by our College Data Analytics TeamAcademics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at California State University-San Marcos: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.
Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:
At 21 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at California State University-San Marcos is above the national average of 15 to 1. California State University-San Marcos employs 48% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.
For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.
California State University-San Marcos offers 46 majors with reported completions across 23 broad fields of study.
The degree levels available at California State University-San Marcos are shown below:
| Degree Level | Offered |
|---|---|
| Associate | — |
| Bachelor’s | ✓ |
| Master’s | ✓ |
| Doctorate | ✓ |
The most popular majors at California State University-San Marcos, measured by graduates, are listed below.
| Most Popular Majors | Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 587 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 325 |
| Psychology, General | 318 |
| Sociology | 254 |
| Computer Science | 216 |
For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors page.
As you weigh academic life at California State University-San Marcos, a few more questions are worth asking:
Use the pages below to go deeper on any academic topic: