About
The University of California, San Francisco is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It conducts research and teaching in medical and biological sciences.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 43 Title IV programs, 11 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 32 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
43
Passing
11
25.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
43programs
- Passing11 · 25.6%
- No Data32 · 74.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
11
No data
32
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$84,632
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+36.8%
+$22,778
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+36.8%
$84,632 vs $61,854
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$96,225
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+55.6%
+$34,371
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+55.6%
$96,225 vs $61,854
Biology General
Doctoral Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$96,962
$53,672
National Same-Field BA Median
+80.7%
+$43,290
Biology General
Doctoral Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+80.7%
$96,962 vs $53,672
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$112,089
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+81.2%
+$50,235
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+81.2%
$112,089 vs $61,854
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$152,323
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+146.3%
+$90,469
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+146.3%
$152,323 vs $61,854
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$159,229
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+157.4%
+$97,375
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+157.4%
$159,229 vs $61,854
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
Graduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$159,547
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+157.9%
+$97,693
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
Graduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+157.9%
$159,547 vs $61,854
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies
Graduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$174,679
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+182.4%
+$112,825
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies
Graduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+182.4%
$174,679 vs $61,854
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$192,014
$152,323
126%
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$192,014 debt · $152,323 earn
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$131,731
$112,089
118%
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$131,731 debt · $112,089 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$87,250
$96,225
91%
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$87,250 debt · $96,225 earn
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$124,922
$179,523
70%
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$124,922 debt · $179,523 earn
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$51,936
$84,632
61%
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$51,936 debt · $84,632 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$65,572
$159,229
41%
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$65,572 debt · $159,229 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$57,484
$192,159
30%
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$57,484 debt · $192,159 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Accredited since 1976Next review Feb 2031
Programmatic accreditations · 26
Action history · 64
- Oct 2025Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
- Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: DegreeAccreditation Commission for Midwifery Education · Nurse Midwifery (MIDWF) - Basic certificate and graduate nurse-midwifery education programs for registered nurses
- Aug 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Craniofacial and Special Care Orthodontics — Fellowship
- May 2025Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels
- Apr 2025Grant Substantive Change: DegreeAccreditation Commission for Midwifery Education · Nurse Midwifery (MIDWF) - Basic certificate and graduate nurse-midwifery education programs for registered nurses
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $49.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
—
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
—
null total
Direct Loans
$49.9M
1,345 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
0k’20
0k’21
0k’22
0k’23
0k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Unsubsidized · Grad$34.5M
889 loan awards
Grad PLUS$15.5M
456 loan awards
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 617 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
0.0%
-2.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
617
Defaulted
0
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
0.4%-8.9
2017
1.3%-7.9
2018
1.0%-6.0
2019
0.0%-2.3
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UCSF
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs38
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
924 total completions
01Health Professions
74280.3%
01Health Professions
74280.3%
02Biological Sciences
12313.3%
02Biological Sciences
12313.3%
03Engineering
434.7%
03Engineering
434.7%
04Computer Sciences
101.1%
04Computer Sciences
101.1%
05Social Sciences
60.6%
05Social Sciences
60.6%
06History
00.0%
06History
00.0%
07Multi/Interdisciplinary
00.0%
07Multi/Interdisciplinary
00.0%
08Public Admin
00.0%
08Public Admin
00.0%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
3,007
12-mo unduplicated
3,081
Gender split
Men
37%1,133
Women
63%1,948
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
44.47
139 offenses · 3,126 students
3-year trend
48.342 yrs ago66.561 yr ago44.47Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
501
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
137
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2
Criminal offenses by type
Motor vehicle theft
57
Burglary
27
Fondling
21
Aggravated assault
18
Rape
7
Robbery
7
Arson
2
By location
139total
- On campus92
- Non-campus15
- Public property32
Includes 7 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
20
Domestic violence
11
Dating violence
17
Stalking
48 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons100
Drugs111
Liquor20
Residence-hall fires
- Mission Bay Housing South1 fireSmoking materialsDamage $10,000-$24,999
Data quality: 4 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
UCSF vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UCSF selected for federal comparison reporting.
