Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology at University of California - San Diego

If you plan to study atmospheric sciences and meteorology, 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 has a total student population of 39,576. Of the 9,086 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - San Diego in 2021, 18 of them were atmospheric sciences and meteorology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology

UCSD Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The meteorology major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology. 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 Focused Atmospheric Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31

Meteorology Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students earned a bachelor's degree in meteorology from UCSD. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its meteorology 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 meteorology.

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Physical Science
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Meteorology Grads May Go Into

A degree in meteorology 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
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	1,310	$124,250
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	640	$102,020

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.