UCLA

International

UCLA ranks 13th among the world's top 400 universities, according to the London Times Higher Education, which bases its rankings on 13 performance indicators in the areas of teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities places UCLA second among the world's public universities and 12th overall, based on faculty publications and citations and the number of alumni and faculty who have won Nobel Prizes and Field Medals.

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Last updated 2012

National

In 2013, UCLA was ranked 24th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

In 2012, UCLA was ranked sixth in the nation by the Washington Monthly.

In 2011, UCLA was ranked among the nation's top research universities by the Center for Measuring University Performance: fifth in the nation in total research expenditures, seventh in the nation in faculty awards and seventh in producing doctorates.

Graduate & Doctoral Program Rankings

In 2010, the National Research Council placed a number of UCLA graduate and doctoral research programs in its highest ranks. Of the 59 UCLA programs, 40 placed in the range that extended into the top 10.

In 2013, UCLA ranked eighth in the world in the reputation rankings survey by the London Times Higher Education.