UCLA Profile

University of California, Los Angeles
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UCLA's primary purpose as a public research university is the creation, dissemination, preservation, and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. To fulfill this mission, UCLA is committed to academic freedom in its fullest terms: we value open access to information, free and lively debate conducted with mutual respect for individuals, and freedom from intolerance. In all of our pursuits, we strive at once for excellence and diversity, recognizing that openness and inclusion produce true quality.

Student Characteristics, Fall 2008


TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS	39,650
Student Level and Enrollment Status

922

25,614

	Part time

	Full time

398

12,716

Undergraduate

Graduate/Professional

UNDERGRADUATE PROFILE
TOTAL ENROLLMENT	26,536
GENDER
Women	14,694	55%
Men	11,842	45%
RACE ETHNICITY
African American / Black	938	4%
American Indian / Alaskan Native	104	0%
Asian / Pacific Islander	10,126	38%
Hispanic	3,945	15%
White	9,006	34%
Domestic, Race/Ethnicity unknown	1,228	5%
International	1,189	4%
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
California	24,548	94%
Other US (48 states and DC)	1,097	4%
Other Countries (66 countries)	891	3%
AGE
Average age	21
Percent of Undergrads age 25 or Older		5%

Undergraduate Success and Progress

Graduated from UCLA

Still enrolled at UCLA

Full-time students starting Fall 2002	4 years
	6 years

Transfer students starting Fall 2004	2 years
	4 years

91%

90%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Counts for the entering cohorts shown in the graph above.
♦ 4,257 First-Time Freshmen
♦ 3,047 New Transfer Students

A 91% four-year success and progress rate means that 91% of freshmen starting in Fall 2002 either graduated or are still enrolled at UCLA four years later. The 91% two-year success and progress rate for transfer students means 91% of transfers starting in Fall 2004 either graduated or are still enrolled at UCLA two years later.

Average time to degree for students graduating in 2007-08
♦ 12.2 enrolled quarters for freshman entrants
♦ 6.7 enrolled quarters for transfer entrants

Retention

Freshmen
Entering Fall 2007

Transfers
Entering Fall 2007

96.7%

94.4%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

UCLA Profile
UCLA has developed this document to provide potential students and their parents with information about our Campus. Modeled on the current efforts of several national organizations, these data are presented in a similar format for ease in comparing institutions. These efforts are a response to the Federal call for universities to be more open and accountable, and also as an alternative data source to the various college rankings so hotly debated in today's media. Students and parents should have more control in making their own decisions about which aspects are important in selecting potential universities to complete their undergraduate education. This document is meant to provide basic information across a range of Campus issues, and be a gateway to the many Campus web sites that deal with these issues in greater detail.

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Cost of Attendance and Financial Aid

2008-09 TOTAL (IN-STATE): $26,647
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FINANCIAL AID AWARDED TO UNDERGRADUATES

Overall Financial Aid
During the 2008-09 academic year, 50% of UCLA undergraduates received financial aid (including student and parent loans); average award was $15,646.

Need-based Grants and Scholarships 2008-09
47% of Fall 2008 UCLA undergraduates received need-based scholarships or grant aid; the average award was $12,013. 35% of UCLA undergraduates received Pell Grants.

Loans (2007-08 Graduating Class)
Among students who graduated from UCLA in 2007-08 and started as freshmen, 43% borrowed while enrolled at UCLA. Average cumulative debt at graduation for these borrowers was $16,733. All figures exclude parent loans.

CLICK HERE for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) website.

Percent of Fall 2008 Freshmen Receiving
Each Type of Financial Aid

State Grants

Federal Grants

Student Loans

Institutional and

Any type of Financial Aid

24.24%

27.98%

27.47%

52.84%

54.36%

NOTE: Students may receive aid from more than one source.

CLICK HERE for more information from the UCLA Financial Aid Office.

