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2026 Rankings for University of California-Los Angeles

Which College Factual rankings and awards has UCLA earned? All of the ranking badges and placements UCLA has received are listed below.

UCLA earned 702 ranking badges across College Factual’s 2026 rankings.

Top Rankings for UCLA:

#1 out of 5	#1 out of 9	#1 out of 11	#1 out of 43

UCLA has graduate offerings as well. View its [graduate-school rankings](/graduate-schools/university-of-california-los-angeles/rankings/) for its graduate rankings.

Ranking Highlights

• Quality Rankings
  • Best Colleges Ranking
  • Best Molecular Biochemistry Schools in California Ranking
  • Best Molecular Biochemistry Schools in the Far Western US Region Ranking
• Best for the Money Rankings
  • Best Value Bachelor's Degree Schools Ranking
  • Best Value Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in California Ranking
  • Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California Ranking

How UCLA Ranks in College Factual’s Best Quality Rankings

Top Placement in Best Colleges Ranking

#43 out of 3,449.

This makes UCLA a top 5% school for students.

The Best Colleges Ranking highlights the highest-quality colleges in the country.

Top Ranked Majors

UCLA has 1,101 top ranked majors, led by its placement in the Best Molecular Biochemistry Schools in California Ranking.

The best rankings are listed below:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Details
Best Biophysics Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Biophysics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Biomathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Biomathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Biomathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	3	View Report
Best Biomathematics Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Biomathematics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Biomathematics Schools	1	5	View Report
Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	4	View Report
Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Ecology Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Ecology Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	2	View Report
Best Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Schools	1	3	View Report
Best Molecular Physiology Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Molecular Physiology Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best General Physiology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best General Physiology Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Labor Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Labor Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Labor Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	2	View Report
Best Labor Studies Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Labor Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Labor Studies Schools	1	4	View Report
Best Actuarial Science Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Actuarial Science Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Schools in California	1	12	View Report
Best Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	16	View Report
Best General Engineering Schools in California	1	9	View Report
Best General Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	11	View Report
Best General Engineering Schools	1	195	View Report
Best General Engineering Schools in California	1	43	View Report
Best General Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	45	View Report
Best General Engineering Schools	1	272	View Report
Best American Literature (United States) Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best American Literature (United States) Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best American Literature (United States) Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	1	View Report
Best American Literature (United States) Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best American Literature (United States) Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best American Literature (United States) Schools	1	1	View Report
Best Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Literature Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Literature Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Asian Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best African American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best African American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Asian-American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Asian-American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Asian-American Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	2	View Report
Best Asian-American Studies Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Asian-American Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Asian-American Studies Schools	1	4	View Report
Best Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	4	View Report
Best Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Schools	1	4	View Report
Best Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	12	View Report
Best Linguistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	16	View Report
Best Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in California	1	5	View Report
Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	7	View Report
Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Schools	1	45	View Report
Best Environmental Health Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Environmental Health Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	5	View Report
Best Health Services Administration Schools in California	1	5	View Report
Best Health Services Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	8	View Report
Best Other Public Health Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Other Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Other Public Health Schools	1	34	View Report
Best Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Mathematics & Statistics Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Other Statistics Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Other Statistics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Other Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Other Mathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Other Mathematics Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Other Mathematics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Environmental Science Schools in California	1	31	View Report
Best Environmental Science Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	46	View Report
Best Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report

How UCLA Ranks for Value

Top Value Majors

UCLA has 1,101 best-value majors, including its placement in the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in California Ranking.

The best rankings are listed below:

Ranking Name	Rank	Out Of	Details
Best Value Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Schools in California	1	10	View Report
Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Value Molecular Biochemistry Schools	1	12	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	4	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics Schools	1	7	View Report
Best Value Ecology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Value Ecology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Value Ecology Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Value Ecology Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value Labor Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Labor Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value Labor Studies Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Labor Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	5	View Report
Best Value Human Resource Management Schools in California	1	14	View Report
Best Value American Literature (United States) Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value American Literature (United States) Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value American Literature (United States) Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	1	View Report
Best Value American Literature (United States) Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value American Literature (United States) Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value American Literature (United States) Schools	1	1	View Report
Best Value Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools	1	11	View Report
Best Value Literature Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Literature Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value Scandinavian Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Other East Asian Languages Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Other East Asian Languages Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	1	View Report
Best Value Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools	1	6	View Report
Best Value Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Value Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	3	View Report
Best Value Astrophysics Schools in California	1	4	View Report
Best Value Astrophysics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	3	View Report
Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Schools in California	1	4	View Report
Best Value General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value General Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology Schools in California	1	1	View Report
Best Value Applied Economics Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Value Applied Economics Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	4	View Report
Best Value Research Methodology & Quantitative Methods Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Value Research Methodology & Quantitative Methods Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Value Research Methodology & Quantitative Methods Schools	1	18	View Report
Best Value Music Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Value Music Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Value Music Management Schools in California	1	2	View Report
Best Value Music Management Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	2	View Report
Best Value Arts & Media Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	5	View Report
Best Value Arts & Media Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	5	View Report
Best Value Arts & Media Management Schools in California	1	5	View Report
Best Value Arts & Media Management Schools in the Far Western US Region	1	5	View Report
Best Value Jazz Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	4	View Report
Best Value Jazz Studies Schools in California	1	4	View Report
Best Value Musicology & Ethnomusicology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	1	4	View Report
Best Value Musicology & Ethnomusicology Schools in California	1	4	View Report
Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in California	2	5	View Report
Best Value Bioinformatics Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	5	View Report
Best Value Biostatistics Schools in California	2	4	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	4	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	4	View Report
Best Value Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Schools in California	2	6	View Report
Best Value Ecology Bachelor's Degree Schools	2	25	View Report
Best Value Ecology Schools	2	33	View Report
Best Value Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	2	View Report
Best Value Other Microbiological Sciences & Immunology Schools in California	2	2	View Report
Best Value Molecular Physiology Schools	2	6	View Report
Best Value General Physiology Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	4	View Report
Best Value Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	6	View Report
Best Value Literature Schools	2	16	View Report
Best Value African Studies Schools in California	2	2	View Report
Best Value African Studies Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	2	View Report
Best Value Near & Middle Eastern Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	5	View Report
Best Value Near & Middle Eastern Studies Schools in California	2	5	View Report
Best Value Scandinavian Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools	2	3	View Report
Best Value Scandinavian Studies Schools	2	3	View Report
Best Value Korean Language & Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	2	View Report
Best Value Other East Asian Languages Schools	2	4	View Report
Best Value Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	5	View Report
Best Value Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	6	View Report
Best Value Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Schools in California	2	5	View Report
Best Value Other Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies & Services Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	6	View Report
Best Value Italian Language & Literature Bachelor's Degree Schools in California	2	5	View Report
Best Value Genetic Counseling/Counselor Schools in the Far Western US Region	2	2	View Report

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Notes and References

College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2026 edition.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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