Overall Rating Platinum
Overall Score 86.87
Liaison Carrie Metzgar
Submission Date Nov. 5, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of California, San Diego
PRE-5: Academics and Demographics

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete N/A Carrie Metzgar
Campus Sustainability Officer
Utilities & Sustainability
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Number of academic divisions:
12

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent):
38

 Headcounts

Report the unduplicated total number of students enrolled and workers employed over a 12-month period or else representative headcounts (e.g. autumn figures).

Number of students enrolled for credit:
42,189

Total number of employees:
35,507

 Full-Time Equivalents (FTE)

Report the institution’s best estimates, annualized as feasible and/or calculated according to relevant national, regional or international standards. Non-credit students may be included.

Full-time equivalent student enrollment:
38,361

Full-time equivalent of students enrolled exclusively in distance education:
0

Full-time equivalent of employees:
29,695

 On-Campus Residents

Report annualized headcounts as feasible or else representative snapshots (e.g. autumn headcounts).

Number of students resident on-site:
18,034

Number of employees resident on-site:
31

Number of other individuals resident on-site:
418

 Weighted Campus Users

Weighted campus users, performance year:
55,976.25

 Optional Fields

Additional documentation to support the submission:
PRE-5_Academics_and_Demographics_Headcount_FTE_Residents.xlsx

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY FOR ACADEMICS AND DEMOGRAPHICS: 

 

The academic divisions referenced in this credit include (https://ucsd.edu/academics/): 

  1. School of Arts and Humanities 

  1. School of Biological Sciences 

  1. Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science 

  1. Jacobs School of Engineering 

  1. School of Physical Sciences 

  1. Rady School of Management 

  1. School of Global Policy and Strategy 

  1. School of Medicine 

  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography 

  1. Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 

  1. School of Social Sciences 

  1. Halicioğlu Data Science Institute *Please note: At the time of preparing this report, the Halicioğlu Data Science Institute will soon be renamed as the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences.

 

 

The academic departments referenced in this credit include: 

School of Arts and Humanities (https://artsandhumanities.ucsd.edu/): 

  1. Music 

  1. Theatre and Dance 

  1. Visual Arts 

  1. History 

  1. Literature  

  1. Philosophy 

 

School of Biological Sciences (https://biology.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Cell and Developmental Biology 

  1. Molecular Biology 

  1. Ecology, Behavior & Evolution 

  1. Neurobiology 

 

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science (https://hwsph.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Public Health and Human Longevity Science 

 

Jacobs School of Engineering (https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering 

  1. Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering 

  1. Computer Science & Engineering 

  1. Electrical & Computer Engineering 

  1. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 

  1. Structural Engineering 

 

School of Physical Sciences (https://physicalsciences.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Astronomy & Astrophysics 

  1. Chemistry & Biochemistry 

  1. Mathematics 

  1. Physics 

 

Rady School of Management (https://rady.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Management 

 

School of Global Policy and Strategy (https://gps.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Global Policy and Strategy 

 

School of Medicine (https://medschool.ucsd.edu/education/md-combined/curriculum/core/index.html):  

  1. School of Medicine 

 

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (https://scripps.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography 

 

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 

 

School of Social Sciences (https://socialsciences.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Anthropology 

  1. Cognitive Science 

  1. Communication 

  1. Economics 

  1. Education Studies 

  1. Ethnic Studies 

  1. Linguistics 

  1. Political Science 

  1. Psychology 

  1. Sociology 

  1. Urban Studies & Planning 

 

Halicioğlu Data Science Institute (https://datascience.ucsd.edu/):  

  1. Data Science 

 

 

HEADCOUNT, FTE, & RESIDENTS SOURCES AND CALCULATIONS SPREADSHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kTGIyqMqQrfB80Sh6mp9sabd8dDv_iHr/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104925632587510143377&rtpof=true&sd=true  

  • Student Enrollment Headcount (Fall 2023): Headcount (42,189) includes undergraduate and graduate students, as well as students attending Preuss School. Preuss School is a full-time charter school for 6-12 grades. 

  • Total number of employees (Fall 2023): 

    • La Jolla Campus Only: 35,507 

    • La Jolla Campus and Hillcrest Medical Center: 40,914  

  • FTE Student Enrollment (Fall 2023): FTE (38,361) includes undergraduate and graduate students, as well as students attending Preuss School. Preuss School is a full-time charter school for 6-12 grades. 

  • No students are enrolled exclusively in distance education. 

  • FTE Employees (Fall 2023): 

    • La Jolla Campus Only: 26,695

    • La Jolla Campus and Hillcrest Medical Center: 33,914 

  • Student residents on-site (Fall 2023): Includes all housing areas except La Jolla del Sol (18,034). La Jolla del Sol is faculty and staff housing and only included in greenhouse gas reporting (OP-2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions).   

  • Employee residents on-site (Fall 2023): 31 total professional staff in undergraduate and graduate housing. 333 faculty and staff members reside in La Jolla del Sol, however, these numbers are only factored into greenhouse gas reporting (OP-2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions). 

  • Other individual residents on-site: UC San Diego’s three hospitals operate under one license with a current combined capacity of 799 beds: UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest (381 beds) and East Campus La Jolla (Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center – 418 beds). We exclude the Hillcrest campus bed count as it is outside the bounds of this reporting. Hillcrest and La Jolla numbers are included in the WCU used for greenhouse gas emissions credits since that is how we report our emissions inventory to CARB. 

    • 418 staffed hospital beds at La Jolla Medical Center

    • 381 staffed hospital beds at Hillcrest Medical Center

    • 799 total staffed hospital beds

 

  • Weighted Campus User (WCU) adjustments according to credit: 

    • 55,976.25 WCU used for PRE-5 Academics and Demographics 

    • 59,604.75 WCU used for OP-2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

    • 55,976.25 WCU used for OP-18 Waste Minimization 

    • 54,896.75 WCU used for OP-21 Water Use 

 

Points of contact for credit information:  

  • Carrie Metzgar, Campus Sustainability Officer, Utilities & Sustainability 

  • Heidi Carty, Institutional Research Analyst, Institutional Research 

  • Nicole Poletto, Sustainability Analyst, UC San Diego Health Sustainability 

  • Megan Fox, Director of Residential Experience, Housing, Dining & Hospitality 

  • Sam Petersen, EH&S Specialist, Environment, Health & Safety 

  • Michelle Perez, Energy & Sustainability Manager, Utilities & Sustainability 

  • Carly Kupka, Campus Utilities & Energy Analyst, Utilities & Sustainability 

  • Elizabeth Lin, Waste Management, Recycling & Sustainability Manager, Facilities Management 


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