California State University - Dominguez Hills Overview

California State University - Dominguez Hills is a public institution situated in Carson, California. The city atmosphere of Carson makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is California State University - Dominguez Hills Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at CSUDH is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at CSUDH.
• For the <nil> academic year, 44% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from CSUDH with a bachelor's degree make about $49,934 a year. That's 22% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is California State University - Dominguez Hills?

Contact details for CSUDH are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 E Victoria St, Carson, CA 90747-0005
Phone:	310-243-3696
Website:	www.csudh.edu

How Do I Get Into CSUDH?

You can apply to CSUDH online at: https://www.calstate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for CSUDH

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into CSUDH?

CSUDH has the high acceptance rate of 90%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 86%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Can I Afford California State University - Dominguez Hills?

The overall average net price of CSUDH is $27,132. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CSUDH, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $4,608 a year. That adds up to $18,432 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSUDH is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California State University - Dominguez Hills Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,238 undergraduate students at CSUDH, with 11,647 being full-time and 3,591 being part-time.

There are also 2,599 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,647 full-time undergraduates at CSUDH, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California State University - Dominguez Hills students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	739
Black or African American	1,208
Hispanic or Latino	8,057
White	535
International Students	559
Other Races/Ethnicities	549

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University - Dominguez Hills. At this time, 3 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at California State University - Dominguez Hills

In 2020-2021, 16,824 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CSUDH has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 34th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of CSUDH

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California State University - Dominguez Hills was 292.1%. This is the #225 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CSUDH regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.