General Education at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a general education school? To help you decide if University of California - San Diego is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's general education program.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

UCSD General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education
• Master’s Degree in General Education

UCSD General Education Rankings

The general education major at UCSD is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in general education, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Education Student Demographics at UCSD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general education majors at University of California - San Diego.

UCSD General Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of general education bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical general education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at UCSD since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a bachelor's in general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCSD General Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of general education master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the general education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 77% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - San Diego with a master's in general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	28
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Careers That General Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in general education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Education Professors	3,380	$84,160

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Znode at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.