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Basic Information

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

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,459
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 96%
From Region 1%
Athletes 5.2%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 57%
White 25%
Asian 6%
Mixed 6%
Black 2%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 35.1% 35.1% 2012 Men: 34.7% 34.7% 2013 Men: 34.7% 34.7% 2014 Men: 35.2% 35.2% 2015 Men: 33.0% 33.0% 2016 Men: 34.4% 34.4% 2017 Men: 30.8% 30.8% 2018 Men: 36.6% 36.6% 2019 Men: 37.2% 37.2% 2020 Men: 35.0% 35.0% 2021 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2022 Men: 40.0% 40.0% 2023 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2024 Men: 37.7% 37.7%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2012 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2013 Native: 2.3% 2.3% 2014 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2015 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2011 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2012 Asian: 4.9% 4.9% 2013 Asian: 5.7% 5.7% 2014 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2015 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2016 Asian: 3.5% 3.5% 2017 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2018 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2019 Asian: 5.5% 5.5% 2020 Asian: 6.6% 6.6% 2021 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2022 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2023 Asian: 4.9% 4.9% 2024 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2011 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2012 Black: 3.9% 3.9% 2013 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2014 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2015 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2016 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2017 Black: 8.5% 8.5% 2018 Black: 11.0% 11.0% 2019 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2020 Black: 8.6% 8.6% 2021 Black: 8.9% 8.9% 2022 Black: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2024 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2011 Hispanic: 28.9% 28.9% 2012 Hispanic: 30.2% 30.2% 2013 Hispanic: 29.8% 29.8% 2014 Hispanic: 28.8% 28.8% 2015 Hispanic: 30.4% 30.4% 2016 Hispanic: 40.1% 40.1% 2017 Hispanic: 39.6% 39.6% 2018 Hispanic: 42.0% 42.0% 2019 Hispanic: 44.0% 44.0% 2020 Hispanic: 45.2% 45.2% 2021 Hispanic: 43.5% 43.5% 2022 Hispanic: 57.1% 57.1% 2023 Hispanic: 48.7% 48.7% 2024 Hispanic: 49.6% 49.6% 2011 White: 51.9% 51.9% 2012 White: 49.0% 49.0% 2013 White: 47.4% 47.4% 2014 White: 49.3% 49.3% 2015 White: 46.1% 46.1% 2016 White: 39.4% 39.4% 2017 White: 35.8% 35.8% 2018 White: 29.9% 29.9% 2019 White: 26.9% 26.9% 2020 White: 28.2% 28.2% 2021 White: 26.4% 26.4% 2022 White: 20.2% 20.2% 2023 White: 27.3% 27.3% 2024 White: 24.7% 24.7% 2011 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2012 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 International: 3.4% 3.4% 2022 International: 3.8% 3.8% 2023 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2024 International: 2.9% 2.9%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2021 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2022 Asian: 6.2% 6.2% 2023 Asian: 6.0% 6.0% 2024 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2025 Asian: 5.7% 5.7% 2020 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2021 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2022 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2025 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2020 Hispanic: 50.1% 50.1% 2021 Hispanic: 52.5% 52.5% 2022 Hispanic: 52.6% 52.6% 2023 Hispanic: 54.7% 54.7% 2024 Hispanic: 55.0% 55.0% 2025 Hispanic: 56.8% 56.8% 2020 White: 24.4% 24.4% 2021 White: 23.9% 23.9% 2022 White: 24.9% 24.9% 2023 White: 26.4% 26.4% 2024 White: 26.4% 26.4% 2025 White: 25.4% 25.4% 2020 International: 6.2% 6.2% 2021 International: 5.1% 5.1% 2022 International: 4.6% 4.6% 2023 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2024 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 International: 1.5% 1.5%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 696 28% / 72% 0% $47,709 46 94%
Environmental Studies 45 — 40% / 60% 0% $48,348 48 93%
Ethnic Studies 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $46,163 42 —
Global Studies 13 — 46% / 54% 0% $54,061 62 97%
Humanities and Communication 92 — 40% / 60% 1% $49,083 50 91%
Japanese 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $39,201 21 —
Liberal Studies 136 — 15% / 85% 0% $49,083 50 91%
Psychology 232 — 18% / 82% 0% $48,646 49 96%
Social Sciences 61 — 18% / 82% 2% $47,140 45 93%
Sociology 4 — 25% / 75% 0% — — —
Spanish 11 +1 45% / 55% 0% $35,019 12 100%
Cinematic Arts and Technology 41 — 66% / 34% 0% $41,832 29 92%
Collaborative Design 27 — 48% / 52% 0% $50,555 54 96%
Music 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $35,241 13 100%
Visual and Public Art 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $38,806 20 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 271 54% / 46% 3% $64,151 79 95%
Business Administration 255 — 56% / 44% 3% $65,095 80 95%
Hospitality Management 16 — 25% / 75% 12% $49,116 50 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences and Human Services 298 25% / 75% 1% $68,828 84 97%
Kinesiology 106 — 43% / 57% 0% $53,140 60 95%
Nursing 78 — 14% / 86% 4% $118,644 99 100%
Human Development and Family Studies 39 — 18% / 82% 0% $44,950 38 100%
Human Services 75 — 15% / 85% 0% $51,610 57 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 507 60% / 40% 5% $59,153 72 97%
Computer Science 216 +1 82% / 18% 11% $77,683 90 100%
Marine Sciences 106 — 45% / 55% 2% $41,069 26 94%
Mathematics 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $57,817 70 95%
Statistics 7 — 86% / 14% 0% $70,825 85 —
Biology 93 +1 29% / 71% 0% $40,891 26 94%
Environmental Science 33 — 33% / 67% 0% $48,348 48 93%
Sustainable Agribusiness 43 — 60% / 40% 2% $56,826 68 —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,173
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,680
Est. In-State Cost $10,573
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,045
ROI Percentile 68th

