About UC San Diego

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Students

  • 29,324 undergraduate & graduate students (as of Fall 2011)
  • 53,455 freshman applications for Fall 2011 admission (the second highest application rate in the UC system). 
  • Average admitted high school GPA was 4.09.

Gender

  • 49.5% men
  • 50.5% women

Fields of Study

UC San Diego offers more than 100 undergraduate majors in six disciplinary areas

  • Social Sciences (37.8%)
  • Biology (21.7%)
  • Engineering (18.3%)
  • Science/Math (9.4%)
  • Special/Undeclared (5.9%)
  • Humanities (3.6%)
  • Arts (3.2%)

Financial Aid

Approximately 70% of all undergraduate students receive some type of financial assistance to attend UC San Diego.