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Zoology at University of California - San Diego

If you are interested in studying zoology, 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. In 2021, 19 zoology majors received their bachelor's degree from UCSD.

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

UCSD Zoology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology

UCSD Zoology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks zoology programs across the country. The following shows how UCSD performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type Rank
38

Zoology Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Zoology Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
84% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 zoology majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCSD. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical zoology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 60% more racial-ethnic minorities in its zoology 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 zoology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 1
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in zoology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Zoology Grads May Go Into

A degree in zoology 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
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 2,240 $75,840

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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