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#25 of 14,131 In the World
#21 of 2,597 In North America
#20 of 2,496 In the United States
#4 of 249 In California
#1 of 20 In San Diego
#4 of 1,629 For Audiology
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Acceptance rate
25%
Aid receiving
70%
Undergraduates
33,792
Graduates
8,584
Male:Female Ratio
48:52
Control
Public
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
ucsd.edu

University of California-San Diego Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

University of California-San Diego has an acceptance rate of 25% and is among the top 6% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 25% 21% 28%
Applicants 130,771 61,536 69,235
Admissions 32,062 12,837 19,225
Freshmen enrolled full time 6,986 2,928 4,058
Freshmen enrolled part time 19 13 6

7,676 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

310 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program Required
Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT/ACT Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school rank Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

Asian 12946 (31%)
Hispanic 9348 (22%)
White 7946 (19%)
Nonresident Alien 7816 (18%)
Two or more races 2464 (6%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 1016 (2%)
Black or African American 769 (2%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 29 (0.1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 18 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Average aid awarded
$24,176
Students receiving aid
70%

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $11,834$12,264
Tuition in-state $11,834$12,264
Tuition out-of-state $42,611$27,366
Fee in-district $3,431$2,271
Fee in-state $3,431$2,271
Fee out-of-state $3,431$2,271

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 19,711
Combined charge for room and board $17,198

University of California-San Diego majors

University of California-San Diego has granted 8,535 bachelor's degrees across 91 programs, 2,775 master's across 65 programs, and 761 doctorate degrees across 61 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of California-San Diego.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Computer Science 516 499 38
Cognitive Science, General 660 2 15
Anatomy 546
International & Globalization Studies 465
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 315 103 32
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 190 162 3
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 189 128 22
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 318 16
Psychology, General 320
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 92 175 37
Political Science and Government, General 280 10 10
Mathematics and Computer Science 288
Mechanical Engineering 147 123 16
Computer Engineering, General 171 86 4
Management Science 66 161
Communication, General 211 1 4
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology 201
Information Technology 200
Financial Mathematics 180
Chemistry, General 77 60 37
Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Other 169
Structural Engineering 93 64 9
Clinical Psychology 164
Chemistry, Other 147 1
Sociology, General 131 8 6
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 79 55 8
Education, General 48 64 28
International Public Health & International Health 116 19 5
Mathematics, Other 137 1
International Relations and Affairs 5 129
Chemical Engineering 99 23 6
Biochemistry 126
Applied Mathematics, General 113 5
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other 111 7
Public Health, Other 107 3
Psychology, Other 104 5
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General 87 15 4
Medicine 98
Public Health, General 62 36
Mathematics, General 77 6 10
Bioinformatics 70 1 17
Materials Engineering 55 29
Engineering, Other 27 37 17
History, General 60 8 8
Environmental Studies 73
English Language and Literature & Letters, Other 52 10 8
Political Science and Government, Other 66
Visual and Performing Arts, General 58 6 1
Physics, General 33 14 17
Public Policy Analysis, General 62
Microbiology, General 61
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 59
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical 35 24
Pharmacy 57
Statistics, Other 57
Real Estate Development 51
Social Sciences, Other 50
Human Development and Family Studies, General 49
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other 48
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 46
Geology & Earth Science, General 15 19 9
Health & Medical Psychology 41
Fine & Studio Arts, General 39
Philosophy 33 2 4
Anthropology, General 32 4 1
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development 37
English Language and Literature, General 35
Social Psychology 35
Biomedical Sciences, General 3 31
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other 20 7 7
Information Technology Project Management 33
Systems Engineering 22 10
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 31
Developmental and Child Psychology 30
Computer and Information Sciences, Other 28
Urban Studies & Affairs 28
Medical Science & Scientist 27
Anthropology, Other 26
Physics, Other 21 4
Experimental Psychology 14 8
Biological & Biosystems Engineering 21
Biostatistics 4 11 5
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 19
Music, General 12 5 2
Neuroscience 9 10
Statistics, General 18
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other 17
Design and Visual Communications, General 17
Physical Sciences, Other 10 4
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other 14
Engineering Physics & Applied Physics 3 8 2
Linguistics 10 2 1
Audiology & Audiologist 12
International Economics 12
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 9 2
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other 4 6
Computational Science 10
Health & Health Care Administration & Management 10
Acting 8
Engineering Science 8
Latin American Studies 2 6
Mathematics Teacher Education 8
Japanese Studies 7
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 6
Technical Theatre & Theatre Design and Technology 6
Economics, Other 5
Directing and Theatrical Production 4
Epidemiology 4
Neurobiology and Anatomy 4
Behavioral Aspects of Health 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 3
Biophysics 3
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 3
Computer Hardware Engineering 3
Molecular Biology 3
Music Performance, General 3
Religion & Religious Studies 3
Substance Abuse & Addiction Counseling 3
Computational Mathematics 2
Dance, General 2
Education, Other 2
Geophysics and Seismology 2
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other 2
Literature, Other 2
Playwriting and Screenwriting 2
Chinese Studies 1
Data Science, General 1
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 1
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies 1
Spanish Language and Literature 1
Grand Total 8,535 2,775 761

University of California-San Diego has a graduation rate of 88%, which is among the 6% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 88% 86% 89%
  • Full-time retention rate - 94%
  • Part-time retention rate - 63%

Publications & Citations

University of California-San Diego is a world-class research university with 304,245 scientific papers published and 16,110,179 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Genetics, Biochemistry, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, and Environmental Science.

