University of California - Los Angeles PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences

94 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Biological & Biomedical Sciences is a program of study at University of California - Los Angeles. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in biological and biomedical sciences, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Biological & Biomedical Sciences from UCLA Cost?

$13,029 Average Tuition and Fees

UCLA Graduate Tuition and Fees

Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,442	$26,544
Fees	$1,587	$1,587

Does UCLA Offer an Online PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences?

Online degrees for the UCLA biological and biomedical sciences doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCLA Online Learning page.

UCLA Doctorate Student Diversity for Biological & Biomedical Sciences

94 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

48.9% Women

45.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 94 students received their doctor’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 48.9% of the biological and biomedical sciences students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 53.4%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in biological and biomedical sciences at UCLA in 2019-2020, 45.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	27
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PhD in Biological & Biomedical Sciences Focus Areas at UCLA

Biological & Biomedical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Biology	6
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	33
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	2
Genetics	2
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	14

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.