University of California - Los Angeles MS in Physical Sciences

87 Master's Degrees Awarded

Physical Sciences is a program of study at University of California - Los Angeles. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in physical sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Physical Sciences from UCLA Cost?

$13,029 Average Tuition and Fees

UCLA Graduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,442	$26,544
Fees	$1,587	$1,587

Does UCLA Offer an Online MS in Physical Sciences?

Online degrees for the UCLA physical sciences master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCLA Online Learning page.

UCLA Master’s Student Diversity for Physical Sciences

87 Master's Degrees Awarded

39.1% Women

34.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 87 master’s degrees in physical sciences awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 39.1% of the students who received their MS in physical sciences in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 37.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 34.5% of the physical sciences master’s degrees at UCLA in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 19%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	14
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	32
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

MS in Physical Sciences Focus Areas at UCLA

Physical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Astronomy & Astrophysics	4
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	8
Chemistry	44
Geological & Earth Sciences	12
Physics	19

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.