UCLA ranks No. 1 in Forbes’ Best Value Colleges

UCLA is No. 1 in Forbes’ 2018 ranking of the 300 best value colleges and universities in the United States.

The University of California system excelled in the rankings, which were announced today, placing six campuses in the top 20: UC Berkeley (No. 2), UC Irvine (No. 4), UC San Diego (No. 9), UC Santa Barbara (No. 11) and UC Davis (No. 13).

Forbes evaluated colleges and universities based on alumni earnings (20 percent of the total ranking), net price (20 percent), net student debt (20 percent), school quality (20 percent), timely graduation (10 percent) and the number of Pell Grant recipients (10 percent). Thirty-five percent of UCLA students receive Pell Grants.

Forbes revised its methodology for 2018 to put more emphasis on the survey’s three financial factors — earnings, price and debt — and the publication switched to net price (which takes into account the impact of students’ financial aid and the costs of room and board) instead of list price.

UCLA consistently performs well in multiple rankings that use a wide range of criteria. Last fall, UCLA was named the No. 1 public institution in the nation in three separate assessments: U.S News and World Report Best Colleges rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education Top Colleges rankings.

--Article from UCLA Newsroom

Recruits

High School Athletes

UCLA Crew is a great way to continue your competitive rowing career at the collegiate level. Ideal candidates will have the desire and work ethic to be a positive contributor to our competitive program.

All incoming freshman with experience will train with the varsity squad in the fall. We still believe in the team building benefits of the Freshman class, so the focus will be on creating competitive Freshman crews. Athletes who demonstrate they can make our Varsity Eight faster will have the opportunity to compete for sets in that boat.

College transfers

We encourage junior college athletes to consider UCLA as a great way of continuing their academic and athletic careers.

Junior college athletes interested in transferring to UCLA must submit the UC Application for Undergraduate Admission and Scholarships and meet the requirements of the UCLA transfer system. Every year we take some transfer students as Walk On athletes, so no rowing experience in needed is you are motivated to work hard, and compete for UCLA

Walk-Ons

We are looking for tall men 6'0" (and taller) who want to compete for UCLA, and also small athletes (under 125 pounds) to be coxswains for our crews.

• No Experience Necessary, We Will Teach You How to Row
• Academically Focused
• Dedicated Athletes

Every year we welcome many UCLA undergraduates that are interested in the intercollegiate sport of rowing, but have no prior experience. Individuals who make the team will compete in the Pac-12 Rowing Championships, and may even represent UCLA at the collegiate national championships. In the long history of the program, many Bruins, several of whom learned to row in college, have gone on to represent their country with the U.S. Olympic or National Team. Most recently, UCLA Walk On athlete Will Young competed at the 2017 World Rowing Championships.