by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
California State University - Bakersfield came in at #607 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in California, CSUB came in at #63.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 74.7% of the total graduate students at CSUB are women and 25.3% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 65.8% of the graduate student population at CSUB. CSUB is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 2.5% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $1,837 | $1,837 |
After obtaining their master's degree from CSUB, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $62,490. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 7% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of California State University - Bakersfield.
Contact details for CSUB are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099 |
| Phone: | 661-654-2782 |
| Website: | www.csub.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/csubakersfield |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/csubakersfield |
In 2020-2021, 80.4% of the graduate students at California State University - Bakersfield took at least one class online. For that same period, 39.2% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*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.
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