Computational Science at University of California - San Diego

Every computational science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the scientific computing program at University of California - San Diego stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year.

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

UCSD Computational Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Scientific Computing

UCSD Computational Science Rankings

Scientific Computing Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Computational Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of scientific computing master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% women graduate in scientific computing each year. UCSD does a better job at serving the female population as it supports 26% more women than average.

In the scientific computing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 20% 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 scientific computing.

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

Careers That Scientific Computing Grads May Go Into

A degree in scientific computing 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
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790

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.