This institutionPeer median
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of California-San Francisco | Grad-only | Grad-only | 3,007 | Grad-only | — |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 1,216 | Grad-only | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,246 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 2,942 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 5,098 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,101 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 4,938 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,786 | $25,137 | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,241 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,485 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 6,636 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 1,489 | Grad-only | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,988 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,680 | No freshman cohort | — | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 2,549 | Grad-only | — | |
| Peer group median | — | — | 3,246 | $25,137 |
Institutions like UCSF
Explore the federal data for institutions in UCSF's comparison group.
- Virginia
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment1,216Net priceGrad-onlyView data - South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,246Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment2,942Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Texas
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment5,098Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Tennessee
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,101Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Texas
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment4,938Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Texas
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,786Net price$25,137View data - Texas
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,241Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Arkansas
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,485Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Maryland
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment6,636Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment1,489Net priceGrad-onlyView data - Nebraska
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,988Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,680Net priceNo freshman cohortView data - Texas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Grad rateGrad-onlyAdmit rateGrad-onlyEnrollment2,549Net priceGrad-onlyView data
UCSF Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Office
Office of Institutional Research
Phone
415/476-6881
Address
500 Parnassus Avenue, MU 200W, San Francisco CA 94143-0244
The Office of Institutional Research is responsible for campus-wide institutional research activities and initiatives, including the organization, collection and analysis of campus data in response to requests from internal and external organizations.
Visit IR office pageTeam
1 member
- Ning Wang, PhDDirector
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data definitionData and Analytics Governance at UCSFUCSF's Data and Analytics Governance program aims to promote responsible data management, privacy, and data-driven decision-making. The program emphasizes literacy, integrity, and culture while providing a framework for managing data processes in alignment with UCSF’s mission. It focuses on committee structures, business stewardship, data compliance, data management, reporting governance, and training and education.data.ucsf.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planStrategic Plan | UCSF School of Medicine2024The UCSF School of Medicine's strategic plan outlines a commitment to advancing health globally by prioritizing education, research, healthcare, and public service. It identifies seven thematic areas, including opportunity, belonging, and anti-discrimination, with specific tactics prioritized to achieve the school's future vision. The plan will be finalized and implemented in 2025 following stakeholder engagement and refinement of tactics.medschool.ucsf.edu
Notable alumni of UCSF (10)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Carolyn BertozziBiochemistry
- David AgardBiophysics
- Priscilla ChanPhilanthropy
- Susan Desmond-HellmannMedicine and Biotechnology
- Julie GerberdingPublic Health
- Michael V. DrakeHigher Education Administration
- Stanton GlantzTobacco Control Research
- Adam GazzaleyNeuroscience
- Linda AranaydoMedicine
- Hal V. BarronPharmaceuticals
Frequently asked questions about University of California-San Francisco
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about UCSF.
What is the acceptance rate at University of California-San Francisco?
University of California-San Francisco does not have a reported acceptance rate. This institution offers no undergraduate degree programs, so there is no undergraduate admissions cycle to report.
What is the graduation rate at University of California-San Francisco?
University of California-San Francisco does not have a reported federal graduation rate. Federal graduation rates track first-time, full-time undergraduates seeking a degree. This institution offers no undergraduate degree programs, so there is no cohort to follow.
How many students attend University of California-San Francisco?
University of California-San Francisco reports a total enrollment of 3,007 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at University of California-San Francisco?
University of California-San Francisco does not have a reported average net price. Net price is a federal metric for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid. This institution offers no undergraduate degree programs, so it does not report one.
Where is University of California-San Francisco located?
University of California-San Francisco is located in San Francisco, California 94143-0244.
Who runs Institutional Research at University of California-San Francisco?
University of California-San Francisco's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →
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