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California State University - San Marcos Master’s in Education

Education is a program of study at California State University - San Marcos. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in education, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Education from CSUSM Cost?

CSUSM Graduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,176	$16,680
Fees	$1,981	$1,981

Does CSUSM Offer an Online Master’s in Education?

If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. CSUSM does offer online classes in its education master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the CSUSM Online Learning page.

CSUSM Master’s Student Diversity for Education

There were 83 master’s degrees in education awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 78.3% of the students who received their Master’s in education in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 78.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 34.9% of education master’s degree recipients at CSUSM in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	23
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	44
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Master’s in Education Focus Areas at CSUSM

Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Education	35
Educational Administration	19
Special Education	29

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.