California State University-Monterey Bay

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Cost & Tuition

In-State Tuition: $7,437

In-State Cost of Attendance: $26,017

Out-of-State Tuition: $19,317

Out-of-State Cost of Attendance: $37,897

Student Debt

Median total debt: $11,000

Students with federal loans: 31.4%

Students with Pell grants: 43.0%

Career Outcomes

All graduates median earnings:

After 1 year: $38,154

After 5 years: $58,786

Majors(27 programs)

  1. Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(282 graduates)
  2. Business Administration, Management and Operations.(262 graduates)
  3. Psychology, General.(242 graduates)
  4. Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(185 graduates)
  5. Computer Science.(173 graduates)
  6. Human Services, General.(143 graduates)
  7. Biology, General.(99 graduates)
  8. Social Sciences, General.(84 graduates)
  9. Natural Resources Conservation and Research.(72 graduates)
  10. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.(68 graduates)
  11. Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.(63 graduates)
  12. Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.(59 graduates)
  13. Marine Sciences.(57 graduates)
  14. Design and Applied Arts.(47 graduates)
  15. Mathematics.(34 graduates)
  16. Fine and Studio Arts.(27 graduates)
  17. International/Global Studies.(25 graduates)
  18. Hospitality Administration/Management.(22 graduates)
  19. Music.(20 graduates)
  20. Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(19 graduates)
  21. East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(11 graduates)
  22. Computer and Information Sciences, General.(4 graduates)
  23. Statistics.(1 graduates)
  24. Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
  25. Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.
  26. Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
  27. International Relations and National Security Studies.

Institution Details

Undergraduate Enrollment: 5,811 students

Admission Rate: 94.8%

Retention Rate: 79.1%

Graduation Rate: 63.2%

Student Demographics

White (26.8%)
Hispanic (53.9%)
Black (2.6%)
Asian (6.1%)
Two or More (5.5%)
International (2.0%)

Gender Distribution

Men (40.5%)
Women (59.5%)

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