California State University, Monterey Bay is a public university in the 23-campus California State University system, located in Marina and Seaside, in Monterey County, California. It is on the site of the former U.S. Army base Fort Ord in the northern Central Coast of California region, and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.DemographicsFacultyIn the Fall of 2016, of 510 teaching faculty, 244 hold doctorates or another terminal degree, and 145 are members of minority groups."The faculty includes an American Book Award winner and six Fulbright scholars.StudentsThe student body is made up of 63% females and 37% males. As of fall 2016, 35% of students enrolled were under 21 years of age, 44% between 21 and 24, 14% between 25 and 30, 7% over the age of 31. The most common majors were business administration (13%), psychology (12%), biology (8%), kinesiology (9%), human communication (7%) and liberal studies (6%). More than one third of students came from Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties (all California counties) while 58% came from other parts of California, 2% from other U.S. states and 3% from outside the U.S. Over a third (35%) of students were low-income and over half (57%) were first-generation college students. Students are distributed across class levels; 19% being freshmen, 12% sophomores, 26% juniors and 32% seniors as CSU Monterey Bay serves a large proportion of transfer students. Graduate students make up 7%, and 2% were seeking credentials.
