Biophysics at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying biophysics, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Los Angeles. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCLA is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 44,589 students attend the school each year.

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

UCLA Biophysics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biophysics
• Master’s Degree in Biophysics

UCLA Biophysics Rankings

The biophysics major at UCLA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biophysics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in biophysics, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biophysics Student Demographics at UCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biophysics majors at University of California - Los Angeles.

UCLA Biophysics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biophysics bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical biophysics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at UCLA since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biophysics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a bachelor's in biophysics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCLA Biophysics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of biophysics master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Los Angeles with a master's in biophysics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Molecular Biology
• Molecular Biochemistry
• Biochemistry

Careers That Biophysics Grads May Go Into

A degree in biophysics 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 - Los Angeles.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Biochemists and Biophysicists	5,160	$101,770
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370

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 Nikhil Kulkarni under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.