Biological Engineering at University of California - San Diego

Every biological engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biological engineering 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. Of the 9,086 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - San Diego in 2021, 22 of them were biological engineering majors.

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

UCSD Biological Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Engineering

UCSD Biological Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the biological engineering progam at UCSD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biological engineering major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological Engineering. 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
Most Popular Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Biological Engineering Schools	8

How Much Do Biological Engineering Graduates from UCSD Make?

The median salary of biological engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSD is $64,592. This is 22% higher than $52,844, which is the national average for all biological engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

Biological Engineering Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 biological engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCSD, about 45% were men and 55% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Systems Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Biological Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Biomedical Engineers	3,530	$101,210
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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.