Health Professions at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if University of California - San Diego is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 92 students received their master's degree in health professions.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

UCSD Health Professions Rankings

There were 218 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #132 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. UCSD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	25
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - San Diego. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medicine	140
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	83
Public Health	37
Medical Science	22
Health & Medical Administrative Services	19
Communication Sciences	8
Mental & Social Health Services	1

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Znode at English Wikipedia under License

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