California State University - Monterey Bay Overview

California State University - Monterey Bay is a public institution located in Seaside, California. The suburban atmosphere of Seaside makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is California State University - Monterey Bay Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at CSUMB 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 master's degree is the highest award offered at CSUMB.
• In <nil>, 47% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, CSUMB bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $54,470 a year. That's about 34% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is California State University - Monterey Bay?

Contact details for CSUMB are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA 93955-8001
Phone:	831-582-3000
Website:	csumb.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/CSUMB
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/csumb

How Do I Get Into CSUMB?

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

Admission Requirements for CSUMB

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 CSUMB?

CSUMB has the high acceptance rate of 93%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Can I Afford California State University - Monterey Bay?

The overall average net price of CSUMB is $26,212. 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 CSUMB, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $4,114 a year. That adds up to $16,456 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSUMB is 1.7%. 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 - Monterey Bay Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,692 undergraduate students at CSUMB, with 5,848 being full-time and 844 being part-time.

There are also 811 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,848 full-time undergraduates at CSUMB, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California State University - Monterey Bay students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	357
Black or African American	160
Hispanic or Latino	3,044
White	1,446
International Students	301
Other Races/Ethnicities	540

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University - Monterey Bay. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 56 countries are represented at CSUMB. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and Germany.

Online Learning at California State University - Monterey Bay

In 2020-2021, 6,310 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 37th 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 CSUMB

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California State University - Monterey Bay was 435.3%. This is the #185 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CSUMB 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
• Image Credit: By DirectorG at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.