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Computer Science at California State University - San Marcos

Computer Science at California State University - San Marcos

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

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and has a total student population of 16,367.

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 Computer Science
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science

CSUSM Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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.

Computer Science Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

14% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 86% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

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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

40% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

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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 computer science.

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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

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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