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Majors at UCSD Plus Academic Programs & Fields of Study

Research the available academic degrees, majors and fields of study available at UCSD . Let College Factual help you discover whether UCSD offers the right fit, value, and cost to meet your educational goals.

Majors & Fields of Study at University of California - San Diego

University of California - San Diego offers 101 distinct undergraduate degrees, concentrated into 70 majors within 22 broad fields of study. Across all areas of study, University of California - San Diego awarded 8,395 undergraduate degrees in 2019 - 2020 .

None of the awards was for a degree taken exclusively online.
None of the awards was for a degree at the associate level (2-Year).
A significant percentage of degrees (21.0% ) were awarded to foreign nationals.
A significant percentage of degrees (49.0% ) were awarded to men.

Domestic Ethnicity of Graduates

The following chart and table show how the 6,596 undergraduate awards given to U.S. citizens were distributed at University of California - San Diego .

Asian Americans2,812
White Americans1,632
Hispanic Americans1,490
Other Americans513
African Americans114
Pacific Island / Native Hawaiian Americans27
Native Americans8

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All the Fields of Study Offered At This School.

Below are all fields of study offered at University of California - San Diego . Click a field of study below for more information, the related majors and the focus areas within the field.

2019 - 2020
Fields of Study
Associates DegreesBachelors DegreesRanking Within FieldAverage
Starting Salary
Architecture & Related Services017N/A
N/A
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies067N/A
$22,000
Biological & Biomedical Sciences01,5935
$34,000
Business, Management & Marketing0126320
$43,000
Communication & Journalism0239135
$34,000
Computer & Information Sciences047757
$81,000
Education017N/A
N/A
Engineering094880
$58,000
English Language & Literature079N/A
$27,000
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences07159
$28,000
Foreign Languages & Linguistics073103
$15,000
Health Professions0250306
$31,000
History09043
$31,000
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities02N/A
N/A
Mathematics & Statistics047518
$39,000
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies01,5892
$37,000
Natural Resources & Conservation06689
$27,000
Philosophy & Religious Studies042N/A
N/A
Physical Sciences036617
$34,000
Psychology04631
$30,000
Social Sciences01,08651
$36,000
Visual & Performing Arts0259102
$18,000
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