by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
University of California - Los Angeles came in at #22 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. This places the school in the Top 5% of the country for overall quality. For this achievement, UCLA received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
In addition, UCLA took the #5 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, UCLA came in at #31. This places the school in the Top 5% of the country for overall quality. This makes UCLA a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
UCLA also ranked #6 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
The total graduate student population at UCLA is made up of 48.6% women and 51.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at UCLA, around 42.1% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. UCLA is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 22.4% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,442 | $26,544 |
| Fees | $1,594 | $1,594 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at UCLA is $73,921. That's about 27% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from UCLA enter careers with an average starting salary of $73,710. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 2% lower than the national average of $75,260.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/uclabruins |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/ucla |
Around 28.7% of UCLA graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 6.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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