 —
Biology 93 — 23% / 77% 0% $45,572 42 94%
Environmental Science 26 — 38% / 62% 0% $53,883 64 93%
Sustainable Agribusiness 32 — 62% / 38% 0% $62,319 78 —

Rankings

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