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Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a pharmacy school? To help you decide if University of California - San Diego is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's pharmacy program.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Pharmacy
  • Doctorate Degree in Pharmacy

UCSD Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

There were 62 students who received their doctoral degrees in pharmacy, making the school the #107 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Pharmacy Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences Master’s Program

71% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The pharmacy program at UCSD awarded 21 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

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In the pharmacy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 52% of degree recipients. That is 11% 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 pharmacy.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 4
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

If you plan to be a pharmacy major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy 62
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development 21

Careers That Pharmacy Grads May Go Into

A degree in pharmacy 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
Sales Managers 76,950 $134,010
Marketing Managers 37,410 $167,910
Pharmacists 30,950 $139,690
Medical Scientists 26,080 $102,550
Health Specialties Professors 11,540 $161,770

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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