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#11 Best Value Schools
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#32 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#13 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#14 Mechanical
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#18 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#11 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#12 Top Public Schools
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#128 Business Programs
California State University--Los Angeles is ranked #31 in Regional Universities West. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
49
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
2
Graduation and retention rank
53
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
47%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
81%
Social Mobility Rank
11
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
48%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
50%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
20%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
29
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.2
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
74
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
22
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
64.4%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
76%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
22.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
7%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
25:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
110
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
890-1080
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
108
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
52
Average alumni giving rate
2.4%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
