Biophysics at University of California - San Diego

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

Every biophysics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biophysics program at University of California - San Diego stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

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

UCSD Biophysics Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biophysics

UCSD Biophysics Rankings

The biophysics major at UCSD 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.

Biophysics Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Biophysics Bachelor’s Program

75% Women

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of biophysics bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical biophysics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in biophysics.

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

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 - San Diego.

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
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