University of California-San Diego

  • 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
  • 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 Completion
    4 Year
    74.9%
    6 Year
    87.6%
    8 Year
    90.6%
  • 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+
  • 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
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