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UC San Diego

UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0021


Website: https://www.ucsd.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 33,096
Full-time undergraduates: 31,451
Part-time undergraduates: 1,005
Total graduate students: 8,234
Full-time graduate students: 7,292
Part-time graduate students: 942
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
38.6% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
22.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
18.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
14.0% Nonresident Alien
2.4% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 2,183 acres
Nearest major city: San Diego

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 71%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 39%
Percent of students who live off campus: 80%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's fencing NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's rowing NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's water polo NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's crew  
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's fencing NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's water polo NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II

Intramural/Recreational sports:
baseball; basketball; bowling; equestrian sports; fencing; football; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; rowing; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: San Diego International

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