University of California - San Diego Graduate Programs

University of California - San Diego is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The city atmosphere of La Jolla makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

University of California - San Diego Rankings

UCSD is ranked #140 out of 1,069 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

UCSD has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#91	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UCSD.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#11	Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Computer Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#51	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#94	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UCSD has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#12	Best Physical Sciences Schools	College Factual
#29	Best English Language & Literature Schools	College Factual
#33	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools	College Factual
#35	Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools	College Factual
#43	Best Psychology Schools	College Factual
#53	Best Education Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of California - San Diego?

Contact details for UCSD are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
Phone:	858-534-2230
Website:	www.ucsd.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/UCSanDiegoLife
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/ucsandiego

University of California - San Diego Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,734 graduate students at UCSD, 58% are male and 42% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of California - San Diego graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,220
Black or African American	143
Hispanic or Latino	678
White	2,104
International Students	3,055
Other Races/Ethnicities	534

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of California - San Diego. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 101 countries are represented at UCSD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of California - San Diego

In 2019-2020, 36,854 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UCSD has changed over the last few years.

University of California - San Diego Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	308	23	331
Electrical Engineering	211	33	244
General Biology	141	60	201
Biomedical Engineering	161	31	192
Mechanical Engineering	129	18	147
Applied Mathematics	141	0	141
Medicine	0	140	140
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	106	4	110
International Relations & National Security	108	0	108
Chemistry	52	49	101
Computer Engineering	82	4	86
Civil Engineering	75	9	84
General Education	71	12	83
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	21	62	83
Materials Engineering	49	23	72
Geological & Earth Sciences	38	22	60
Public Policy	57	0	57
Other Engineering	33	22	55
Economics	27	17	44
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	25	16	41
Public Health	30	7	37
Systems Engineering	29	7	36
Chemical Engineering	23	8	31
Computer Information Systems	28	0	28
Physics	5	21	26
Medical Science	22	0	22
Mathematics	7	14	21
Drama & Theater Arts	18	3	21
Health & Medical Administrative Services	19	0	19
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	4	14	18
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	15	1	16
Political Science & Government	9	7	16
General Visual & Performing Arts	14	1	15
Engineering Physics	9	4	13
Statistics	13	0	13
English Literature (Other)	6	6	12
History	4	7	11
Anthropology	2	9	11
Music	2	8	10
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	9	9
Business Administration & Management	9	0	9
Cognitive Science	2	7	9
Communication Sciences	0	8	8
Computational Science	8	0	8
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	8	8
Ethnic Studies	4	3	7
Child Development & Psychology	4	3	7
Area Studies	5	0	5
Communication & Media Studies	2	2	4
Philosophy	1	3	4
Sociology	3	1	4
Other Psychology	0	3	3
Fine & Studio Arts	0	3	3
Engineering Science	0	2	2
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	2	2
Mental & Social Health Services	0	1	1
Other Physical Science	0	1	1
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0
General English Literature	0	0	0
Literature	0	0	0
Legal Research	0	0	0
Materials Sciences	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0
Other Visual Art	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,132	718	2,850

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Znode at English Wikipedia under License

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