University of California - Los Angeles Overview

Located in Los Angeles, California, University of California - Los Angeles is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is University of California - Los Angeles Known For?

• Students at UCLA have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at UCLA is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 72% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UCLA with a bachelor's degree make about $79,826 a year. That's 96% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• It takes the average UCLA student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is University of California - Los Angeles?

Contact details for UCLA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405
Phone:	310-825-4321
Website:	www.ucla.edu

How Do I Get Into UCLA?

You can apply to UCLA online at: admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html

Admission Requirements for UCLA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into UCLA?

The acceptance rate at UCLA is 11%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 10%, and the acceptance rate for women is 12%.

Can I Afford University of California - Los Angeles?

The overall average net price of UCLA is $47,492. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UCLA, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $5,965 a year. That adds up to $23,860 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UCLA is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of California - Los Angeles Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 32,122 undergraduate students at UCLA, with 31,485 being full-time and 637 being part-time.

There are also 13,994 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 31,485 full-time undergraduates at UCLA, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of California - Los Angeles students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9,158
Black or African American	1,012
Hispanic or Latino	6,855
White	8,225
International Students	3,174
Other Races/Ethnicities	3,061

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of California - Los Angeles. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 128 countries are represented at UCLA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at University of California - Los Angeles

In 2020-2021, 31,312 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UCLA has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of UCLA

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of California - Los Angeles was 2,387.5%. This is the #75 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UCLA regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Nikhil Kulkarni under License

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