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Facts & Figures

The following Facts & Figures reflect 2024 data.

Professional Schools

3 Professional Schools: Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health

22 Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs

1,980 Faculty Members

3,741 Students, Postdocs, Residents and Fellows

29 Members of National Academy of Medicine

13 Members of National Academy of Sciences

6 Nobel Laureates

School of Medicine

1,846 Faculty

573 MD Students

90 MD-PhD Students

59 MS Students

1,577 MD Postdocs, Residents, Fellows

20 Departments

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

52 Faculty

368 PharmD, Master's Students, Postdocs, Residents

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science

82 Faculty

252 PhD, Master's Students, Postdocs, Residents

822 BA Students

UC San Diego Health Clinical Enterprise

13,493 Employees

1,857 Physicians

4,222 Registered Nurses

1,101 Beds

$4.4B Annual Operating Budget

36,130 Annual Hospital Admissions

1.29M Annual Outpatient Visits & Surgeries

1,800 Total Clinical Trials (Approx.)

6,060 Patients in Active Clinical Trial Treatment (Approx.)

1,200 Actively Enrolling Trials (Approx.)

245 New Trials Annually (Approx.)

Research

$896M Health Sciences Research Awards FY24

3,321 Active Research Awards FY24

$460M NIH Funding 2023

U.S News & World Report 2025

No.1 Best hospital in San Diego

Top 20 Hospitals in the U.S.

Tier 1 Best Medical Schools: Research

No. 12 Among pharmacy schools in the U.S.