Computer Science at California State University - San Marcos

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the compsci program at California State University - San Marcos stacks up to those at other schools.

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and approximately 16,367 students attend the school each year.

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.

CSUSM Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci

CSUSM Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at CSUSM 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.

CompSci Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	50
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

CSUSM Computer Science Master’s Program

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

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer Science

The following compsci concentations are available at California State University - San Marcos. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State University - San Marcos. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	217

Related Majors

• Information Technology

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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.