Cognitive Science at University of California - San Diego

If you are interested in studying cognitive science, you may want to check out the program at University of California - San Diego. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Cognitive Science section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Cognitive Science Degrees Available

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

UCSD Cognitive Science Rankings

The cognitive science major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Cognitive 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in cognitive science, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Cognitive Science Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Cognitive Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 48% of cognitive science bachelor's degrees went to men and 52% went to women. The typical cognitive science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its cognitive 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 cognitive science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	263
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	128
White	117
International Students	137
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

UCSD Cognitive Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of cognitive science master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in cognitive science each year. UCSD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 62% more men than average.

Of the students who received a cognitive science master's degree from UCSD, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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 cognitive science.

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

Related Majors

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

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