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UC San Diego

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Website
ucsd.edu
Founded
1960
Rankings that list it
3 of 13 tracked
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Where UC San Diego stands

in PitchBook University Rankings: Graduate Founders
#37
2025
alumni founders, 327 companies
404
2025
raised by those companies
$13.9B
2025
university rankings list it
3 of 13
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Rankings that list UC San Diego
RankingEditionPositionSince last editionTrustWhat it measures
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities2018#16No prior editionBResearch, Prestige
Nature Index Research Leaders2022#17Up 1BResearch
PitchBook University Rankings: Graduate Founders2025#37No prior editionBActivity, Talent, Ecosystem
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  1. 01Research

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  2. 02Community

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Ranked near UC San Diego in PitchBook University Rankings: Graduate Founders

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UC San Diego compared with universities ranked near it
#UniversityFoundersCompaniesRaisedRaised per company
32ETH Zurich537379$7.5B$19.8M
33Boston University478429$10.1B$23.5M
33University of Washington, Seattle478393$12.6B$32.1M
35Hebrew University435331$10.5B$31.7M
36University of Wisconsin, Madison419346$14.4B$41.6M
37UC San DiegoThis page404327$13.9B$42.5M
38University of Maryland, College Park364318$11B$34.6M
39Georgetown University356333$6.7B$20.1M
40Technical University of Munich346278$7.3B$26.3M
41University of Minnesota, Twin Cities344281$14.8B$52.7M
42University of Virginia343308$12.1B$39.3M
PitchBook University Rankings: Graduate Founders, 2025. Raised per company is total raised divided by companies.

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