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San Diego, a world-class center of research and teaching and one of
the ten campuses that constitute the University of California, was
founded in 1960. Its history can, however, be traced back to 1903
when a group of zoologists from UC Berkeley established the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography |
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Revenues
Fiscal 2000
Expenditures Fiscal 2000
Research Expenditures Fiscal 2000
Average Monthly Payroll
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$1.5
billion
$1.4 billion
$461.7 million
$55 million
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Economic
Impact
UC San Diego made a national economic impact of $2.2 billion,
more than seven times the initial state of California contribution
of $299 million. This $2.2 billion created 131,000 jobs.
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Number
of Full- and Part-Time Employees
UC San Diego is the third largest employer in San Diego,
following the federal government and the state of California.
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Faculty
Staff
Total
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4,904
4,443
19,347
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Student
Statistics, Fall 2000
Total Number of Students
Undergraduate Students
Women
Men
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20,212
16,496
8,605 (52.2 %)
7,891 (47.8 %)
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Mean
High School GPA Entering Freshmen Class
Mean SAT Score Entering Freshmen Class
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3.99
1259
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Total
Advanced Degree Enrollment, Fall 2000
Number of Graduate Students on General Campus
and at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
School of Medicine Enrollment
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3,716
2,411
1,305
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Number
of Undergraduate Students
in Chosen Fields of Study, Fall 2000
Arts
Engineering
Humanities
Science/Mathematics
Social Science
Special/Undeclared
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800
3,320
748
4,444
5,487
1,697
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Student
Fees, 20002001
Full-time Undergraduate
Nonresident Supplement
Graduate Students
Nonresident Supplement
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$3,848
$10,614
$4,883
$10,434
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Private
Support
Total Amount Raised in Fiscal 2000
UC San Diego Foundation Total Assets (June 30, 2000)
(market value)
Number of Endowed Chairs
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$135
million
$275
million
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Rankings
In a National Research Council study of the quality of faculty
in graduate programs in universities in the United States,
UC San Diego was ranked tenth.
U.S. News & World Report rated UC San Diego seventh in excellence
among all state-supported colleges and universities in the
United States.
UC
San Diego was sixth in the nation and first in the UC system
of universities in terms of federal agency awards for research
in FY 1998 (the most recent year for which comparative figures
are available).
In
a listing that placed greater weight on quality rather than
cost, UC San Diego was ranked tenth ìBest Buyî among 100 of
the top public universities and colleges in the nation by
Kiplingerís Personal Finance.
In
terms of the presence of foreign scholars on campus, UC San
Diego was ranked fifth in the nation by the Chronicle of Higher
Education. UC San Diego also sent more students abroad than
any other single university in the United States.
In
a recent listing of ìcell superstars and genome giants,î UC
San Diego was ranked fifth in the world in terms of the most-cited
molecular-biology and genetic-research papers published in
prestigious journals. UC San Diego Pharmacology Professor
Michael Karin was ranked first worldwide.
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