university of california-san diego

9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California

General information:	(858) 534-2230
Website:	www.ucsd.edu
Type:	Public, 4-year or above
Awards offered:	Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctor's degree First-professional degree
Campus setting:	City Large
Campus housing:	Yes

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Undergraduate application fee: $60

Undergraduate admissions:

	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
Number of applicants:	45088	20560	24528
Percent admitted:	42%	41%	44%
Percent admitted who enrolled:	22%	22%	22%

Admissions Considerations	Required	Recommended
Secondary school GPA	X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-prepatory program	X
Admission test scores	X
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	X

Test Scores (enrolled first-time students):

Students submitting scores	NUMBER	PERCENT
SAT	4085	98%
ACT	1361	32%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading	540	660
SAT Math	590	700
SAT Writing	550	670
ACT Composite	23	29
ACT English	22	29
ACT Math	25	31

Notes:

* 25% of students scored at or below

** 25% of students scored above

Programs/majors

Completions 2007-2008:

Program	Bachelor	Master	Doctor	Certificate
Natural resources and conservation.
Environmental Studies	28	-	-	-
Category total	28	-	-	-
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
Latin American Studies	4	11	-	-
Chinese Studies	2	-	-	-
Italian Studies	-	-	-	-
Japanese Studies	12	-	-	-
Area Studies, Other	3	-	-	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other	26	3	7	-
Category total	47	14	7	-
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric	240	5	3	6
Category total	240	5	3	6
Computer and information sciences and support services.
Computer Science	132	53	28	28
Category total	132	53	28	28
Education.
Education, General	-	82	4	-
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	-	14	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	7	-	-	-
Category total	7	82	18	-
Engineering.
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	43	11	1	3
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	130	44	10	25
Chemical Engineering	25	1	3	2
Structural Engineering	112	25	16	14
Computer Engineering, General	25	-	7	8
Computer Engineering, Other	-	47	-	-
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	109	16	19	28
Engineering Physics	3	3	1	3
Engineering Science	6	-	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	5	-	-	-
Materials Engineering	-	8	13	-
Mechanical Engineering	151	33	10	10
Systems Engineering	-	7	14	6
Engineering, Other	-	7	8	7
Category total	609	202	102	106
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Linguistics	33	2	1	3
Comparative Literature	-	1	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	1	-	-	-
French Language and Literature	1	-	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	7	2	-	-
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General	3	-	-	-
Category total	45	5	1	3
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
Human Development and Family Studies, General	111	-	-	-
Category total	111	-	-	-
English language and literature/letters.
English Language and Literature, General	48	10	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	61	-	14	20
Category total	109	10	14	20
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	300	46	49	-
Biomedical Sciences, General	-	4	20	-
Biochemistry	299	-	-	-
Biophysics	3	-	1	-
Molecular Biology	49	-	-	-
Anatomy	291	-	-	-
Microbiology, General	36	-	-	-
Animal Physiology	12	-	-	-
Neurobiology and Neurophysiology	94	-	-	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	1	13	-
Bioinformatics	18	-	4	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	-	16	4	-
Epidemiology	-	-	4	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other	29	-	-	-
Category total	1131	67	95	-
Mathematics and statistics.
Mathematics, General	35	17	14	16
Mathematics, Other	29	-	1	-
Applied Mathematics	18	7	-	-
Statistics, General	-	9	-	-
Statistics, Other	2	-	-	-
Category total	84	33	15	16
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
Mathematics and Computer Science	9	-	-	-
International/Global Studies	229	-	-	-
Neuroscience	-	3	23	-
Cognitive Science	97	7	9	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	15	-	1	-
Category total	350	10	33	-
Philosophy and religious studies.
Philosophy	32	7	3	4
Religion/Religious Studies	12	-	-	-
Jewish/Judaic Studies	1	-	-	-
Category total	45	7	3	4
Physical sciences.
Chemistry, General	30	18	35	-
Chemical Physics	4	-	-	-
Chemistry, Other	159	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science, General	1	7	14	-
Geochemistry	1	-	-	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	-	12	22	-
Physics, General	29	28	17	27
Physics, Other	19	2	-	-
Physical Sciences, Other	4	-	2	-
Category total	247	67	90	27
Psychology.
Psychology, General	450	7	6	-
Clinical Psychology	-	-	17	-
Psychology, Other	-	-	2	-
Category total	450	7	25	-
Social sciences.
Anthropology	50	10	1	11
Economics, General	367	6	18	18
International Relations and Affairs	-	88	-	-
Political Science and Government, General	225	12	8	-
American Government and Politics (United States)	29	-	-	-
Political Science and Government, Other	183	-	1	-
Sociology	139	8	8	9
Urban Studies/Affairs	67	-	-	-
Category total	1060	124	36	38
Visual and performing arts.
Visual and Performing Arts, General	99	18	-	-
Dance, General	6	-	-	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	39	19	1	-
Directing and Theatrical Production	-	1	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts, General	27	-	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	26	1	-	-
Music, General	22	15	6	-
Music Performance, General	-	-	2	-
Category total	219	54	9	-
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences	-	-	5	-
Medicine (MD)	-	-	124	-
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)	-	23	-	-
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])	-	-	31	-
Category total	-	23	160	-
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Business Administration and Management, General	-	123	-	-
Management Science, General	277	-	-	-
Category total	277	123	-	-
History
History, General	137	8	4	10
Category total	137	8	4	10
Grand total	5328	894	643	258

Data shown are for first majors
(-) Program is not offered at this award level

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