Chemistry is a major offered under the physical sciences program of study at University of California - San Diego. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in chemistry, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UCSD was ranked #68 on College Factual's Best Schools for chemistry list. It is also ranked #9 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for UCSD.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $3,206 | $3,206 |
Books and Supplies | $1,124 | $1,124 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,336 | $15,336 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,203 | $4,203 |
Learn more about UCSD tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Chemistry students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCSD took out an average of $15,335 in student loans. That is 31% lower than the national average of $22,229.
The median early career salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCSD is $35,594 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $35,333.
Online degrees for the UCSD chemistry bachelor’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.
About 57.1% of the students who received their BS in chemistry in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at UCSD in 2019-2020, 64.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 38%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 114 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 44 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 56 |
International Students | 32 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Chemistry students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Chemistry | 54 |
Other Chemistry | 205 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to chemistry.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology | 3 |
Geological & Earth Sciences | 19 |
Physics | 78 |
Other Physical Science | 7 |
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*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.