Human Biology at University of California - Los Angeles

If you are interested in studying human biology, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 165 students received a bachelor's degree in human biology from UCLA.

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

UCLA Human Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Biology

UCLA Human Biology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks human biology programs across the country. The following shows how UCLA performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human biology major at UCLA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Biology. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	7

Human Biology Student Demographics at UCLA

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

UCLA Human Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 165 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in human biology from UCLA in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its human biology 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 human biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	50
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

UCLA also has a doctoral program available in human biology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Sustainability Science
• Classical & Ancient Studies
• International Studies
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Cognitive Science

Careers That Human Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in human biology 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
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340
Biological Science Professors	4,360	$128,370
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680
Anthropologists and Archeologists	1,420	$67,030

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.