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Medical Scientist at University of California - San Diego

Medical Scientist at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a medical scientist 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 medical scientist 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 Medical Scientist section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

UCSD Medical Scientist Rankings

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Medical Scientist Master’s Program

81% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of medical scientist master's degrees went to men and 81% 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 medical scientist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 9
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist 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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