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Nursing at UCLA

UCLA graduates about 49 nursing majors a year. That puts it 15th of 388 schools we score for nursing, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $119,000 four years out, 1.33× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $698 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#15 of 388 for nursing →
Graduates a year49under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$119,0001.33× the same major nationally
Research in the field$698Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school

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Where nursing happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Ashe Student Health Center, Center for Health Sciences, Environment, Health & Safety, Wendy and Leonard Goldberg Medical Building, School of Public Health, Peter Morton Medical Building, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Medical Building, MacDonald Medical Research Laboratory, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Factor Health Sciences Building, Marion Davies Children's Health Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 89 · Dorm 20 · Arts 8 · Athletics 7 · Dining 6 · Library 4.

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Nearby in the nursing ranking

  1. Georgetown University 85
  2. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 84
  3. Fairfield University 84
  4. Boston College 84
  5. University of Connecticut 83
  6. Stony Brook University–SUNY 83
  7. University of Delaware 83
  8. University of Washington 83

Other strong majors at UCLA

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UCLA with every school we score in nursing. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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