You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Applied Economics for a Master’s list. UCLA is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 32 masters’s applied economics degrees in 2020-2021.
UCLA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Economics Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Of the 44,589 students enrolled at University of California - Los Angeles, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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