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Molecular Biology at University of California - San Diego

Molecular Biology at University of California - San Diego

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

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 Molecular Biology section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Molecular Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular Biology

UCSD Molecular Biology Rankings

The molecular biology major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Molecular 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.

Molecular Biology Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Program

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 100% of molecular biology bachelor's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. The typical molecular biology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 64% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its molecular 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in molecular biology.

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

Careers That Molecular Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in molecular 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 - San Diego.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Medical Scientists 26,080 $102,550
Biological Scientists 11,010 $91,340
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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