University Of California-San Diego

The University of California, San Diego was established in 1960 and is also referred as UC San Diego or UCSD. The university contains 694 buildings and covers more than 1,000-acres of coastal woodland in San Diego, California. UCSD offers more than 120 undergraduate majors and 50 masters degrees and doctoral programs.

UCSD is organized into the following academic divisions:

• Revelle College
• John Muir College
• Thurgood Marshall College
• Earl Warren College
• Eleanor Roosevelt College
• Sixth College

The UCSD Alumni Association was founded in 1964 and comprises over 116,000 members. Some of the notable alumni of the university are Russell Shanks, the Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Online Entertainment; Guy “Bud” Tribble, the chief architect of the original Macintosh computer and co-founder of NeXt, Inc.; and Al Zollar, the President and CEO of Lotus Technologies, Inc.

University Of California-San Diego Highlights

Where University Of California-San Diego stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Many students concentrating in science, therapy and counseling, mathematics, engineering, liberal arts, drama and performing arts, religion and philosophy, art studies, and computer science and engineering.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Racially diverse student body.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Selective admissions.
• Numerous part-time students.
• High male/female ratio.

Other important characteristics:

• Faculty tenure system
• On-campus hospital
• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Study abroad option
• Part-time classes available

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

UC San Diego Students

The student enrollment at UC San Diego was 27,020 in 2007 (26,466 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 82% of enrolled students, graduate students are 16%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 2%.

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 99% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 94% are full-time and 6% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: UC San Diego participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Housing and Meals

UC San Diego provides on-campus housing for 10,317 of its 26,466 (full-time) students (as of 2007).

UC San Diego Athletics

UC San Diego is in the Division II Independents for major sports.

UC San Diego Admissions (2007)

SAT Test Scores: