Career Programs at CSM

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at College of San Mateo is $11,384 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

41% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,131 (exclude student loans).

CSM 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$11,384
Average Financial Amount	$4,131

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

College of San Mateo offers 31 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 1,124 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at College of San Mateo
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	19	8	84
2 Years Certificate	12	2	40
Total	31	10	1,124

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

84 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
40 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,000 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✔	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✔	1	-
Radio and Television	✕	1	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✔	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	9 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✔	9	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✔	2	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Psychology	✕	3	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	2	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	2	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✔	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	1	-
Music	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✔	49 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	36	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
Real Estate	✔	11	-
	Total	84

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✔	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✔	11	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	22	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Electrician	✕	0	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	1	-
Plumbing Technology/Plumber	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Graphic Design	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	3	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	2	-
	Total	40

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Architectural Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✔	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (2 completers)	72 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✔	55	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Radio and Television	✔	17	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	17 completers	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✔	17	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	36 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✔	10	-
Computer Science	✔	26	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Computer Graphics	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✔	2	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✔	12	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✔	3	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	6 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✔	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	19 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	19	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	19 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✔	19	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✔ (1 completers)	60 completers	-
Mathematics	✔	60	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✔	8	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	4	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	16	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✔ (4 completers)	35 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✔	1	-
Chemistry	✔	6	-
Geology/Earth Science	✔	1	-
Physics	✔	27	-
Psychology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	68 completers	-
Psychology	✔	68	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	70 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	54	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	16	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (5 completers)	256 completers	-
Social Sciences	✔	147	-
Anthropology	✔	0	-
Economics	✔	76	-
Political Science and Government	✔	10	-
Sociology	✔	23	-
Construction Trades [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Electrician	✕	0	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✔	4	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✔	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (2 completers)	31 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	5	-
Dance	✕	0	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	0	-
Graphic Design	✕	0	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✔	2	-
Photography	✔	1	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	17	-
Drawing	✕	0	-
Music	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	52 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	2	-
Physician Assistant	✕	0	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✕	0	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	50	-
Business [+]	✔ (4 completers)	175 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	11	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	131	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✔	31	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Real Estate	✔	1	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	1	-
History [+]	✔	5 completers	-
History	✔	5	-
	Total	1,000

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 7,512 students are attending at College of San Mateo. There are 152 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 183 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 21 to 1 (4.76%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 294 (full-time) and 199 (part-time).

The graduation rate of College of San Mateo is 47% and transfer-out rate is 10%. The retention rate is 81% at the school.

CSM 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	7,512
Graduation Rate	47%
Number of Faculty	335
Student to Faculty Ratio	21 to 1

Student Population at CSM

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 6,894 students enrolled into College of San Mateo. By gender, 3,379 male and 3,515 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for College of San Mateo.

Student Population By Gender
College of San Mateo
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,894	3,379	3,515
Full-time	1,237	685	552
Part-tme	5,657	2,694	2,963

There are 1,742 White (25.27%), 194 Black/African American (2.81%), 2,229 Hispanic (32.33%), 1,607 Asian (23.31%), and 3,185 students with other races attending College of San Mateo. 307 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at College of San Mateo
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,894	3,379	3,515
American Indian/Native American	7	5	2
Asian	1,607	768	839
Black/African American	194	108	86
Hispanic	2,229	1,000	1,229
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	166	76	90
White	1,742	924	818
Two More	475	247	228
Un-Known	167	82	85
Non-resident Alien	307	169	138

College of San Mateo offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

3,306 students (47.95% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,918 students (27.82% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for College of San Mateo.

Distance Learning Student Population at College of San Mateo
	Number of Students
Total	6,894
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,306
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,918
Not in Online Courses	1,670

By age range, at College of San Mateo, 1,927 students are aged 20 to 24 (27.95% of total students), 2,890 students are aged below 20 (41.92%), 363 students are aged above 50 (7.86%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at College of San Mateo
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,894	3,379	3,515
Under 18	723	334	389
Age 18-19	2,167	1,129	1,038
Age 20-21	1,163	658	505
Age 22-24	764	415	349
Age 25-29	679	325	354
Age 30-34	456	181	275
Age 35-39	245	83	162
Age 40-49	334	108	226
Age 50-64	271	98	173
Over 64	92	48	44

Directory and Accreditation Information

College of San Mateo is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1952 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of College of San Mateo.

1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo, CA

650-574-6161

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