The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego, or colloquially UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California, United States. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, UC San Diego is the southernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California. It offers over 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, enrolling 33,096 undergraduate and 9,872 graduate students, with the second largest student housing capacity in the nation. The university occupies 2,178 acres (881 ha) near the Pacific coast.
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Established | November 18, 1960
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Endowment | $1.612 billion (2018, including UC Regents portion allocated to UCSD)
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Academic staff | 10,625 (April 2019)
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Administrative staff | 24,212 (April 2019)
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Students | 38,798 (Fall 2018)
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Undergraduates | 30,285 (Fall 2018)
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Postgraduates | 8,513 (Fall 2018)
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Campus | Urban
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Colors | Navy Blue and Gold
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Mascot | King Triton
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