Bioinformatics at University of California - San Diego

Every bioinformatics school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the bioinformatics 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 Bioinformatics section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Bioinformatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioinformatics
• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

UCSD Bioinformatics Rankings

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

Bioinformatics Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of bioinformatics bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioinformatics 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 bioinformatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UCSD Bioinformatics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of bioinformatics master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

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

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

Related Majors

• Biostatistics

Careers That Bioinformatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioinformatics 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
Computer and Information Research Scientists	7,300	$136,310

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.