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Schools Similar to University of California-Los Angeles

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The comparison groups for University of California-Los Angeles cover higher reported admission rates, similar admissions profiles, higher reported earnings at similar cost, lower reported cost with similar earnings and options in the same state or region. Choose the question that matters to you, then compare the schools within that group.

Each decision angle has its own candidate list and ordering. A school may appear in more than one group, and a first-place match in one group should not be ranked against a first-place match in another.

Related institutional profiles are a separate comparison. Use the source notes to check the measures and reporting periods behind each list.

Similar admissions profiles

This group compares colleges with admission rates within 10 percentage points of University of California-Los Angeles’s. Where comparable test-score data are available, the matching rules also limit the score difference.

Those reported school-level profiles are not application cutoffs or evidence that the same applicant would receive the same decision.

Similar admissions profiles · matching order within this group
SchoolUCLA · admission rateAdmission rateEarnings
California Institute of Technology9.0%2.6%$152,843 4 years after completion
University of California-Berkeley9.0%11.0%$96,018 4 years after completion
The Juilliard School9.0%9.2%$43,488 4 years after completion

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Higher admission rates

This group looks for colleges with a reported admission rate at least 10 percentage points above University of California-Los Angeles’s and four-year earnings within 15% of University of California-Los Angeles’s figure. It offers another starting point for an application list; a higher school-wide admission rate does not establish your chance of admission.

Higher admission rates · matching order within this group
SchoolUCLA · admission rateAdmission rateEarnings
Scripps College9.0%38.3%$75,301 4 years after completion
University of California-Irvine9.0%28.6%$74,438 4 years after completion
California State University-San Marcos9.0%95.1%$67,891 4 years after completion
University of Utah9.0%86.0%$75,345 4 years after completion
American University9.0%62.0%$79,081 4 years after completion

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Nearby alternatives

This group looks within University of California-Los Angeles’s state or the region defined by the matching source, with four-year earnings within 20% of University of California-Los Angeles’s. The ordering gives local candidates priority when available.

Sharing a state or region does not establish a particular commute, housing arrangement or available program.

Nearby alternatives · matching order within this group
SchoolStateEarnings
University of California-IrvineCA$74,438 4 years after completion
University of California-Santa BarbaraCA$70,323 4 years after completion
Pomona CollegeCA$77,544 4 years after completion
University of UtahUT$75,345 4 years after completion
University of Washington-Seattle CampusWA$82,515 4 years after completion

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Higher earnings at similar cost

This group looks for colleges with four-year median earnings at least 10% above University of California-Los Angeles’s, while the reported net price is within 10% or $2,000 of University of California-Los Angeles’s. Admission rates must also be within 10 percentage points.

These are comparisons of reported school-level measures, not a forecast that changing schools would raise your earnings.

Higher earnings at similar cost · matching order within this group
SchoolUCLA · earningsEarningsAverage annual net price
Stanford University$77,677 4 years after completion$136,959 4 years after completion$13,807
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$77,677 4 years after completion$119,180 4 years after completion$12,116

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Lower cost with similar earnings

This group looks for a reported net price at least 15% below University of California-Los Angeles’s, with four-year earnings within 15% of University of California-Los Angeles’s figure. It can help identify schools worth comparing on cost, but the school-wide net price is not an aid offer or a matched price for your income band.

Lower cost with similar earnings · matching order within this group
SchoolUCLA · average annual net priceAverage annual net priceEarnings
California State University-San Marcos$12,548$10,229$67,891 4 years after completion
CUNY Queens College$12,548$4,195$68,713 4 years after completion
CUNY Hunter College$12,548$2,984$73,236 4 years after completion

Matching method and source notes

Related-profile colleges come from a separate comparison. The source requires the same institution type, a bounded enrollment range and a nearby composite score, then orders the matches using composite score, four-year earnings, enrollment and region.

Program-mix flags describe the returned comparison; they are not additional terms in this list’s ordering formula.

Similar overall profiles · matching order within this group
SchoolStateEarnings
University of California-DavisCA$73,086 4 years after completion
University of California-IrvineCA$74,438 4 years after completion
University of Colorado BoulderCO$76,850 4 years after completion
University of Washington-Seattle CampusWA$82,515 4 years after completion
University of California-San DiegoCA$83,130 4 years after completion
San Diego State UniversityCA$68,268 4 years after completion
University of UtahUT$75,345 4 years after completion
Oregon State UniversityOR$71,799 4 years after completion
California State Polytechnic University-PomonaCA$71,138 4 years after completion
San Jose State UniversityCA$89,614 4 years after completion

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Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.