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4.3
Average Rating
(based on 99 UC San Diego Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.4
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.3
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"UCSD is a great environment for cutting edge technical innovation and provides unique and challenging projects. My colleagues are world class scientists and engineers and create an extremely engaging environment for my work."
Posted 10 years ago in San Diego, CA
UC San Diego Employee

"Excellent Company to work for!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
IT Professional

"I Recently Graduated IT Student. I’m looking to take my career to the next level where I can be a part of an innovative challenging team, but also allows me to focus my energy on my best strength, working directly with customers. I’d like to build a long term career where I can see myself as an IT professional."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Graduate Student Researcher

"I have been a graduate student at UC San Diego for 6 years. During these years, I was fortunate to get involved in many research/design projects and learn a lot. The professional environment of the university not only helped me learn the technical details in my field but also helped me appreciate the value of teamwork and collaborative research for performing a successful engineering research project."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Intern

"Very good experience , could learn a lot"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Associate

"I've worked at UC San Diego as a Postdoctoral Researcher for over 2 years, and as a bench scientist, I have found that the opportunities to make impactful discoveries are substantial. There are ample opportunities for forming strong collaborations around campus and nearby scientific institutions, and the level of experts in multiple areas of research abound."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"Good place to work, but the atmosphere depends a lot on who is running the specific department. The retirement benefits are good, but medical, dental, etc are pretty standard. Pay could definitely be better."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"Excellent research and study environment for students"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"I have worked at UCSD for 5 years. I really appreciate my adviser for his support, guidance, patience, and expertise on my long-term research project. I also appreciate my fellow graduate students. I can solve the problems and obstacles happened in my research by the team support."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Project Scientist

"I worked for UCSD, department of pediatrics since 2011. We were a new lab and I was one of the founders of the lab. I'm the lab manager and I was responsible "indirectly" for setting up a highly collaborative environment. The research team is highly versatile ranging from modelers to hardcore experimentalists. I learned a lot and it's a great place!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Associate

"Really awesome place to work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Art Director

"I've worked for UCSD for 5 months in the role of Art Director. The staff and faculty have been really great assisting with access to resources for company branding. UCSD is a incredible school that is leading the way in entrepreneur programs."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"Great university, busy workload"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Undergraduate Student Advisor

"I've worked in the US Navy from 2010-2015. I enjoyed troubleshooting electrical equipment and work planning. I found out that environment is very motivating. It required a lot of teamwork and leadership."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"I ve worked at a start up company. If you want to work at a start up company, I strongly recommend it. It is one of the angel investor's strongest tech startup company."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UC San Diego Employee

"I was a student at TCU for 3.5 years. It was a good experience, if one can handle the almost oppressively happy-go-lucky campus culture."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

UC San Diego Reviews FAQs

Is UC San Diego a good company to work for?

UC San Diego has an overall rating of 4.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 99 UC San Diego Review Ratings left anonymously by UC San Diego employees, which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 96% of employees would recommend working at UC San Diego.

Does UC San Diego pay their employees well?

UC San Diego employees earn $30,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 55% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 81 UC San Diego employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find UC San Diego Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at UC San Diego?

96% of employees would recommend working at UC San Diego with the overall rating of 4.3 out of 5. Employees also rated UC San Diego 4.4 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.8 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at UC San Diego?

According to our data, the highest paying job at UC San Diego is a Senior Director at $140,000 annually. Browse UC San Diego Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at UC San Diego?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at UC San Diego is a Research Assistant Intern at $16,000 annually. Browse UC San Diego Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at UC San Diego?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at UC San Diego to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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