Mathematics at California State University - San Marcos

Every mathematics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the math 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. In 2021, 21 math majors received their bachelor's degree from CSUSM.

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

CSUSM Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Master’s Degree in Math

CSUSM Mathematics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks math programs across the country. The following shows how CSUSM performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at CSUSM 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
Most Focused Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools	194
Most Popular Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools	194
Most Popular Mathematics Schools	326

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in math from CSUSM. This makes it the #194 most popular school for math master’s degree candidates in the country.

Math Student Demographics at CSUSM

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

CSUSM Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at CSUSM since its program graduates 18% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 - San Marcos with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

CSUSM Mathematics Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in math from CSUSM. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

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 math.

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

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

Related Majors

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 - San Marcos.

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 Eamuscatuli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.