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Medical Scientist at University of California - San Diego

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Medical Scientist at University of California - San Diego

Every medical scientist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical scientist program at University of California - San Diego stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Medical Scientist section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

UCSD Medical Scientist Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical scientist majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD Medical Scientist Master’s Program

59% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The medical scientist program at UCSD awarded 22 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 41% of these degrees went to men with the other 59% going to women.

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In the medical scientist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in medical scientist.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 8
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Medical Scientists 26,080 $102,550
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Epidemiologists 760 $92,040

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.

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