Biomathematics & Bioinformatics at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 66 biomathematics majors received their bachelor's degree from UCSD.

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

UCSD Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biomathematics
• Doctorate Degree in Biomathematics

UCSD Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Rankings

The biomathematics major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biomathematics & Bioinformatics. 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.

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in biomathematics from UCSD. This is the #116 most popular school for biomathematics master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Biomathematics Graduates from UCSD Make?

The median salary of biomathematics students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSD is $48,470. This is about the same as the yearly salary of allbiomathematics bachelor's degree recipients across the nation.

Biomathematics Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

The biomathematics program at UCSD awarded 66 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women. The typical biomathematics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biomathematics 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 biomathematics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	14
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in biomathematics. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Zoology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

Careers That Biomathematics Grads May Go Into

A degree in biomathematics 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Biological Scientists	11,010	$91,340

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 Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.