Graduate Programs at University of California-San Diego

Graduate School Overview

University of California-San Diego (referred to as UCSD) is a Public, 4 years school located in La Jolla, CA.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (5/31/1964 - Current).

UCSD Directory Information
School Name	University of California-San Diego (UCSD)
Address	9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093
Phone	858-534-2230
Web	https://www.ucsd.edu
Online Application	https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Financial Info	https://fas.ucsd.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of UCSD is $14,535 for California residents and $29,637 for out-of-state students. The school has 8,910 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 42,006 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 255 graduate programs through Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$29,637 $14,535 for California Residents
Student Population	8,910
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	255 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at UCSD is $14,535 for California residents and $29,637 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023.

UCSD offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
California Residents	$14,535
Out-of-State	$29,637
California Residents	$0
Out-of-State	$0

UCSD offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of California-San Diego is $14,535 for California residents and $29,637 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.18% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,442	$1,955	$26,544	$1,955
2019-2020	$11,442	$2,013	$26,544	$2,013
2020-2021	$11,442	$2,087	$26,544	$2,087
2021-2022	$11,442	$2,122	$26,544	$2,122
2022-2023	$11,700	$2,203	$26,802	$2,203
2023-2024	$12,264	$2,271	$27,366	$2,271

The graduate school tuition & fees of UCSD is expensive compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the California graduate tuition is $21,930 (public) / $24,536 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of California-San Diego	$14,535	$29,637
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
California Graduate Schools	$19,839	$23,084
Public	$11,723	$21,930
Private	$24,536

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $22,744 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UCSD.

On-campus living costs are increased by 4.65% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $21,112. Off-campus living costs are increased by 9.08% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$13,651	$3,918	$13,215	$4,626
2019-2020	$14,271	$4,035	$13,681	$4,760
2020-2021	$15,336	$4,203	$13,749	$4,900
2021-2022	$16,145	$4,163	$14,383	$4,881
2022-2023	$16,710	$4,249	$14,372	$4,982
2023-2024	$17,198	$4,735	$15,566	$5,546

For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $41,155 for California residents and $53,400 for out-of-state students.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at UCSD.

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of California-San Diego
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$38,952	$2,203	$51,197	$2,203
Pharmacy	$41,187	$2,203	$53,432	$2,203

Graduate Programs at UCSD

University of California-San Diego offers 149 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,688 students have completed their study at University of California-San Diego.

Offered Degrees at University of California-San Diego
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	73	1,946
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	73	585
Doctor's degree - other	3	157
Total	149	2,688

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of California-San Diego by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) program with 218 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Medicine program with 79 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at University of California-San Diego
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	218	-
Computer Science	✕	185	$141,200
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	123	$66,800
Financial Mathematics	✕	116	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	115	$52,100

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of California-San Diego
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Medicine	✕	79	$57,100
Pharmacy	✕	66	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	55	$55,600
Chemistry	✕	48	$47,400
Computer Science	✕	43	-

University of California-San Diego offers 149 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 2,688 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,946 students have earned/completed Master's program.
157 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Latin American Studies	✕	5	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)	✕	3	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Communication	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	253 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences (other)	✕	26	-
Computer Science	✕	185	$141,200
Information Technology Project Management	✕	42	-
Education [+]	✕	55 completers	$54,700
Education	✕	55	$54,700
Engineering [+]	✕	522 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	21	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	123	$66,800
Chemical Engineering	✕	30	-
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering	✕	4	-
Structural Engineering	✕	53	-
Computer Engineering	✕	30	-
Computer Hardware Engineering	✕	12	-
Computer Engineering (other)	✕	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	49	$89,900
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (other)	✕	53	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	6	-
Materials Engineering	✕	26	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	70	-
Systems Engineering	✕	10	-
Engineering (other)	✕	35	$109,700
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	2	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Health Law	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	7 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	7	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	192 completers	$39,100
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	110	$39,100
Biomedical Sciences	✕	1	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Biostatistics	✕	10	-
Bioinformatics	✕	-	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	61	-
Neuroscience	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	135 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	14	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	3	-
Financial Mathematics	✕	116	-
Statistics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Cognitive Science	✕	3	-
Computational Science	✕	6	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	105 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	51	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	14	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	38	-
Physics	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	12	-
Human Services [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	49	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	136 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	1	-
International Economics	✕	9	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	115	$52,100
Political Science and Government	✕	5	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	10	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	5	-
Playwriting and Screenwriting	✕	1	-
Acting	✕	8	-
Directing and Theatrical Production	✕	2	-
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other)	✕	1	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	-	-
Music	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	116 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	8	-
Medical Scientist	✕	25	-
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development	✕	32	-
Public Health	✕	38	-
International Public Health/International Health	✕	13	-
Business [+]	✕	302 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	$99,700
Finance	✕	-	-
Management Science	✕	84	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	218	-
History [+]	✕	4 completers	-
History	✕	4	-
	Total	1,946

