Seaside, CA · Public
97.4%
Acceptance rate
$14,487
Avg net price
5,811
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,772Master’s 278 |
| Bachelor’s 271Master’s 102 |
| Bachelor’s 232Master’s 16 |
| Bachelor’s 228Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 216Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 119Master’s 9 |
| Bachelor’s 106Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 93Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 78Master’s 25 |
| Bachelor’s 78Master’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 75Master’s 49 |
| Bachelor’s 65Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 51Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 41Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 39Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 65 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
California State University, Monterey Bay
- Primary division
- Division II
- Primary conference
- California Collegiate Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports14
Athletic participation
289 unique student-athletes · 12 varsity teams
Fall 2027 application
FAFSA due Mar 2
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Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $6,084
- Required fees
- $1,695
- Food and housing
- $17,234
- Books and supplies
- $899
- Other expenses
- $4,185
- Total
- $30,097
- $24,7782019–2019–20
- $24,1852020–2120–21
- $21,4682021–2221–22
- $27,7882022–2322–23
- $28,7192023–2423–24
- $30,0972024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $14,487 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 67%
- Average share of need met
- 48%
- Average need-based grant
- $13,205
- Required forms
- FAFSA and State aid form
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from California State University-Monterey Bay’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
California State University-Monterey Bay admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in California State University-Monterey Bay's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. California State University-Monterey Bay admits in-state applicants at 97.4%, out-of-state applicants at 92.3%, and international applicants at 60.8%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,260 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 13% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
5% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
1% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
California State University-Monterey Bay’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.31
California State University-Monterey Bay rates 1 factor "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Important
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
California State University-Monterey Bay leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
California State University-Monterey Bay's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $14,487 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 834 of 1,240 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. California State University-Monterey Bay reports institutional aid is not available to international students.
California State University-Monterey Bay admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
79.1% of California State University-Monterey Bay’s first-years return for a second year and 63.2% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03