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University of California - Los Angeles Rankings 2025
- A++ Shiksha Grade
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- UCLA Ranking Highlights
- UCLA University Ranking
- UCLA US News & World Report Ranking 2024
- UCLA FT (Financial Times) Ranking 2024
- UCLA QS Ranking 2025
- UCLA THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
- UCLA ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
- UCLA Bloomberg Ranking 2023
- UCLA Course Ranking
UCLARanking Highlights
Recognized globally as a leading global enterprise, University of California - Los Angeles is dedicated to delivering academic excellence. The University of California - Los Angeles has recieved an A++ rating by Shiksha Grading.
Even though there are multiple global ranking metrics available for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Grading different is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets, namely A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C. With this method, courses are graded on the basis of their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.
Moving forward, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, University of California - Los Angeles ranks #42, showing a downgrade from its previous ranking of #29 in 2024. University of California - Los Angeles also ranks #18 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, University of California - Los Angeles witnessed an improving trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #21 in 2023. Furthermore, University of California - Los Angeles ranks #20 in US News 'National University' category in 2023.
Check out more details on University of California - Los Angeles ranking in the below content.
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UCLAUS News & World Report Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Global Universities | 14 | 14 | 11 |
| National University | 20 | 20 | – / – |
| Aerospace Engineering PG | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Best Graduate Law Schools | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Best Graduate Medical Schools | 12 | 13 | 18 |
| Best Graduate Nursing Schools | 16 | 19 | 14 |
| Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 25 | – / – | – / – |
| Biomedical Engineering PG | 25 | 28 | 25 |
| Chemical Engineering PG | 20 | 22 | 21 |
| Civil Engineering PG | 17 | 19 | 12 |
| Electrical Engineering PG | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Finance MBA | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Graduate Business School | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| MBA Business Analytics | 42 | 28 | 17 |
| Mechanical Engineering PG | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| UG Business | – / – | 108 | – / – |
| UG Computer Engineering | 16 | 13 | – / – |
| UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 12 | 12 | – / – |
| UG Mechanical Engineering | 13 | 13 | – / – |
UCLAFT (Financial Times) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMBA | 26 | 14 | 18 |
UCLAQS Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World University | 44 | 29 | 42 |
| Accounting and Finance | 16 | 16 | – / – |
| Architecture and Built Environment | 18 | 17 | – / – |
| Art and Design | 47 | 51 | – / – |
| Biological Sciences | 12 | 13 | – / – |
| Communication and Media Studies | 18 | 21 | – / – |
| Engineering and Technology | 17 | 21 | – / – |
| Global MBA | 15 | 15 | – / – |
| Law and Legal Studies | 22 | 19 | – / – |
| Masters in Business Analytics | 2 | 1 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 12 | 14 | – / – |
| Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 35 | 27 | – / – |
| Medicine | 9 | 12 | – / – |
| Nursing | 21 | 18 | – / – |
| Performing Arts | 36 | 45 | – / – |
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology | – / – | 15 | – / – |
| Physics and Astronomy | 14 | 18 | – / – |
| Politics | 21 | 19 | – / – |
| Sociology | 14 | 12 | – / – |
UCLATHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 20 | 21 | 18 |
| Arts and Humanities | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Clinical and Health | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| Engineering | 11 | 16 | 17 |
| Law | 29 | 21 | 28 |
| Life Sciences | 19 | 24 | 23 |
| PG Business and Economics | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| PG Computer Science | 11 | 26 | 21 |
| Psychology | 11 | 11 | 12 |
UCLAARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| Law | 11 | 13 | – / – |
| Mathematics | 11 | 15 | – / – |
| Nursing | 101 | 76 | – / – |
| Physics | 22 | 26 | – / – |
| Political Sciences | 24 | 24 | – / – |
| Sociology | 13 | 9 | – / – |
UCLABloomberg Ranking 2023
| Ranked by | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Business School USA | 16 | 20 | 22 |
UCLACourse Ranking
Shiksha has graded University of California - Los Angeles streams, such as Business & Management Studies, Science, and Medicine & Health Sciences with A++ grades. The presence of multiple rankings online can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad. Hence, Shiksha Study Abroad has launched Shiksha Grading. With it, students will no longer be required to check multiple ranking organisations to know about the performance of a particular university. Just checking Shiksha rating will suffice.
However, in case students are wondering how well is University of California - Los Angeles ranked for its subjects as per other ranking bodies, the institute is popular for its Aerospace Engineering PG, UG Electrical-Electronic & Communications Engineering, Masters in Business Analytics, and Medicine courses all over the world. In the US News ranking 2024, University of California - Los Angeles stands at #12 for Aerospace Engineering PG program. It is recommended to study Aerospace Engineering PG as it ranks #12 by US News (the best ranked course of this institute under this ranking body). This ranking stood at #13 in 2023.
Read on to learn more about University of California - Los Angeles courses and subject rankings in the below article.
B.E. / B.Tech
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| US News & World Report - Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 25 | - |
| US News & World Report - UG Computer Engineering | 16 | 13 |
| US News & World Report - UG Mechanical Engineering | 13 | 13 |
| US News & World Report - UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 12 | 12 |
LL.M.
| Ranked by | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS - Law and Legal Studies | - | 25 | 22 |
| ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Law | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| US News & World Report - Best Graduate Law Schools | - | 14 | 15 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Law | - | 29 | 21 |
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The UCLA international students count stands at 3,564 , which contributes about 24% to the total student population and they represent 124 countries around the globe. It is interesting to note that India is the second top-most contributor of the UCLA international students. China, India, Canada, Uni
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Usually, the University of California Los Angeles acceptance rate is calculated to be around 9%. In Fall 2023, UCLA received more than 145,000 applications from candidates worldwide. However, only about 12,737 candidates got enrolled in the university for their higher education. Thus, it can be conc
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| Population of City | 39,99,759 |
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