by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Biomedical Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of California - San Diego. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in bio engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $26,544 |
| Fees | $2,087 | $2,087 |
The median early career salary of bio engineering students who receive their doctor’s degree from UCSD is $82,440 per year. That is 22% higher than the national average of $67,750.
Online degrees for the UCSD bio engineering doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCSD Online Learning page.
Women made up around 39.3% of the bio engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 39.1%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in bio engineering at UCSD in 2019-2020, 42.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 8 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 8 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Biomedical Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering | 28 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to biomedical engineering.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 2 |
| Chemical Engineering | 5 |
| Civil Engineering | 20 |
| Computer Engineering | 5 |
| Electrical Engineering | 25 |
*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.
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