Retention & Graduation

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

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 37.8% 37.8% 2012 Graduated: 36.8% 36.8% 2013 Graduated: 38.3% 38.3% 2014 Graduated: 45.3% 45.3% 2015 Graduated: 53.4% 53.4% 2016 Graduated: 54.8% 54.8% 2017 Graduated: 60.2% 60.2% 2018 Graduated: 60.4% 60.4% 2019 Graduated: 63.1% 63.1% 2020 Graduated: 60.5% 60.5% 2021 Graduated: 60.2% 60.2% 2022 Graduated: 61.5% 61.5% 2023 Graduated: 63.2% 63.2% 2024 Graduated: 59.1% 59.1%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 36.1% 36.1% 2012 Men: 36.5% 36.5% 2013 Men: 35.1% 35.1% 2014 Men: 41.9% 41.9% 2015 Men: 51.3% 51.3% 2016 Men: 48.8% 48.8% 2017 Men: 55.7% 55.7% 2018 Men: 57.4% 57.4% 2019 Men: 60.7% 60.7% 2020 Men: 58.9% 58.9% 2021 Men: 54.9% 54.9% 2022 Men: 55.6% 55.6% 2023 Men: 58.8% 58.8% 2024 Men: 49.4% 49.4% 2011 Women: 39.0% 39.0% 2012 Women: 37.0% 37.0% 2013 Women: 40.6% 40.6% 2014 Women: 47.3% 47.3% 2015 Women: 54.6% 54.6% 2016 Women: 58.1% 58.1% 2017 Women: 62.5% 62.5% 2018 Women: 62.1% 62.1% 2019 Women: 64.5% 64.5% 2020 Women: 61.3% 61.3% 2021 Women: 62.7% 62.7% 2022 Women: 64.5% 64.5% 2023 Women: 65.2% 65.2% 2024 Women: 64.6% 64.6%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 40.7% 40.7% 2012 Asian: 44.0% 44.0% 2013 Asian: 42.9% 42.9% 2014 Asian: 60.4% 60.4% 2015 Asian: 38.7% 38.7% 2016 Asian: 69.0% 69.0% 2017 Asian: 68.6% 68.6% 2018 Asian: 80.0% 80.0% 2019 Asian: 74.5% 74.5% 2020 Asian: 72.1% 72.1% 2021 Asian: 70.0% 70.0% 2022 Asian: 60.0% 60.0% 2023 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2024 Asian: 70.0% 70.0% 2011 Black: 47.4% 47.4% 2012 Black: 15.0% 15.0% 2013 Black: 31.0% 31.0% 2014 Black: 55.8% 55.8% 2015 Black: 52.5% 52.5% 2016 Black: 54.8% 54.8% 2017 Black: 52.7% 52.7% 2018 Black: 45.5% 45.5% 2019 Black: 46.8% 46.8% 2020 Black: 52.3% 52.3% 2021 Black: 46.2% 46.2% 2022 Black: 63.9% 63.9% 2023 Black: 64.7% 64.7% 2024 Black: 52.8% 52.8% 2011 Hispanic: 39.1% 39.1% 2012 Hispanic: 34.2% 34.2% 2013 Hispanic: 40.2% 40.2% 2014 Hispanic: 43.2% 43.2% 2015 Hispanic: 55.1% 55.1% 2016 Hispanic: 53.9% 53.9% 2017 Hispanic: 60.1% 60.1% 2018 Hispanic: 59.5% 59.5% 2019 Hispanic: 63.9% 63.9% 2020 Hispanic: 62.2% 62.2% 2021 Hispanic: 59.9% 59.9% 2022 Hispanic: 65.1% 65.1% 2023 Hispanic: 64.1% 64.1% 2024 Hispanic: 60.3% 60.3% 2011 White: 38.9% 38.9% 2012 White: 40.1% 40.1% 2013 White: 36.8% 36.8% 2014 White: 46.3% 46.3% 2015 White: 53.6% 53.6% 2016 White: 53.1% 53.1% 2017 White: 62.3% 62.3% 2018 White: 66.2% 66.2% 2019 White: 67.2% 67.2% 2020 White: 58.4% 58.4% 2021 White: 62.1% 62.1% 2022 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2023 White: 65.5% 65.5% 2024 White: 57.1% 57.1%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 38.0% 673 22% / 78% 0% $48,556 49 94%
Business & Economics 15.3% 271 54% / 46% 3% $64,152 79 95%
Computer Science 12.2% 216 82% / 18% 11% $77,683 90 100%
Health Sciences 10.4% 184 31% / 69% 2% $80,908 92 97%
Physical Sciences & Math 6.9% 122 50% / 50% 2% $44,012 35 94%
Agriculture & Food Science 6.8% 121 45% / 55% 1% $51,361 56 93%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.2% 93 29% / 71% 0% $40,891 26 94%
Arts 5.2% 92 55% / 45% 0% $43,254 33 95%

