University of California-Los Angeles

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of California-Los Angeles

University of California-Los Angeles operates as a public institution located in Los Angeles, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 33,475 students of which 34,998 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. University of California-Los Angeles is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 9.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,548, with published in-state tuition of $15,203 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 92.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 97.3%. Graduates earn a median of $82,511 ten years after enrolling, compared with $59,063 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 748300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 73.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.