CSUMB ranked Top-50 nationally by Washington Monthly

Washington Monthly journal has ranked Cal State Monterey Bay forty eighth within the nation on its 2025 Best Colleges for Your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars record.

The journal payments its nationwide record of greater than 1,400 universities and schools as an alternative choice to U.S. News and World Report’s annual faculty rankings. It says its rankings are primarily based on what these establishments “do for the country.”

Schools are ranked on 4 standards:

• Access: Colleges are ranked on their accessibility to non-wealthy college students. Among the metrics examined, the journal says, “are how many students are on federal Pell Grants for low-to-middle-income families and compares that to how many Pell recipients those schools might be expected to enroll based on test scores, admission rates and statewide family income.”
• Affordability: To decide this, colleges are ranked “on the amount that students with family incomes below $75,000 pay, minus aid.” How a lot debt college students have upon commencement can also be factored in.
• Outcomes: The journal tracks the share of scholars graduating inside eight years in comparison with statistical predictions and examines the commencement charges of rich college students in comparison with non-wealthy college students. It additionally tracks the incomes college students make of their early careers in comparison with their friends. The variety of graduates who go on to obtain PhDs can also be an element.
• Service: Colleges are tracked on the variety of graduates who enter AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps, of ROTC cadets on campus, and of scholars enrolled in service-oriented majors corresponding to social work. Programs encouraging voting participation are additionally an element.  

CSUMB scored highest within the affordability class. The journal listed a internet value of $7,476 for a bachelor’s diploma.