THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

Take a look at some facts and figures highlighting our achievements in academics, athletics, philanthropic support and more

New Centers / Institutes

6

centers and institutes were created last year to enhance UCLA’s research and engagement.
Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES) Center

David Geffen School of Medicine
Anonymous $10 million gift
Depression Grand Challenge Innovative Treatment Network

Campus-wide
Gifts from several donors
Luskin Center for History and Policy

UCLA College
$5 million gift from Meyer and Renee Luskin
Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics

UCLA College
$11 million gift from Mani L. Bhaumik
Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World

UCLA College
Gift from Anahita Naficy and James Lovelace in honor of Ebrahim Pourdavoud
Promise Institute for Human Rights

UCLA School of Law
Gift from Dream Fund and proceeds from the motion picture The Promise

# 1

U.S. public university, per Times Higher Education world university rankings, September 2017
# 1

U.S. public university, per U.S. News and World Report, September 2017
# 1

hospital in Los Angeles, per U.S. News and World Report, August 2017
# 1

in startup companies launched as result of campus research, per Milken Institute, April 2017
# 1

“elite college” in enrolling highest percentage of low- and middle-income students, per New York Times, January 2017
# 2

U.S. public university and No. 12 in the world, per Shanghai Jiao Tong University, August 2017
# 2

best value college, per Forbes, May 2017

84%

of teams (21 of 25) qualified for NCAA postseason competition
7

teams finished among the top 5 in the NCAA
7

student-athletes earned individual Pac-12 conference titles
3

teams won conference championships (women’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s water polo)
64

student-athletes earned All-America honors
340

student-athletes were named to the UCLA Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in Fall 2016, a campus record
9

medals (including 6 gold medals) won by UCLA athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics