Nestled along the Pacific Ocean on 1,200 acres of coastal woodland, UCSD is a powerful magnet for those seeking a fresh, next-generation approach to education and research. Since its founding over four decades ago, UCSD - one of the ten campuses in the world-renowned University of California system - has rapidly achieved the status as one of the top institutions in the nation for higher education and research. UCSD’s interdisciplinary ethos and tradition of innovation and risk-taking underlie its research strength and ability to recruit top scholars and students.
UCSD received more than 45,000 applications for fall 2007 admission (the second highest application rate in the University of California system and possibly in the nation). The average high school GPA of admitted freshmen for fall 2007 was 4.06 and average SAT-I Reasoning scores were 634 Critical Reading, 670 Math and 640 Writing. Total campus enrollment for fall ‘07 was 27,500. UCSD ranks 3rd nationally among major research universities sending students abroad in full-year programs, and 8th among U.S. research institutions in the number of international scholars hosted.
UCSD’s total research funding for 2005-06 was $733 million. The National Science Foundation ranks UCSD 7th in the nation in federal R&D expenditures. (The top ten research universities, in rank order, are: Johns Hopkins, Wisconsin-Madison, UCLA, Michigan, UCSF, Washington, UCSD, Stanford, Pennsylvania, Duke.)
UCSD was named the “hottest” institution in the nation for students to study science by Newsweek and the 2006 Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide. UCSD ranks 7th in the nation in National Academy of Sciences membership. (The top universities, in rank order, are: Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, Princeton , Caltech, UCSD, Yale, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison , Univ. of Chicago and Univ. of Washington.). U.S. News and World Report ranks UCSD as 7th best public university in the nation, and 32nd among the nation’s top 50 universities.
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