Mathematics at California State University - Monterey Bay

If you plan to study mathematics, take a look at what California State University - Monterey Bay has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and has a total student population of 7,409. Of the 1,805 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - Monterey Bay in 2021, 22 of them were mathematics majors.

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

CSUMB Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

CSUMB Mathematics Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at CSUMB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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
Best Mathematics Schools	239
Most Focused Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	367

How Much Do Math Graduates from CSUMB Make?

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUMB is $37,318. This is less than $43,164, which is the national average of all math majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Math Student Demographics at CSUMB

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

CSUMB Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students earned a bachelor's degree in math from CSUMB. About 68% of these graduates were women and the other 32% were men. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at CSUMB since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Statistics

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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.