University of California-San Diego
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Details
- Name: University of California-San Diego
- Location: La Jolla, CA 92093
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 24.52%
- Average SAT Scores No data
- Four Year Completion Rate 74.92% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 87.63% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 90.62% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year74.9%6 Year87.6%8 Year90.6% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $36,325 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $46,042 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $15,265 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $14,778 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $15,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $10,924 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $7,487 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $7,864 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $10,389 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $17,131 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $28,113 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $65,669 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $63,281 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $77,893 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $72,792 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $84,943 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Real Estate Development | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,324 |
| Engineering Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $58,243 | $42,800 | $55,148 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,287 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,478 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,263 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | $40,757 | $28,884 | $29,415 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $34,359 | $21,034 | $42,370 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,393 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $18,064 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,884 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $30,798 | $21,690 | $34,173 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $35,748 | $27,488 | $87,738 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $79,476 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $36,284 | No data | $62,687 |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $64,592 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,354 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $36,071 | No data | $40,222 |
| Cognitive Science | Bachelor's Degree | $32,178 | $21,899 | $39,060 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $29,418 | $16,836 | $38,643 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,536 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $37,745 | $18,950 | $30,159 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $17,690 | No data | $26,976 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $36,429 | No data | $29,140 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $15,000 | $60,511 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $33,269 | $28,499 | $71,127 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,778 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $54,802 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $24,242 | $64,863 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $18,914 | $11,000 | $28,185 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,732 |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $53,711 |
| Engineering Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $39,019 | $25,799 | $33,915 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $37,299 | $24,033 |
| International/Global Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $35,697 | $27,136 | $41,542 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,313 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $16,943 | No data | $29,743 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $22,469 | $18,750 | $29,964 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,195 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,321 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,882 |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,736 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $35,283 | $23,937 | $26,086 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,470 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,080 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | $39,217 | No data | $41,524 |
| Physical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,604 |
| Psychology, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $32,327 | $23,387 | $28,579 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,472 |