Chemistry at University of California - San Diego

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

UCSD Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry
• Master’s Degree in Chemistry

UCSD Chemistry Rankings

The chemistry major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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 49 students who received their doctoral degrees in chemistry, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chemistry 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 chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	84
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	50
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UCSD Chemistry Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of chemistry master's degrees went to men and 43% 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 chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	16
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Chemistry

If you plan to be a chemistry major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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 Chemistry	240
General Chemistry	172

Related Majors

• Other Physical Science
• Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology
• Geological & Earth Sciences
• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Chemists	10,430	$88,570
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Forensic Science Technicians	2,110	$85,280

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.