University of California - Los Angeles Business Programs

Located in Los Angeles, California, University of California - Los Angeles is a public institution. Los Angeles is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

University of California - Los Angeles Rankings

We have ranked UCLA as #26 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #3 out of 102 schools in California.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

UCLA has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#14	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Business Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#70	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UCLA.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#56	Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#144	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UCLA has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#9	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#9	Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools	College Factual
#19	Best Human Resource Management Schools	College Factual
#20	Best Economics Schools	College Factual
#34	Best Schools	Grad Degree
#52	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual

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/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/uclabruins
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/ucla

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?

With an acceptance rate of 14%, UCLA is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 13%, and the acceptance rate for women is 15%.

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 26% of students took out student loans averaging $6,243 a year. That adds up to $24,972 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UCLA is 1.6%. 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 31,636 undergraduate students at UCLA, with 31,068 being full-time and 568 being part-time.

There are also 12,953 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 31,068 full-time undergraduates at UCLA, 41% are male and 59% 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	9,010
Black or African American	988
Hispanic or Latino	6,813
White	8,009
International Students	3,206
Other Races/Ethnicities	3,042

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 2019-2020, 41,906 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 #61 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%.

University of California - Los Angeles Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	680	40	16	736
Management Science	0	728	0	728
Development Economics & International Development	116	0	0	116
Actuarial Science	0	73	0	73
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	56	0	56
General Business Administration and Management	0	27	11	38
Applied Economics	0	32	0	32
Labor Studies	28	0	0	28
Business Economics	0	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0	0
International Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	824	956	27	1,807

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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