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California State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, CA · Public · 14,877 students · mostly bachelor degrees
108th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$10,229
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$21,649
Graduation rate
55%
Admission rate
95%
Median graduate earnings
$62,908
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$17,350
Pell grant recipients
43%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
84 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree37 grads/yr$148,800Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree278 grads/yr$120,196Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree59 grads/yr$105,743Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree152 grads/yr$97,827Education, General · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$95,348Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst · Bachelor's Degree$93,047Biotechnology · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$92,859Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$88,196Accounting · Bachelor's Degree$86,318Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree52 grads/yr$83,339Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology · Bachelor's Degree$80,303International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree$77,965Social Work · Master's Degree69 grads/yr$77,471Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree$77,312Biotechnology · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$76,622Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree$73,290Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree$72,448Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Bachelor's Degree58 grads/yr$71,068Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree471 grads/yr$70,900Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree188 grads/yr$70,789Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree$68,984Biochemistry · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$65,479Survey Research/Methodology · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$63,622Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree164 grads/yr$61,252Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree201 grads/yr$59,842
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.