Mathematics at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a math 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 math 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 Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Master’s Degree in Math

UCSD Mathematics Rankings

The math major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in math, making the school the #20 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Math Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	30
International Students	105
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UCSD Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 83% of math master's degrees went to men and 17% went to women.

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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Mathematics

Mathematics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Mathematics	148
General Mathematics	92

Related Majors

• Statistics
• Applied Mathematics

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Mathematical Science Professors	5,160	$127,480
Mathematicians	530	$100,000

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.