
Our Story, Our Purpose, Our Mission
California State San Marcos is an institution dedicated to the success and welfare of our students. It serves a richly diverse community with many of our students being first in their family to attend college.
CSUSM is the only public four-year comprehensive university serving North San Diego. The university also serves Southwest Riverside and South Orange counties. The university is dedicated to student success, social mobility and innovation. CSUSM was founded in 1989 San Marcos was the 20th CSU (out of 23 CSU campuses) founded. CSUSM occupies 306 acres in the City of San Marcos with a satellite campus in Temecula. Ellen J. Neufeldt, Ed.D., has been the president since July 2019. CSUSM’s enrollment was nearly 17,000 in fall 2024.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Jerry McCormick,
Director of Strategic Communications
JMcCormick@csusm.edu
619-549-9438