California State University-Monterey Bay is a mid-sized public liberal arts college located in Seaside, CA with a student to faculty ratio of 23 to 1. It has a total of 7,444 full-time undergraduate students and is not very competitive, with a 75.28% acceptance rate. California State University-Monterey Bay offers 39 different majors and is best known for its Japanese Language and Literature, Human Services, and Humanities programs (nationally ranked 40th, 42nd, and 44th respectively). With an annual tuition of $5,742 for in-state students and $17,622 for those from out-of-state, California State University-Monterey Bay is reasonably priced. 55.6% of students graduate moving on to the next stage of their lives, working. After graduation, alumni go on to take in approximately $44,800 per year, which is 8% over the national median.