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $4.3M #227 50% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $2.9M #109 32% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $1.9M #195 59% $0.0M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $1.8M #269 79% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.5M #380 22% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.0M #410 0% $0 — — — —
Education $0.0M #412 69% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $11.4M #296 50% $0.0M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

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

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 82% 82% 82%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 52.3% 52.3% 2012 Acceptance: 47.0% 47.0% 2013 Acceptance: 44.4% 44.4% 2014 Acceptance: 69.4% 69.4% 2015 Acceptance: 48.7% 48.7% 2016 Acceptance: 35.2% 35.2% 2017 Acceptance: 53.2% 53.2% 2018 Acceptance: 58.5% 58.5% 2019 Acceptance: 75.3% 75.3% 2020 Acceptance: 85.6% 85.6% 2021 Acceptance: 92.8% 92.8% 2022 Acceptance: 92.4% 92.4% 2023 Acceptance: 94.8% 94.8% 2024 Acceptance: 97.4% 97.4% 2011 Yield: 15.5% 15.5% 2012 Yield: 16.0% 16.0% 2013 Yield: 16.2% 16.2% 2014 Yield: 12.8% 12.8% 2015 Yield: 13.9% 13.9% 2016 Yield: 14.0% 14.0% 2017 Yield: 13.3% 13.3% 2018 Yield: 13.8% 13.8% 2019 Yield: 11.3% 11.3% 2020 Yield: 9.0% 9.0% 2021 Yield: 8.4% 8.4% 2022 Yield: 7.8% 7.8% 2023 Yield: 8.4% 8.4% 2024 Yield: 9.8% 9.8%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 10,263 10,263 2012 Applicants: 11,607 11,607 2013 Applicants: 12,562 12,562 2014 Applicants: 14,684 14,684 2015 Applicants: 15,561 15,561 2016 Applicants: 16,258 16,258 2017 Applicants: 13,112 13,112 2018 Applicants: 12,423 12,423 2019 Applicants: 12,327 12,327 2020 Applicants: 11,461 11,461 2021 Applicants: 10,026 10,026 2022 Applicants: 12,568 12,568 2023 Applicants: 11,769 11,769 2024 Applicants: 14,933 14,933 2011 Admitted: 5,364 5,364 2012 Admitted: 5,455 5,455 2013 Admitted: 5,577 5,577 2014 Admitted: 10,185 10,185 2015 Admitted: 7,576 7,576 2016 Admitted: 5,729 5,729 2017 Admitted: 6,976 6,976 2018 Admitted: 7,270 7,270 2019 Admitted: 9,280 9,280 2020 Admitted: 9,813 9,813 2021 Admitted: 9,305 9,305 2022 Admitted: 11,611 11,611 2023 Admitted: 11,160 11,160 2024 Admitted: 14,545 14,545 2011 Enrolled: 829 829 2012 Enrolled: 873 873 2013 Enrolled: 902 902 2014 Enrolled: 1,305 1,305 2015 Enrolled: 1,052 1,052 2016 Enrolled: 802 802 2017 Enrolled: 926 926 2018 Enrolled: 1,000 1,000 2019 Enrolled: 1,046 1,046 2020 Enrolled: 879 879 2021 Enrolled: 779 779 2022 Enrolled: 904 904 2023 Enrolled: 943 943 2024 Enrolled: 1,419 1,419

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 840 840 2012 25th: 860 860 2013 25th: 860 860 2017 25th: 970 970 2018 25th: 960 960 2019 25th: 955 955 2020 25th: 960 960 2011 75th: 1080 1080 2012 75th: 1100 1100 2013 75th: 1080 1080 2017 75th: 1170 1170 2018 75th: 1160 1160 2019 75th: 1170 1170 2020 75th: 1160 1160

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 420 420 2012 25th: 430 430 2013 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 480 480 2018 25th: 480 480 2019 25th: 470 470 2020 25th: 480 480 2011 75th: 540 540 2012 75th: 550 550 2013 75th: 540 540 2017 75th: 580 580 2018 75th: 570 570 2019 75th: 570 570 2020 75th: 570 570

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 420 420 2012 25th: 430 430 2013 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 490 490 2018 25th: 480 480 2019 25th: 485 485 2020 25th: 480 480 2011 75th: 540 540 2012 75th: 550 550 2013 75th: 540 540 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 590 590 2019 75th: 600 600 2020 75th: 590 590

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.