Universities in La Jolla, CA

1 indexed campuses, 42k students, ranked by the Campus Atlas quality index. Addresses and tuition bands sit on each profile.

Universities in La Jolla
#	Institution	City	Control	Students	Admitted	Tuition	Score
1	UC San Diego	La Jolla, CA	public	42,000	24%	$14,300 / $36,000	76

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University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA · public

Biotech, oceanography, engineering and physics cluster around the Scripps and Salk institutes in one of the densest research corridors in California.

Score 7642k students24% admitted$14k in-state

computer data scienceengineeringbusinesshealth medicine

Enrolment, tuition and acceptance figures are rounded planning values compiled in 2025/26 for orientation. Verify exact numbers with each university's official fact sheet before you apply.