University of Cincinnati (UC) vs UCLA?

University of Cincinnati vs University of California Los Angeles

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University of CincinnatiUniversity of California
Collegedunia Score5.5 Out of 107.8 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 761 QS World University 2025
# 142 US News 2024
# 151 QS World University 2024
# 42 QS World University 2025
# 15 US News 2024
# 18 Times Higher Education 2024
Subject Strength# 110 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 35 for Medicine by US News 2024
# 84 for Law by US News 2024
# 16 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 14 for Medicine by QS World University 2024
# 14 for Law by US News 2024
ProgramsUG Programs -106
PG Programs -65
UG Programs -24
PG Programs -43
Doctorate Programs -7
Acceptance Rate76.0 %11.0 %
Exam ScoreDuolingo-110
GMAT-500
GRE-300
IELTS-6.5
PTE-54
SAT-1120
TOEFL-80
GMAT-670
IELTS-7
SAT-1330
TOEFL-87
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   27472
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  13224
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 17999 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   42993
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  26544
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 36045 Per Year
placement (average package)

Top recruiters: General Electric (GE) Aviation, University of Cincinnati, General Electric Co., The Kroger Company, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center

Average Salaries are listed below :

  • Masters in Science  : $100,000 
  • MBA  : $83,000 
  • Bachelor of Science : $73,000 
  • Bachelor of Arts : $67,000 

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.

  • 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

Academic transcripts; UC Writing Supplement; 2-3 LORs; Resume; Writing Samples/ Essays/ SOPs; Standardized test scores; Proof of English language proficiency; Compulsory health screening; Additional requirements (art & other graphic work, work experiences, research proposals, etc.)

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

Campuses and B-SchoolsNAAnderson School of Management
CollegeDunia Reviews8.0/10 Read 5 reviews8.0/10 Read 11 reviews
General Facts Comparison
General FactsUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of California
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1819
1919
Student:Faculty Ratio21:1
18:1
Male:Female51% Male, 49% Female47% Male, 53% Female
Location Facts

Uptown Campus includes- the West (main campus), Medical, and Victory Parkway campuses & branch campuses in Blue Ash and Clermont; Built on 473 acres of land; Main campus- located close to the downtown area of Cincinnati


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


Library

13 Library locations; Holdings: 4.4 million volumes; 1.7 million ebooks; Use: 1.84 million annual visitors; 88,000 annual items circulated; 34,000 annual reference transactions; 2.4million full-text article downloads annually.


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

550 student organizations; Cincinnati’s Campus Recreation Center (200,000 square feet of recreation space); 50-meter x 25-yard lap pool; 6-court gymnasium, Fitness Floor & Climbing Walls; Richard E. Lindner Varsity Village; The News Record (student newspaper); UCast (TV Station); 48-hour film festival.


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#Living Expenses - $17999
#Room & Board - $17436
#Room and Board - $18609
Famous Alumni

300,000 living alumni; Miller Huggins (American professional baseball player), George Clooney (American actor), Oscar Robertson (American basketball player), Charles Keating (American athlete), Vinod Dham (Engineer, known as 'Father of the Pentium Chip' for his contribution to the development of Intel's Pentium microprocessor); William Howard Taft (27th U.S. President & 10th Chief Justice of USA), Paul Polman (Unilever CEO); Mike Ullman (Starbucks Chairman).


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

Cincinnati- home to nine Fortune 500 companies; Famous attractions: Cincinnati USA (Visitor's Bureau), Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Findlay Market, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Arts Association, Over-the-Rhine District, Newport Aquarium, Kings Island; Unemployment Rate: 3.3% (Dec 2019).


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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