California State University-Channel Islands
Camarillo, CA · Public · Rural (fringe) · CSU Channel Islands · CSUCI
Public institution in Camarillo, CA · 5,230 undergraduates · 93% acceptance rate · $62,152 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 13%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 16%Average net price
- Top 17%Median graduate debt
- Top 22%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $9,792306th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,817265th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $18,697759th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $24,039626th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $15,000309th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $62,152464th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,785739th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 53.4%1,013th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 72.6%1,113th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 93.1%1,331st most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 5,230483rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15.0:11,301st smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 46.9%459th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 39 mi (LAX)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 27 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $91,152 | $89,613 |
| Computer Science | bachelors | $70,296 | $73,635 |
| EconomicsSocial Sciences | bachelors | $64,493 | $58,221 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $43,622 | $40,034 |
| ChemistryPhysical Sciences | bachelors | $42,309 | $35,274 |
| Natural Resources Management and PolicyNatural Resources | bachelors | $39,369 | $42,712 |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | $36,848 | $33,382 |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | $35,751 | $34,170 |
| MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $35,420 | — |
| SociologySocial Sciences | bachelors | $34,814 | $35,142 |
| AnthropologySocial Sciences | bachelors | $31,305 | — |
| Political Science and GovernmentSocial Sciences | bachelors | $30,554 | $35,420 |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to California State University-Channel Islands’s 5,230 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, CA · 5,374 undergrads
- California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, CA · 5,491 undergrads
- Shasta CollegeRedding, CA · 5,536 undergrads
- University of Massachusetts GlobalIrvine, CA · 4,902 undergrads
- University of San DiegoSan Diego, CA · 5,619 undergrads
- University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA · 5,697 undergrads
Elsewhere
- University of South DakotaVermillion, SD · 5,239 undergrads
- Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA · 5,216 undergrads
- Park UniversityParkville, MO · 5,250 undergrads
- Bowie State UniversityBowie, MD · 5,207 undergrads
- Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, MN · 5,181 undergrads
- Augusta UniversityAugusta, GA · 5,282 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecsuci.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 441937)
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