Urban Studies at University of California - San Diego

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

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 Urban Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Urban Studies Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

UCSD Urban Studies Rankings

The urban studies major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban 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.

Urban Studies Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

45% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of urban studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its urban 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 urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Urban Studies

Urban Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Urban Studies/Affairs	38

Careers That Urban Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560

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

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