One of the common complaints on here from alumni who couldn't get their kids in is that the school favors students from low income backgrounds. Of course, Cal's students actually come from the highest income bracket of all UC schools.
Welp, US News just changed up their formula to take into account how many students from low income households in takes and graduates.
And look what happened:
"For the first time, the University of CaliforniaLos Angeles is the sole No. 1 Top Public School among National Universities, having tied for first in the 2018 ranking. The California university system improved in the rankings because of their performance graduating high proportions of low-income students new this year in the Best Colleges methodology."
So while most of the other UCs improved under this new metric, we actually dropped a spot. I wouldn't expect Cal or Virginia to jump back to #1 anytime soon.
Of course, academically, it ranks our programs well above UCLA's.
Welp, US News just changed up their formula to take into account how many students from low income households in takes and graduates.
And look what happened:
"For the first time, the University of CaliforniaLos Angeles is the sole No. 1 Top Public School among National Universities, having tied for first in the 2018 ranking. The California university system improved in the rankings because of their performance graduating high proportions of low-income students new this year in the Best Colleges methodology."
So while most of the other UCs improved under this new metric, we actually dropped a spot. I wouldn't expect Cal or Virginia to jump back to #1 anytime soon.
Of course, academically, it ranks our programs well above UCLA's.