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Medical Science at University of California - San Diego

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Medical Science at University of California - San Diego

Every medical science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical science 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.

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

UCSD Medical Science Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Science

UCSD Medical Science Rankings

Medical Science Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Medical Science Master’s Program

59% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 medical science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UCSD, about 41% were men and 59% were women.

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In the medical science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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 medical science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 8
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Medical Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical 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
Medical Scientists 26,080 $102,550
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Epidemiologists 760 $92,040

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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