Undergraduate Admissions, Fall 2008

APPLICANTS, ADMITS, AND ENROLLEES

55,437

12,660

4,735

15,075

5,200

	Applied

	Admitted

	Enrolled

3,220

New Freshmen Applicants

New Transfer Applicants

Test(s) Required for Admission:	SAT or ACT
Middle 50% of Score Range 50% of enrolled students have test scores in the following ranges (25% have scores above and 25% have scores below):
SAT Mathematics SAT Critical Reading SAT Writing ACT Composite	600 - 730 570 - 680 580 - 700 25 - 31
Middle 50% of GPA Range 50% of enrolled students have test scores in the following ranges (25% have scores above and 25% have scores below):
Freshmen HS GPA (5-point scale) Transfers Student GPA (4-point scale)	4.09 - 4.42 3.39 - 3.81
Degrees and Areas of Study	More
Degrees Awarded at UCLA in Bachelor's Academic Master's Professional Master's (e.g., MBA, MFA, etc.) Doctoral First Professional (DDS, JD, MD) All Degrees	7,083 949 1,612 752 609 ————— 11,005
Undergraduate Degrees by Areas of Study,
Social Sciences Life Sciences Humanities Engineering Physical Sciences International Institute Arts and Architecture Theater, Film, and Television Nursing	38.9% 25.0% 13.4% 7.5% 7.3% 3.3% 3.0% 1.4% 0.2% ————— 100.0%
CLICK HERE for a list of undergraduate and graduate programs.

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Undergraduate Education in a Research Context

The opportunity to participate in cutting edge research and creative activity is one of the many benefits of attending an outstanding research university. UCLA offers undergraduate students a variety of ways to take advantage of these programs, from the entry-level Student Research Program (SRP course 99), through research courses and seminars, research tutorials, and departmental honors programs. Opportunities also exist in all professional schools, from medicine to law. Orientation workshops help students learn about and take advantage of the broad range of research at UCLA.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Students in all fields are encouraged to participate in research and creative activity. Access to independent study courses for directed research in each department often leads to deeper involvement in faculty research programs. Here are some example of opportunities for undergraduates:

Science and Math. Beckman Research Scholars, Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program, Schering-Plough Science Scholars, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, NIH Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC), Amgen Summer Research Program, Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS), Minor in Biomedical Research, Undergraduate Science Journal. More.

Humanities and Social Sciences. McNair Undergraduate Research Program, Psychology Research Opportunities, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, Undergraduate Research Scholars, Mellon Summer Research, Creative Writing Program (English), Civic Engagement Minor and community-based research/travel grants, Aleph, Undergraduate Research Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Westwind Undergraduate Literary Journal. More.

Engineering. Summer Programs for Undergraduate Research, Research-Intensive Series in Engineering for Underrepresented Populations, University of California’s Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees program, The Center for Academic and Research Excellence, and the CENS Undergraduate Scholars Program. The HSSEAS High School Summer Research program provides a unique opportunity for high school students to work in UCLA Engineering faculty research labs. More.

FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS: Students pursuing research or creative work in the arts have access to world class resources, including the Fowler Museum, Franklin Murphy Sculpture Garden, Hammer Museum, New Wight Gallery Arts Library, Ethnomusicology Archive, Music Library, Art | Global Health Center, Art | Science Center, Center for Intercultural Performance, Experimental Technologies Center, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, and the UCLA Film Archive. More.

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH: Civic Engagement Minor, Urban and Regional Affairs Minor, program evaluation, leadership, labor issues, peer mediation in K-12 settings, legal issues, immigration issues, research on education and healthcare issues. More.

Research Enterprise at UCLA

UCLA ranks among the nation's top five institutions in research funding. This ensures a dynamic and broad array of research opportunities for students in every field. UCLA is a science powerhouse. The School of Medicine and UCLA's premiere research hospital provide access to biomedical research projects. Research strengths extend to the other sciences, arts in all forms, humanities, and social sciences. UCLA's research centers and institutes offer students the opportunity to work with faculty in an atmosphere of inquiry and discovery.

Explore some of UCLA's premiere research centers, below:
Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
California Center for Population Research
California NanoSystems Institute
Center for Chinese Studies
Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Center for Society and Genetics
Center for the Study of Urban Poverty
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
Institute of the Environment

UCLA Libraries

Ranked among the top ten academic libraries in North America, the UCLA Library houses one of the most comprehensive and highly used collections in the world, with over 8 million volumes, tens of thousands of serial subscriptions, and extensive online academic resources to which the Library subscribes for the university community. Students have access to the holdings of all UC libraries, which are collectively second only to the Library of Congress..

