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College of San Mateo Trade Programs

Located in San Mateo, California, College of San Mateo is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

1,342 Full-Time Undergraduates

$1,288 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is College of San Mateo?

Contact details for CSM are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94402-3784
Phone:	650-574-6161
Website:	www.collegeofsanmateo.edu

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Can I Afford CSM?

$1,288 In-State Tuition

10% Take Out Loans

In a recent term, part-time CSM students paid $46 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $359 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$1,288	$11,340
Fees	$44	$44
Books and Supplies	$1,971	$1,971

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CSM, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $3,738 a year. That adds up to $14,952 over four years for those students.

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College of San Mateo Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,342 Full-Time Undergraduates

46% Women

66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There are 7,494 undergraduate students at CSM, with 1,342 being full-time and 6,152 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,342 full-time undergraduates at CSM, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of College of San Mateo students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	258
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	456
White	284
International Students	144
Other Races/Ethnicities	164

Over 61 countries are represented at CSM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Nepal, and Myanmar/Burma.

Online Learning at College of San Mateo

1,781 Took All Classes Online

4,049 Took At Least One Class Online

In 2022-2023, 4,049 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CSM has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 17th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of CSM majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	64%

College of San Mateo Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	22	0	22
General Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	8	1	0	9
Dental Assisting/Assistant	0	6	2	8
General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	0	2	4	6
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	0	2	0	2
General Drafting & Design Technology	0	2	0	2
Engineering Technology	0	2	0	2
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	0	1	1	2
Electrician	0	0	1	1
Plumbing Technology/Plumber	0	0	0	0
Biomedical Technology	0	0	0	0
Physician Assistant	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	8	38	8	54

College of San Mateo Trades

In a recent academic period, College of San Mateo awarded 130 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s
Building Management & Inspection	0	0	2
Cosmetology	0	4	2
Dental Support Services	0	2	6
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	0	2
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers	0	1	0
Electronics Maintenance & Repair	8	0	1
General Engineering Technology	0	0	2
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	22
Mental & Social Health Services	0	1	1
Total	24	21	85

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.

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