Computer Science at California State University - Monterey Bay

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Monterey Bay. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSUMB is located in Seaside, California and has a total student population of 7,409. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 170 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from CSUMB.

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

CSUMB Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

CSUMB Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how CSUMB 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 computer science major at CSUMB is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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 General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	46
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	99
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	123
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Best General Computer Science Schools	220
	230
	279

Computer Science Student Demographics at CSUMB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at California State University - Monterey Bay.

CSUMB Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 170 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from CSUMB in 2020-2021, 85% were men and 15% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 - Monterey Bay with a bachelor's in computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	53
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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 - Monterey Bay.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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 DirectorG at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.