Facts & Figures
UCLA in the Rankings
UCLA performs very well in all the national and international rankings of the "best" public and private universities, including the most widely known list published by U.S. News & World Report. We have created an overview of some of the more significant and well-known national and international rankings, and provided links to the rankings themselves.
- UCLA in the Rankings – 5-page overview with charts, 2011 edition (.pdf)
- U.S. News & World Report, Best Colleges 2012, National Universities
- Washington Monthly National University Rankings 2011
- The Center for Measuring University Performance, 2010 Annual Report
- THE Top 400 – The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012 (London Times)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2011
UCLA and the National Research Council Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs
The National Research Council, which compiles the premier assessment of the nation's doctoral research programs, placed many of UCLA's graduate programs in its highest ranks. Of the 59 UCLA programs evaluated by the NRC, 40 placed within a range that extended to the top 10.
Background Information
"If rankings did not exist, someone would invent them. They are an inevitable result of mass higher education, and of competition and commercialization inpostsecondary education worldwide. "
Updated October 2011