Arizona State University vs University of California - Los Angeles

Arizona State University is a public university whereas University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) is a private research university. 

Overview Comparison
Arizona State UniversityUniversity of California
Collegedunia Score5.5 Out of 107.8 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 105 US News 2024
# 179 QS World University 2024
# 182 Times Higher Education 2024
# 15 US News 2024
# 18 Times Higher Education 2024
# 29 QS World University 2024
Subject Strength# 126 for Engineering by Times Higher Education 2024
# 283 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
# 32 for Law by US News 2024
# 16 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 18 for Medicine by US News 2024
# 14 for Law by US News 2024
ProgramsUG Programs -60
PG Programs -102
Doctorate Programs -21
UG Programs -23
PG Programs -42
Doctorate Programs -7
Acceptance Rate83.0 %10.8 %
Exam ScoreGMAT - 650
IELTS - 6.5
SAT - 1180
TOEFL - 80
GMAT - 680
IELTS - 7
SAT - 1330
TOEFL - 87
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   31200
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  25200
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 17627 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   42993
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  26544
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 34584 Per Year
placement (average package)

Top Recruiters are WP Carey & Co., Goldman Sachs Group, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Intel Corp, Daimler Benz, Rubbermaid, AMERCO, HSBC, Shell oil company, Bank of America, Honeywell International.

Degree                       Average Salary

MBA                           123000

Master of Science       91000

Bachelor Of Science   81000


Graduate Employability rank: QS-#3

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is one of the top public universities in Los Angeles, United States. It is ranked #44 in QS World University Rankings 2023.

Degree                                Average Salary

Masters in Finance                 $180,000 

MBA                                        $150,000 

Executive Masters                  $146,000 

Doctorate                                $136,000 

Executive MBA                        $135,000 

Masters in Science                  $101,000 


application requirements

LOR- 3 letters of recommendation, SOP- Yes, GPA- 3.53 (C+ grade)

94% in 12th for UG and 83% in bachelors for graduate admission; Name and email of references; Statement of Purpose

Campuses and B-SchoolsW. P. Carey School of Business
Anderson School of Management
CollegeDunia Reviews7.6/10 Read 26 reviews8.3/10 Read 6 reviews
General Facts Comparison
General FactsArizona State UniversityUniversity of California
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1885
1919
Student:Faculty Ratio20:1
18:1
Male:Female57% Male, 0% Female47% Male, 53% Female
Location Facts

If you get overburdened with study, then you should relax in arranging a party bike with your friends and colleagues. It is one of the funniest experiences around the campus premise. 

If you are a connoisseur of art, then you must pay a visit to the ceramic art museum. Those pieces of art display the expressionism form at its best. 


Five mile from Pacific Ocean, Located in West-wood neighborhood of LA
Bordered by Beverly hill and Bel-Air


Library

More than 4.5 million volumes of books along with articles. It is considered to be the 34th largest library located in USA and Canada


12 million print and electronic volumes
700 subscription database
100,00 current serial titles
950,000 e-books
Largest on-campus student employer


Campus Life

Homecoming Lantern Walk, Academic Bowl, Inferno are the major mentioning events that happened on the campus for new students. More than 1000 clubs are there for the students on basis of preferences 


Over 100 Student organizations
220 student groups
Around 60 sororities and fraternities
118 NCA Titles and 261 Olympic Medals
Theatre and Film School
Midnight Yells during finals week (break to study)
 


Hostel#Transportation - $1536
#Housing and meals - $16091
#Room and Board - $17148
#Room & Board - $17436
Famous Alumni

Reggie Jackson (baseball player), Barry Bonds (baseball player), Dough Dacey (Governor of Arizona), Phil Mickelson (professional golfer), David Spade (actor), Kate Spade (fashion designer), Jimmy Kimmel (TV host), Patt Tillman (American footballer), James Harden (basketball player), etc


14 Nobel laureates, 15 Mac Authors
Taylor Wang (astronaut), Randy Schekman (Nobel laureate-Physiology/medicine), Richard Heck (Nobel laureate-chemistry), Kay Ryan (US Poet laureate), Tom Bradley (1st African-American mayor of LA), Ralph Bunche (Nobel Peace Prize), Kareem Abdul (NBA superstar)


City Life

If you love to explore the city along with a good taste of food, then you must take a tour to Downtown Tempe. Other than magnificent cityscape, you will be getting ideas about exciting activities happening around the city. Whether it's shopping or restaurants or nightlife, you will definitely fall in love with this kind of tour. 


Los Angeles (LA) is the second most populous city of USA; Hollywood is located here; 841 Museums and art galleries, California Beaches, Disneyland park, Los Angeles offers various concert halls, regular festivals, and bustling nightlife; Ranked 7th on Global City Index and 9th on Global Economic Power Index; Unemployment rate in December 2019 was 4%; Industries employing maximum number of people are healthcare, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing


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Comparison Notes

University of California Los Angeles ranks within top 50 among world universities whereas Arizona State University does not even rank in top 100. Let's take a look at a few of the comparison points between the two of them:

  • Arizona State University was placed at 221 and 155 position by QS News and THE World Ranking respectively for 2020.
  • University of California Los Angeles ranks at 36 and 17 by QS News and THE World Ranking respectively for 2020.
  • Ranking of UCLA for most of the subjects is within the top 50 while Arizona State University’s subject ranking is above 100 in the majority of the cases.
  • Graduate Employability Ranking 2020 of Arizona State University is 101 – 110. Meanwhile, UCLA was placed at 3rd position.
  • World Reputation Ranking 2019 of UCLA is 9. On the other hand, Arizona State University couldn’t even make it to the list. 
  • Although the annual ROI of both universities is almost the same ie. 8.5% approximately, annual salary offered to University of California Los Angeles graduates is 12,000 USD higher than Arizona State University.

Hence, there is no doubt that the University of California Los Angeles is far better university than Arizona State University in all aspects.