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Computer Science at University of California - San Diego

Computer Science at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a computer science 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 computer science program.

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 Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science

UCSD Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

21% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 79% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 21% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 274
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 37
White 63
International Students 109
Other Races/Ethnicities 35

UCSD Computer Science Master’s Program

26% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 74% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 26% went to women.

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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 computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 68
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 30
International Students 391
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Systems Software Developers 88,910 $131,700
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers 63,640 $180,250
Computer Programmers 29,740 $97,470

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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