Selectivity
17%
Total Students
44,794
UG 31,906
PG 12,888
Satisfaction Index
96%
Salary After Attending
$59,600
BASIC
| Web Site | www.ucla.edu/ |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Location | Los Angeles |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 31,906 |
| Women | 17,843 (55.92%) |
| Men | 14,063 (44.08%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 12,888 |
| Women | 5,847 (45.37%) |
| Men | 7,041 (54.63%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 17% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 60,738 |
| Graduation Rate | 91% |
| Retention Rate | 96 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | www.admissions.ucla.edu/ |
| Online Application URL | www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/apply-online/index.html |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 17 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | No |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | - |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | No |
| Early Action Application Deadline | - |
| Early Action Notification Date | - |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 17% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 18% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 16% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 37% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 38% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 35% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | - |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 580 | 710 |
| SAT - Maths | 600 | 600 |
| ACT - Composite | 28 | 33 |
| ACT - Writing | - | - |
| ACT - English | 28 | 34 |
| ACT - Maths | 27 | 34 |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://financialaid.ucla.edu/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://app.financialaid.ucla.edu/FASEstimator/ |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$39,602 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$15,069 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,636 |
Other Expenses |
$4,431 |
| Total | $60,738 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$27,785 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$15,069 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,636 |
Other Expenses |
$4,431 |
| Total | $48,921 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | No |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | 87 |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 2.3% |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | $ 24,056 |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | $ 20,92,872 |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architecture. | 22 | 99 | 3 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | - | 67 | 7 |
| Category total | 22 | 166 | 10 |
| AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES. | |||
| African Studies. | - | 2 | - |
| African-American/Black Studies. | 13 | 4 | - |
| American Indian/Native American Studies. | - | 2 | - |
| Area Studies, Other. | 4 | - | - |
| Asian Studies/Civilization. | 39 | - | - |
| Asian-American Studies. | 21 | 7 | - |
| East Asian Studies. | 1 | 9 | - |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other. | 75 | 1 | 4 |
| European Studies/Civilization. | 2 | - | - |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies. | 51 | 2 | - |
| Latin American Studies. | 7 | 12 | - |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies. | 1 | - | - |
| Russian Studies. | 6 | - | - |
| Women's Studies. | 4 | - | - |
| Category total | 224 | 39 | 4 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Biochemistry. | 218 | 1 | 3 |
| Bioinformatics. | - | - | 1 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 421 | 2 | 7 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other. | 6 | 2 | - |
| Biophysics. | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Biostatistics. | - | 8 | 5 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. | 132 | - | 12 |
| Ecology. | 11 | - | - |
| Epidemiology. | - | 2 | 12 |
| Human/Medical Genetics. | - | - | 2 |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography. | 4 | - | - |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other. | 148 | 2 | 8 |
| Molecular Biochemistry. | - | 15 | 17 |
| Molecular Biology. | - | - | 11 |
| Molecular Pharmacology. | - | 1 | 10 |
| Molecular Physiology. | - | - | 15 |
| Molecular Toxicology. | - | - | 2 |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy. | - | 1 | 1 |
| Neuroscience. | 140 | - | 13 |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology. | - | - | 4 |
| Physiology, General. | 169 | 8 | - |
| Category total | 1255 | 48 | 129 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Actuarial Science. | - | 66 | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | - | 756 | 8 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | 247 | - | - |
| Category total | 247 | 822 | 8 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Computer Science. | 179 | 161 | 26 |
| Information Science/Studies. | - | 8 | 4 |
| Category total | 179 | 169 | 30 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Education, General. | - | 218 | 47 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General. | - | - | 26 |
| Special Education and Teaching, General. | - | - | 4 |
| Category total | 0 | 218 | 77 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | 33 | 13 | 6 |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. | 63 | 41 | 19 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 82 | 9 | 16 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 65 | 76 | 16 |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 30 | - | - |
| Computer Engineering, Other. | - | 3 | - |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 125 | 161 | 37 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Other. | - | 19 | - |
| Engineering, General. | - | 25 | - |
| Engineering, Other. | - | 10 | - |
| Geological/Geophysical Engineering. | 5 | - | - |
| Manufacturing Engineering. | - | 4 | - |
| Materials Engineering. | 29 | 27 | 20 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 101 | 87 | 23 |
| Structural Engineering. | - | 1 | - |
| Category total | 533 | 476 | 137 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| American Literature (United States). | 21 | - | - |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 297 | 8 | 17 |
| Category total | 318 | 8 | 17 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Arabic Language and Literature. | 3 | - | - |
| Chinese Language and Literature. | 5 | - | - |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | - | 3 | 3 |
