The main focus area for this major is Computer Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Computer Science is a major offered under the computer and information sciences program of study at California State University - San Marcos. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in compsci, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at CSUSM was ranked #228 on College Factual's Best Schools for compsci list. It is also ranked #27 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for CSUSM.
The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $1,981 | $1,981 |
Books and Supplies | $1,072 | $1,072 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,150 | $13,150 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,152 | $3,152 |
Learn more about CSUSM tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at CSUSM in CompSci walked away with an average of $20,000 in student debt. That is 13% lower than the national average of $22,937.
The median early career salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor’s degree from CSUSM is $63,855 per year. That is 4% lower than the national average of $66,348.
CSUSM does not offer an online option for its compsci bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the CSUSM Online Learning page.
Women made up around 12.4% of the compsci students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 20.6%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in compsci at CSUSM in 2019-2020, 51.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 40%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 25 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 45 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 58 |
International Students | 10 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 20 |
Computer Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Computer Science | 161 |
*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.