Facts, Feats, Firsts
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Perennial top ten
UCLA is consistently ranked in the Council for Aid to Education’s (CAE) top 10 for annual private support.

Seven years running
Gifts and pledges raised annually have topped $300 million for the past seven years.

Recognizing great talent
A $100 million gift from entertainment executive and philanthropist, David Geffen, creates a scholarship fund that will expand opportunities for top UCLA medical students.

A year of gifts
More than 75,000 gifts received in FY 2012.

Magnet school
UCLA received more freshman applications than any other institution in the nation this year: 80,472.

Bruin alumni
There are 405,688 living alumni; 54% reside in Southern California.

Best hospital in the West
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center ranks as one of the top five American hospitals – and the best hospital in the western United States for the 23rd consecutive year – according to U.S. News & World Report.

Good for the community
Washington Monthly ranks UCLA in the Top 10 in community service participation among national universities.

Top-two ranking
The annual Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities once again places UCLA as the second-ranked public university in the world.