most popular undergraduate majors for 2021 graduates were:
Health Professions and Related Programs at 10%
Social Sciences at 19%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at 17%
Communications, Journalism, and Related Programs at 6%
Psychology at 9%
=== Rankings ===
CSUSM Social Mobility Outcomes include: #1 in the U.S. in the 2022 Social Mobility Index & Top 3% in National Economic Mobility Index.
The 2022–2023 USNWR Best Regional Colleges West Rankings ranks San Marcos 7 on Top Performers on Social Mobility, 10 on Best Undergraduate Teaching (tie), 17 on Top Public Schools, 33 in Best Value Schools and 293 in Nursing (tie).
== Demographics ==
In 2022 59% of the students were female, 41% male. There are also a sizable number of transfer students from community colleges. The "local admissions area community colleges" for CSU San Marcos are Mount San Jacinto College in Riverside County and Mira Costa College and Palomar College in San Diego County. About 50 percent of transfer students …