Publications
304,245
Citations
16,110,179

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
193,465 / 11,762,143
Medicine
160,721 / 8,887,852
Chemistry
153,986 / 9,496,678
Computer Science
130,888 / 7,386,311
Engineering
118,521 / 5,957,010
Physics
117,639 / 5,945,141
Genetics
111,912 / 7,429,500
Biochemistry
102,904 / 7,157,270
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
100,768 / 5,101,027
Environmental Science
88,189 / 4,657,105
Psychology
86,669 / 4,957,354
Quantum and Particle physics
76,902 / 3,787,368
Pathology
70,071 / 3,966,831
Organic Chemistry
60,363 / 3,581,788
Psychiatry
54,342 / 3,123,036
Mathematics
52,701 / 2,726,960
Geology
52,130 / 2,847,446
Materials Science
51,031 / 2,556,174
Neuroscience
46,035 / 2,978,083
Philosophy
45,502 / 2,440,778
Geography and Cartography
45,147 / 2,331,364
Statistics
44,017 / 2,320,185
Surgery
43,946 / 1,896,717
Political Science
40,567 / 1,799,097
Law
38,607 / 1,751,320
Immunology
38,363 / 2,336,329
Sociology
37,965 / 1,834,905
Optical Engineering
37,189 / 1,710,822
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
36,867 / 2,004,459
Paleontology
31,849 / 1,853,937
Ecology
30,409 / 1,815,614
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
30,132 / 1,382,148
Business
28,057 / 1,448,849
Electrical Engineering
26,160 / 1,111,019
History
25,728 / 1,254,654
Linguistics
24,747 / 1,309,612
Oncology and Cancer research
23,587 / 1,365,009
Anatomy and Physiology
22,456 / 1,169,447
Bioinformatics and Computational biology
21,948 / 1,660,112
Economics
21,612 / 1,195,450

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1992 2683 70935
1993 2924 74909
1994 3039 81662
1995 3124 89806
1996 3428 97711
1997 3546 107266
1998 3671 123350
1999 3891 135784
2000 3981 152437
2001 4304 166306
2002 5612 194259
2003 5544 213907
2004 5609 230222
2005 6087 260339
2006 6744 290588
2007 6914 313687
2008 7328 347119
2009 8592 381176
2010 8823 427063
2011 9001 469654
2012 9711 522350
2013 9996 573087
2014 10302 618434
2015 10673 644817
2016 10884 670247
2017 11627 717860
2018 12266 777251
2019 13901 876923
2020 16097 1058777
2021 15170 1181697
2022 14703 1138553
2023 15764 1163736
2024 13243 1136435
Academic rankings

University of California-San Diego alumni

  1. Benicio del Toro

    Benicio del Toro
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    film directorfilm produceractortelevision actorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez is a Puerto Rican-Spanish actor. He has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Silver Bear for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film Traffic (2000). Del Toro's performance as despairing ex-con turned zealot Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams (2003), earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

  2. Billy Beane

    Billy Beane
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    general managermanagerbusinesspersonbaseball player
    Biography

    William Lamar Beane III is an American former professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is currently senior advisor to owner John Fisher and minority owner of the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) and formerly the executive vice president of baseball operations. He is also minority owner of soccer clubs Barnsley of the EFL League One in England and AZ Alkmaar of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands. From 1984 to 1989 he played in MLB as an outfielder for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics. He joined the Athletics' front office as a scout in 1990, was named general manager after the 1997 season, and was promoted to executive vice president after the 2015 season.

  3. Angela Davis

    Angela Davis
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1944-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    human rights activistpoliticianuniversity teacherfeministwriter
    Biography

    Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). She was active in movements such as the Occupy movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.

  4. Milana Vayntrub

    Milana Vayntrub
    Born in
    Uzbekistan Flag Uzbekistan
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    political activistspokespersonvloggercomedianfilm director
    Biography

    Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub is an American actress, comedian, and activist. She began her career as a child actress and came to prominence for her appearances in AT&T television commercials as saleswoman Lily Adams from 2013 to 2016 and since 2020. In addition to her commercial appearances, she was a series regular on the Yahoo! Screen science fiction comedy Other Space (2015) and had a recurring role on the NBC drama This Is Us (2016–2017). Vayntrub has also voiced Squirrel Girl in the Marvel Rising franchise since 2018 after being cast as the character in the unaired television pilot for New Warriors, and later in the 2024 video game Marvel Rivals.

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General info

Alternative names UCSD
UC San Diego
Founded 1960
Motto Fiat Lux
Let there be light
Colors navy blue, gold
Academic calendar September to June
Total FTE staff 17,576
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address 9500 Gilman Dr
La Jolla, California, 92093
United States
City population 1,387,000
Phone 8585342230

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