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California State University - San Marcos is a public institution located in San Marcos, California. CSUSM is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

336 Undergraduate Degrees
139 Graduate Degrees
$27,745 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
95% Acceptance Rate

Where Is California State University - San Marcos?

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Contact details for CSUSM are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 333 S Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA 92096-0001
Phone: 760-750-4000
Website: www.csusm.edu

How Do I Get Into CSUSM?

You can apply to CSUSM online at: https://www.calstate.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for CSUSM

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into CSUSM?

95% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
CSUSM has the high acceptance rate of 95%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

Can I Afford California State University - San Marcos?

$27,745 Net Price
28% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of CSUSM is $27,745. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CSUSM, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,606 a year. That adds up to $22,424 over four years for those students.

California State University - San Marcos Undergraduate Student Diversity

12,381 Full-Time Undergraduates
63% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 15,040 undergraduate students at CSUSM, with 12,381 being full-time and 2,659 being part-time.

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There are also 1,327 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,381 full-time undergraduates at CSUSM, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California State University - San Marcos students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,126
Black or African American 386
Hispanic or Latino 6,156
White 3,195
International Students 441
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,077

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California State University - San Marcos. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 56 countries are represented at CSUSM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.

California State University - San Marcos Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 278 0 37 315
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 58 0 33 91
General Public Health 0 0 67 67
General Communication Sciences & Disorders 0 2 0 2
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 0 0 0 0
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 0 0 0 0
General Health & Wellness 0 0 0 0
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 336 2 137 475

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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