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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.
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Campus Location9500 Gilman Dr
La Jolla, CA 92093
USA
Main Tel: (858) 534-2230
Web Site The campus is in a large city. |
HighlightsWhere the school 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 2008-2009)| Degree | Total
Earned | Different
Programs |
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| Bachelor | 5,328 | 73 | | Master | 894 | 49 | | Doctorale | 488 | 49 | | Post-master's certificate | 258 | 21 | | First-professional degree | 155 | 2 |
StudentsStudent enrollment was 27,020 in 2007-2008 (27,806 full-time equivalent). About 44% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 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, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.
Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)| Item | Cost |
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| State Tuition and fees | $ 8,062 | | Out-of-state tuition and fees | $ 28,673 | | Room and board | $ 10,787 | | Books and supplies | $ 1,523 | | Other | $ 3,388 |
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.
FacultyTenure (2008-2009): | Full-Time Faculty | | Total |
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| With tenure | | 891 | | Without tenure; working toward tenure | | 209 | | Without tenure; tenure not available | | 625 |
Housing and MealsUC San Diego provides on-campus housing for 10,836 of its 27,806 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).
AthleticsThe school is in the Division II Independents for major sports.
Admissions (2008-2009)| Applicants | Admitted |
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| Men | 41% | | Women | 44% | | All | 42% |
SAT Test Scores:| SAT | Middle 50% |
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| Verbal | 540-660 | | Math | 590-700 | | Writing | 550-670 |
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Programs of Study(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses) ART STUDIES (117 awarded) - Visual and Performing Arts
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (400 awarded) - Business Administration and Management
- Management Science
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (328 awarded) - Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (28 awarded) DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (66 awarded) - Dance
- Directing and Theatrical Production
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
EDUCATION AND TEACHING (107 awarded) - Education
- Educational Leadership and Administration
- Mathematics Teacher Education
ENGINEERING (932 awarded) - Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Engineering Science
- Engineering
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Systems Engineering
FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (111 awarded) - Human Development and Family Studies
FINE ARTS (54 awarded) - Art History, Criticism and Conservation
- Fine/Studio Arts
LIBERAL ARTS (1,937 awarded) - American Government and Politics (United States)
- Anthropology
- Area Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
- Comparative Literature
- Economics
- English Language and Literature
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
- French Language and Literature
- History
- International Relations and Affairs
- International/Global Studies
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Linguistics
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Political Science and Government
- Russian Language and Literature
- Sociology
- Spanish Language and Literature
- Urban Studies/Affairs
MATHEMATICS (157 awarded) - Applied Mathematics
- Mathematics and Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Statistics
MEDIA (254 awarded) - Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (5 awarded) - Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
MEDICINE (204 awarded) - Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
- Medicine (MD)
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
MUSIC (45 awarded) RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (59 awarded) - Jewish/Judaic Studies
- Philosophy
- Religion/Religious Studies
SCIENCE (1,724 awarded) - Anatomy
- Animal Physiology
- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Biology/Biological Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biophysics
- Chemical Physics
- Chemistry
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
- Epidemiology
- Geochemistry
- Geology/Earth Science
- Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
- Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
- Pathology/Experimental Pathology
- Physical Sciences
- Physics
THERAPY AND COUNSELING (595 awarded) - Clinical Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Psychology
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