| Comparative Literature. | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other. | - | - | 7 |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other. | 5 | - | 3 |
| French Language and Literature. | 20 | - | 2 |
| German Language and Literature. | 3 | - | - |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | - | 1 | 2 |
| Italian Language and Literature. | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Japanese Language and Literature. | 20 | - | - |
| Korean Language and Literature. | 7 | - | - |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other. | 72 | - | 3 |
| Linguistics. | 78 | 9 | 4 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other. | - | 3 | 9 |
| Portuguese Language and Literature. | 2 | 1 | - |
| Russian Language and Literature. | 7 | - | - |
| Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | - | 1 | - |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | - | 1 | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature. | 32 | 2 | - |
| Category total | 270 | 25 | 37 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine. | - | 5 | - |
| Environmental Health. | - | 4 | 1 |
| Health Services Administration. | - | - | 2 |
| Medical Scientist. | - | 13 | - |
| Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. | - | 18 | 5 |
| Public Health, Other. | - | 167 | 15 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other. | 44 | 134 | 10 |
| Category total | 44 | 341 | 33 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 324 | 14 | 27 |
| Category total | 324 | 14 | 27 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Public Policy Analysis, General. | - | 61 | - |
| Social Work. | - | 97 | 7 |
| Category total | 0 | 158 | 7 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | |||
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General. | - | 148 | - |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other. | - | - | 1 |
| Category total | 0 | 148 | 1 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. | 1 | - | - |
| Category total | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LIBRARY SCIENCE. | |||
| Library Science, Other. | - | 37 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Applied Mathematics, General. | 140 | - | - |
| Computational Mathematics. | 21 | - | - |
| Financial Mathematics. | 73 | - | - |
| Mathematics, General. | 44 | 20 | 22 |
| Mathematics, Other. | 167 | - | - |
| Statistics, General. | 100 | 18 | 12 |
| Category total | 545 | 38 | 34 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology. | 16 | - | - |
| Cognitive Science. | 39 | - | - |
| Human Biology. | 58 | - | - |
| International/Global Studies. | 36 | - | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 185 | 2 | 5 |
| Category total | 334 | 2 | 5 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION. | |||
| Environmental Science. | 74 | - | 6 |
| Category total | 74 | 0 | 6 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Islamic Studies. | - | 1 | - |
| Jewish/Judaic Studies. | 2 | - | - |
| Philosophy. | 106 | 7 | 4 |
| Religion/Religious Studies. | 10 | - | - |
| Category total | 118 | 8 | 4 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Astronomy. | - | 10 | 7 |
| Astrophysics. | 12 | - | - |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General. | - | 8 | 10 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other. | 18 | - | - |
| Chemistry, General. | 62 | 56 | 22 |
| Geochemistry. | - | 2 | 2 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other. | 1 | - | - |
| Geology/Earth Science, General. | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| Geophysics and Seismology. | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Materials Science. | 20 | - | - |
| Physics, General. | 60 | 21 | 20 |
| Category total | 192 | 102 | 66 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology. | 340 | - | - |
| Psychology, General. | 497 | 24 | 34 |
| Category total | 837 | 24 | 34 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 293 | 5 | 9 |
| Archeology. | - | 8 | 1 |
| Development Economics and International Development. | 90 | - | - |
| Economics, General. | 507 | 14 | 31 |
| Geography, Other. | 88 | - | - |
| Geography. | 78 | 4 | 12 |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 553 | - | 19 |
| Sociology. | 541 | 16 | 8 |
| Category total | 2150 | 47 | 80 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation. | 84 | 2 | 1 |
| Art/Art Studies, General. | 69 | 12 | - |
| Dance, General. | 21 | 3 | - |
| Design and Applied Arts, Other. | 50 | 5 | - |
| Design and Visual Communications, General. | 1 | - | - |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. | 60 | 14 | 4 |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies. | 34 | 71 | 3 |
| Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other. | 35 | - | - |
| Music History, Literature, and Theory. | 13 | - | - |
| Music, General. | 50 | 33 | 5 |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology. | 21 | 5 | 16 |
| Category total | 438 | 145 | 29 |
| Grand total | 8105 | 3035 | 775 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 16 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 23% of classes 10-19 students: 28% of classes 20-29 students: 16% of classes 30-39 students: 7% of classes 40-49 students: 4% of classes 50-99 students: 11% of classes Over 100 students: 12% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing, cooperative housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 31,906 |
| Women (% of total) | 17,843 (55.92%) |
| Men (% of total) | 14,063 (44.08%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.15 % Asian - 29.21 % Black/African-American - 3.05 % Hispanic/Latino - 20.61 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 4.77 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.29 % White - 27.05 % Unknown - 2.05 % International Students - 12.82 % |
| All Graduate Students | 12,888 |
| Women (% of total) | 5,847 (45%) |
| Men (% of total) | 7,041 (55%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.19 % Asian - 19.32 % Black/African-American - 3.55 % Hispanic/Latino - 10.54 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 3.58 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.15 % White - 36.07 % Unknown - 3.39 % International Students - 23.2 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 96 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
91 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | Not reported |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | Not reported |
| Disciplines Pursued | Not reported |
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