Graduate and Professional Schools

UCLA is among the top 10 universities in the country in the number of doctoral degrees it awards each year, and among the top 25 for professional degrees. There are over 100 separate academic programs, and eleven professional schools.

Graduate students make many contributions to undergraduate education, from mentoring students working alongside them in research labs to sharing their expertise in the performing arts to designing innovative methods for developing writing skills. They illustrate the path to advanced degrees and can serve as role models for students interested in going on to graduate or professional school. UCLA consistently ranks among the top ten universities in the world for educating undergraduates who later earn Ph.D.s from U.S. institutions.

Distinguished Faculty

Each year UCLA faculty are recognized as preeminent scholars by national and international organizations. UCLA faculty have received:
119 124 78 10 8 5 3 3 1 1		National Academies and Institutes of Medicine members American Academy of Arts & Science members Guggenheim fellowships National Medals of Science MacArthur Foundation Fellowships Nobel Prizes Presidential Medals of Freedom Pulitzer Prizes Pritzker Architecture Prize Fields Medal in Mathematics

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The UCLA Experience

The First Year Experience at UCLA allows freshmen to build their own communities within the larger UCLA world. Each of us is diverse in our background, interests, and talents—UCLA offers a chance both to find others who share those characteristics and to discover how people unlike us can enrich our lives.

UCLA students at the annual Dance Marathon

An award-winning interdisciplinary program			More than just where you live
Dialog with faculty Dialog with peers			Everything from NCAA championship games to kayaking with friends
The nation's largest student diversity program			Symphonies to Spring Sing—something's always happening!
Pursue individual excellence			Join one of 800+ student organizations . . . Or start your own!
Learning beyond the classroom			Go global

Study at UCLA

Classroom Environment
Students per faculty Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students	16 to 1 70% 80%
Instructional Faculty
Total full-time instructional faculty % women faculty % faculty from minority groups % faculty with Ph.D. or equivalent	2,654 34% 23% 98%

Future Plans for 2007-08 Bachelor's Degree Recipients

Student Housing

UCLA guarantees housing for three years to new freshmen and for one year to new transfer students; 91% of first-time freshmen live in on-campus housing.

Campus Safety

UCLA promotes safety throughout the campus and nearby residential areas. There is a free escort service between campus buildings, on-campus housing, and nearby residential areas from dusk until 1 am. Additional safety measures include vans that run between academic buildings and residence halls, entry control in residence halls, education, police patrols, emergency response drills, and safety-minded design for buildings and lighting. Students can see on-line crime alerts and subscribe to a safety alert email system. A laptop identification program places security plates on student computers.

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Student Experiences and Perceptions

Students who are actively involved in their own learning and development are more likely to be successful in college. Colleges and universities offer students a wide variety of opportunities both inside and outside the classroom to become engaged with new ideas, people, and experiences. Institutions measure the effectiveness of these opportunities in a variety of ways to better understand what types of activities and programs students find the most helpful. Following are the selected results from the 2006 University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES). The questions have been grouped together in categories that are known to contribute to student learning and development. The results reported below are based on the responses of seniors who participated in the survey.

Student Satisfaction

85% Would choose to attend this institution again

79% Were satisfied with the value of their education for the price they paid

83% Were satisfied with their overall academic experience

83% Reported that their campus had a strong commitment to undergraduate education

Institutional Commitment to Student Learning and Success

82% Were satisfied with advising by faculty on academic matters

71% Were satisfied with advising by college staff on academic matters

67% Were satisfied with the availability of courses needed for graduation

82% Reported raising their standards for acceptable effort because of the high standards of a faculty member

Experiences with Diverse Groups of People and Ideas

95% Rate their ability to appreciate, tolerate, and understand racial and ethnic diversity as "good" to "excellent"

91% Rated their ability to appreciate cultural and global diversity as "good" to "excellent"

60% Gained a deeper understanding of their perspectives through conversations with students of a different nationality

62% Gained a deeper understanding of other perspectives through conversations with students of a different ethnicity

