CSUSB follows the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System's (IPEDS) definition of distance education. Distance education (DE) is education that uses one or more types of technology to deliver instruction to students who are separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between the students and the instructor synchronously or asynchronously. The following types of technology may be used for distance instruction:

• Internet;
• Satellite or wireless communication; and
• Audio and video conferencing

100% Online Programs¹

Undergraduate

• Administration, BA (offered through College of Extended and Global Education)
• Criminal Justice, BA (offered through College of Extended and Global Education)
• Social Sciences, BA (offered through College of Extended and Global Education)

Graduate

• Accountancy, MS (offered through College of Extended and Global Education)
• Business Administration, MBA (offered through College of Extended and Global Education)
• Career and Technical Education, MA
• Criminal Justice, MA
• Cybersecurity and Analytics, MS (offered through College of Extended and Global Education)
• Education, MA
• Logistics and E-Commerce, MS (offered through College of Extended and Global Education)
• Public Administration, MPA

Blended (In-Person and Online) Programs

Undergraduate

• Design, BFA
• Design Studies, BA
• Liberal Arts, BA
• Nursing - RN to BSN, BS

Graduate

• Business Administration, MBA
• Career and Technical Education, MA 
• Educational Administration, MA
• Educational Leadership, Community College Specialization, EDD
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MS
• Instructional Design and Technology, MA
• Nursing, MS
• Nutrition Science, MS
• Public Administration, MPA
• Public Health, MPH
• Social Work, MSW
• Special Education, MS
• STEM Education, MA
• Studio Art, MFA
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), MA

¹ On campus culminating experience may be required.