Marine Biology at University of California - San Diego

If you are interested in studying marine 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 approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSD Marine Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Oceanography
• Master’s Degree in Biological Oceanography

UCSD Marine Biology Rankings

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

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological oceanography, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Oceanography Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Marine Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of biological oceanography bachelor's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical biological oceanography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological oceanography 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 biological oceanography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	32
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UCSD Marine Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of biological oceanography master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women.

Of the students who received a biological oceanography master's degree from UCSD, 53% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the biological oceanography master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 9% better 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 master's in biological oceanography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	29
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Epidemiology
• Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology

Careers That Biological Oceanography Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological oceanography 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
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.

• 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.