Microbiological Sciences & Immunology at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a microbiology school? To help you decide if University of California - San Diego is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's microbiology program.

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 Microbiological Sciences & Immunology section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology

UCSD Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Rankings

The microbiology major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Microbiological Sciences & Immunology. 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.

Microbiology Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of microbiology bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical microbiology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its microbiology 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 microbiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	17
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

If you plan to be a microbiology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Microbiology	48

Related Majors

• Zoology
• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Neurobiology & Neurosciences
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

Careers That Microbiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in microbiology 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
Microbiologists	4,610	$102,340
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.