Student Interaction with Campus Faculty and Staff

70% Talked with an instructor outside of class about course material

29% Worked with a faculty member on an campus activity other than coursework

73% Sought academic help from an instructor or tutor

Active Learning Experiences

73% Report making class presentations

41% Enrolled in at least one independent research course

20% Participated in a study abroad program

39% Participated in an internship

84% Spent at least 6 hours per week studying and on other academic activities outside of class

41% Assisted faculty with research or a creative activity

54% Participated in community service in 2005-06

Group Learning Experiences

78% Worked outside of class on class projects or studied with classmates

30% Spent at least 6 hours per week in participating in student organizations or clubs

38% Reported serving as an officer or leader in a campus through organization or club

83% Helped a classmate better understand course material

Senior and Alumni Surveys

UCLA is revising its current senior survey. The summary of responses to core questions will be provided below. CLICK HERE to see last year's senior survey results.

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Student Experiences and Perceptions

Alumni Survey
(In development)

Learning Outcomes

Overview. UCLA places the highest value on excellence in learning and teaching, and continually evaluates and enhances the educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students. UCLA graduation requirements and curricula are designed to engage students in courses in general education (arts and sciences), to provide a solid foundation in a major field of study, and to foster interdisciplinary approaches and participation in research and community-based programs. At UCLA there are specific processes to identify learning outcomes for all areas of study, programs to evaluate teaching, and processes to periodically review all academic programs.

Learning Outcomes. At UCLA, faculty are encouraged to establish educational objectives and learning outcomes for each academic program. Beginning in 2009, these guidelines will be printed in the UCLA General Catalog and on departmental websites. At the undergraduate level, learning objectives, in general, focus on the student’s ability to apply and integrate core knowledge in a discipline, as well as to identify and formulate problems applicable to their field of study. In departments with capstone requirements, learning outcomes are specific to the student’s performance in the advanced seminar (term paper), design course (product), performance (senior recital) or the project/research course that leads to a senior thesis or honors project. An example of objectives and outcomes for one program is posted for UCLA Materials Science and Engineering undergraduates: see http://www.seas.ucla.edu/ms/MSE_Objectives.htm. At the graduate level, outcomes are assessed primarily by the student’s research and creative thesis (Master's degree), research dissertation (doctoral degree), or performance on a professional certification exam, such as the California State Bar Exam for Law School students.

Teaching Evaluations by Students. At UCLA, the Evaluation of Instruction Program (EIP) in the Office of Instructional Development helps faculty assess and improve teaching by providing instructor evaluation services. At the end of each academic term, faculty members solicit written evaluations from students enrolled in their classes (evaluations are anonymous). EIP distributes, collects, and processes the evaluation forms. EIP’s standard evaluation forms, which cover most teaching and classroom situations for faculty, are designed in consultation with faculty committees, national experts on assessment, and recommendations from surveys of UCLA faculty and students. For more informaion, visit the EIP website.

Data from teaching evaluation forms aid faculty in improving or enhancing their teaching (formative evaluation) and department curriculum committees in improving the curriculum. Departments also use data from teaching evaluations as one criterion to evaluate a faculty member’s teaching effectiveness. Teaching effectiveness is an important component of the faculty merit and promotion process at UCLA.

Periodic Reviews of Academic Programs. At UCLA, the faculty exercises its responsibility for maintaining the quality of educational programs, and all academic units are reviewed on an eight-year cycle as part of the Academic Senate’s comprehensive Academic Program Review process. The two-year comprehensive review process begins with the program preparing a self-review, and continues with a panel of reviewers (with external members from other universities and internal faculty members from UCLA) visiting the program under review and reporting its findings. The panel’s report makes recommendations to the program and relevant administrators; the campus bears the responsibility of approving the report and monitoring follow-up. For more details, visit the UCLA Academic Program Review website.

How seniors rate their academic skills and abilities as they were at freshman entrance and after four years at UCLA

	% of students who rated their proficiency as very good or excellent:
	as entering freshmen	as seniors
Analytical and critical thinking skills	25%	73%
Ability to write clearly and effectively	24%	59%
Understanding a specific field of study	7%	72%
Quantitative (mathematical and statistical) skills	34%	36%
Leadership	22%	51%
Self-awareness	21%	69%

Other Outcomes Indicators

50% Undergraduates enrolled in graduate school within 5 years
55% Medical school admit rate, Fall 2007 (45% national avg, 2007)

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