International Relations at University of California - San Diego

If you plan to study international relations, 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.

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

UCSD International Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations
• Master’s Degree in International Relations

UCSD International Relations Rankings

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

International Relations Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD International Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of international relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCSD International Relations Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of international relations master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 41% men graduate in international relations each year. UCSD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the international relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 3% 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 international relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	36
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

Careers That International Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in international relations 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Political Science Professors	860	$112,360
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.