Environmental Science at California State University - Monterey Bay

If you are interested in studying environmental science, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Monterey Bay. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and approximately 7,409 students attend the school each year.

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

CSUMB Environmental Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

CSUMB Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at CSUMB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental 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.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at CSUMB

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

CSUMB Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUMB since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioenvironmental sciences 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

CSUMB Environmental Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of bioenvironmental sciences master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Of the students who received a bioenvironmental sciences master's degree from CSUMB, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the bioenvironmental sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 14% better 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 master's in bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Environmental Studies

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840

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.