International Studies at University of California - San Diego

If you plan to study international studies, take a look at what University of California - San Diego has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 585 students received a bachelor's degree in international studies from UCSD.

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

UCSD International Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies

UCSD International Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the international studies progam at UCSD compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The international studies major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for International Studies. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best International Studies Schools	12

Earnings of UCSD International Studies Graduates

The median salary of international studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSD is $41,542. This is 42% higher than $29,348, which is the national average for all international studies bachelor's degree recipients.

International Studies Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD International Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 585 international studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCSD. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women. The typical international studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its international studies 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 international studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	183
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	97
White	90
International Students	167
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

UCSD also has a doctoral program available in international studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computational Science
• Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Mathematics & Computer Science
• Cognitive Science

Careers That International Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in international studies 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
Political Scientists	160	$74,060

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.