University of California, Los Angeles rankings are consistent among the top 50 universities of the world according to the prestigious ranking agencies. Currently UCLA ranking is #44 according to QS Global Rankings, 2023. UCLA has achieved the #20 rank in Times Higher Education World Rankings, 2022. UCLA has 16 Nobel Laureates, 3 Pulitzer Prize Winners, 15 MacArthur Fellows, 261 Olympic medals, 11 National Medal of Science and 119 NCAA championships to its credit. Also Explore:

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UCLA world rankings according to some of the top ranking agencies are listed below:

Ranking Agency Global Ranking 2023 Global Ranking 2022 Global Ranking 2021 Global Ranking 2020 Global Ranking 2019
QS World University Rankings #44 #40 #36 #35 #32
Times Higher Education World University Rankings - #20 #15 #17 #17
U.S. News Global Rankings - #14 #13 #14 #14
CWUR World University Rankings - #18 #18 #16 #15
ARWU World University Rankings - #13 #14 #13 #11

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UCLA has been ranked at #27 by Times Higher Education in US College Rankings, 2022. With 168,000 undergraduate applications in the 2021 fall session, UCLA became the most applied-to university in the United States. The ranking comparison between QS and THE for the last few consecutive years are as follows:

UCLA QS Rankings

According to QS World University Rankings, 2023, UCLA has ranked at #44, dropping 4 positions from last year. UCLA has been witnessing a trend of its position dropping down from #32 in 2019 to #44 in 2023.

According to the 9 ranking criteria of QS, UCLA has an overall score of 78.7. The breakdown of ranking criteria is provided below:

Ranking Criteria Score of UCLA
Academic Reputation 100
Employer Reputation 99.9
Faculty Student Ratio 37.7
Citations Per Faculty 85.9
International Faculty Ratio 45.1
International Students Ratio 27.5
International Research Network 96.3
Employer Outcomes 98
Overall 78.7

UCLA Times Higher Education Rankings

Times Higher Education, commonly known as THE, has ranked UCLA at the #20 position. UCLA ranking has improved marginally from #17 in 2020 to #15 in 2021 but slightly dropped to #20 in 2022. The distribution of scores across the factors considered by THE are as follows:

Ranking Criteria Score of UCLA
Teaching 82.1
Research 89.8
Citations 96
Industry Income 56.5
International Outlook 65.1
Overall 86.7

UCLA Rankings by U.S. News and World Reports

According to the U.S. News and World Reports, UCLA ranks at #14 among the best global universities. U.S. News and World Reports rank schools according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. UCLA has a global score of 84.7 according to U.S. News and World Report, 2022. Explore: UCLA Graduate Employability Rankings

Some of the top rankings of the university according to U.S. News and World Report are as follows:

  • #1 in Top Public Schools
  • #20 in National Universities
  • #29 in Most Innovative Schools
  • #48 in Best Undergraduate Teaching categories
  • #7 in Global Research Reputation
  • #6 in Regional Research Reputation
  • #19 in Publications
  • #14 in Total Citations

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UCLA has been ranked as one of the leading public universities in the world by several prestigious national and international ranking agencies. UCLA has completed more than 100 years in the field of education. In this time span, it has managed to cement its name as one of the leading public universities in the world. Currently, over 5400 international students from 118 countries are enrolled in the university making it one of the most culturally diverse universities