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Communication	✕	3	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	43	-
Education [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Education	✕	14	-
Engineering [+]	✕	164 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	1	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	24	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	7	-
Structural Engineering	✕	20	-
Computer Engineering	✕	4	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	16	-
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (other)	✕	4	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	5	-
Engineering Science	✕	12	-
Materials Engineering	✕	27	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	22	-
Systems Engineering	✕	5	-
Engineering (other)	✕	17	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Literature (other)	✕	1	-
English Language and Literature/Letters (other)	✕	5	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	129 completers	$55,600
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	55	$55,600
Biomedical Sciences	✕	30	-
Biophysics	✕	1	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Biostatistics	✕	5	-
Bioinformatics	✕	10	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	✕	7	-
Epidemiology	✕	8	-
Neuroscience	✕	11	-
Neurobiology and Neurosciences (other)	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	15	-
Mathematics (other)	✕	10	-
Computational Mathematics	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Cognitive Science	✕	6	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	88 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	48	$47,400
Chemistry (other)	✕	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	7	-
Geophysics and Seismology	✕	1	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	14	-
Physics	✕	14	-
Physics (other)	✕	2	-
Materials Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Physical Sciences (other)	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	10	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	8	-
Psychology (other)	✕	2	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Physical and Biological Anthropology	✕	-	-
Anthropology (other)	✕	1	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	15	-
Development Economics and International Development	✕	-	-
Economics (other)	✕	-	-
Political Science and Government	✕	7	-
Political Science and Government (other)	✕	2	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	-	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	6	-
Music	✕	9	-
Music Performance	✕	3	-
Music (other)	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	1	-
International Public Health/International Health	✕	3	-
Behavioral Aspects of Health	✕	1	-
Public Health (other)	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	5	-
History [+]	✕	11 completers	-
History	✕	11	-
	Total	585

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	157 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	12	-
Medicine	✕	79	$57,100
Pharmacy	✕	66	-
	Total	157

Graduate Student Population at UCSD

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 8,910 students enrolled into University of California-San Diego graduate schools where it has total 42,006 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 8,114 full-time and 796 part-time graduate students. By gender, 5,119 male and 3,791 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,910	5,119	3,791
Full-time	8,114	4,636	3,478
Part-tme	796	483	313

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,982 White (22.24%), 169 Black/African American (1.90%), 829 Hispanic (9.30%), 1,384 Asian (15.53%), and 4,546 students with other races. 3,979 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,910	5,119	3,791
American Indian/Native American	16	8	8
Asian	1,384	679	705
Black/African American	169	70	99
Hispanic	829	368	461
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	2	4
White	1,982	1,071	911
Two More	311	153	158
Un-Known	234	125	109
Non-resident Alien	3,979	2,643	1,336

University of California-San Diego offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 43 graduate students (0.48% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 397 graduate students (4.46% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	8,910
Enrolled Online Exclusively	43
Enrolled Some Online Courses	397
Not in Online Courses	8,470

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of California-San Diego. 3,764 students are aged 20 to 24 (42.24% of total students), 4 students are aged below 20 (0.04%), 50 students are aged above 50 (0.56%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of California-San Diego.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	8,910	5,119	3,791
Under 18	1	0	1
Age 18-19	3	3	0
Age 20-21	281	147	134
Age 22-24	3,483	2,035	1,448
Age 25-29	3,535	2,006	1,529
Age 30-34	1,062	612	450
Age 35-39	318	185	133
Age 40-49	177	104	73
Age 50-64	45	24	21
Over 64	5	3	2

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University of California-San Diego Graduate School

Graduate School Overview

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Graduate Programs at UCSD

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