Computer Science at California State University - Monterey Bay

What traits are you looking for in a compsci school? To help you decide if California State University - Monterey Bay is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's compsci program.

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and approximately 7,409 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 170 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from CSUMB.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

CSUMB Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci

CSUMB Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the compsci progam at CSUMB compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The compsci major at CSUMB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Computer Science Schools	99

Earnings of CSUMB CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUMB is $59,412. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci students.

CompSci Student Demographics at CSUMB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at California State University - Monterey Bay.

CSUMB Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 170 compsci majors earned their bachelor's degree from CSUMB. Of these graduates, 85% were men and 15% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Monterey Bay with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	53
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

CSUMB also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Monterey Bay.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DirectorG at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.