Information Technology at California State University - San Marcos

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

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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

CSUSM Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at CSUSM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CSUSM offers distance education options for IT at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

CSUSM Information Technology Rankings

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.

IT Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 12 IT students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from CSUSM, about 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 20% better 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 master's in IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Computer Science

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer User Support Specialists	70,510	$66,350
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	36,900	$97,810

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.