th an admittance rate of 20.1%.[88] Ethnic enrollment, 2013[89] Under- graduates Graduate students Per- centage Black Non-Hispanic 1,082 512 3.9% Asian or Pacific Islander 9,965 2,613 30.8%

 modifications, and in 1959, he was named Dean of the School of Library Service.[75] More libraries were added as previous ones filled. Page Ackerman became University Librarian in 1973, and was the nation's first female librarian of a system as large as UCLA's. She oversaw the first coordinations between other UC schools, and formed a new administrative network that is still in use today.[76] Since her retirement, the system has seen steady growth and improvement under various Librarians. The present University Librarian is Virginia Steel, who took office on July 15, 2013.[77]
Admissions[edit]

Undergraduate[edit]
Freshman statistics[14][78][79][80][81][82][83]
  2013
(preliminary) 2012 2011 2010 2009
Applicants 80,494 72,697 61,566 57,678 55,708
Admits 16,177 15,982 15,689 13,088 12,179
Admit rate 20.1% 22.0% 25.5% 22.7% 21.9%
Enrolled N/A 5,621 5,825 4,636 4,472
Average GPA N/A 4.21 4.22 4.25 4.24
Excluding deferred applications or other unique situations.
UCLA is rated "Most Selective" by U.S. News & World Report. [84] It received over 100,000 freshman applications for Fall 2013.[85][86][87] As of Fall 2013, UCLA is the most selective campus of the University of California system, with an admittance rate of 20.1%.[88]
Ethnic enrollment, 2013[89] Under-
graduates Graduate
students Per-
centage
Black Non-Hispanic 1,082 512 3.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander 9,965 2,613 30.8%
Hispanic 5,156 1,100 15.3%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 159 66 0.6%
White Non-Hispanic 7,964 4,533 30.6%
Unstated, Unknown, Other 972 804 4.4%
Foreign 3,376 2,493 14.4%
Just over 3,000 transfer students entered UCLA in Fall 2011, with 92.4% from the California Community Colleges System. Over the past 15 years over 45,000 transfer students have entered UCLA. One-third of baccalaureate degrees are awarded to students who entered UCLA as transfer students. One of the major debates is over the decreased admission of African-Americans and Latinos, especially since the passage of Proposition 209, prohibiting racial, sexual, or ethnic discrimination at public institutions, in 1996.[90] In response to this issue, UCLA decided to shift to a more holistic admissions process starting Fall 2007.[91]
Preliminary, admitted freshman applicants for Fall 2013 had an average weighted GPA of 4.40 (3.88 unweighted), an average combined SAT score of 2037 (667 for Critical Reading, 690 for Mathematics, and 680 for Writing) and an average ACT Composite score of 30.[92]
Graduate[edit]

e School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), was ranked 6th among American graduate schools of education in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools".[71] Other 2013 U.S. News & World Report school rankings include the Anderson School of Management at #15, the David Geffen School of Medicine at #10 for Primary Care and #13 for Research, the School of Law at #15, and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at #16; departmental rankings included Clinical Psychology #1, Psychology #3, Fine Arts #

, UCLA Medical Center was ranked "Best in the West", as well as one of the top five hospitals in the United States. In 14 of the 16 medical specialty areas examined, UCLA Medical Center ranked in the top 20.[51]
Rankings[edit]
University rankings
National
ARWU[52] 10
Forbes[53] 34
U.S. News & World Report[54] 23
Washington Monthly[55] 6
Global
ARWU[56] 12
QS[57] 40
Times[58] 12
Global rankings[edit]
In 2013–2014, UCLA ranked 12th in academics and 8th for reputation in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[59][60] In 2013, UCLA was ranked 40th in the QS World University Rankings,[61] 12th in the world (10th in North America) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities[62] and 23rd in the world (13th in North America) in Financial Times' Global MBA Rankings.[63] Human Resources & Labor Review, a national human competitiveness index & analysis, ranked the university 14th in the world in 2012.[64]
National rankings[edit]
The 2014 annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report ranked UCLA second among public universities (tied with UVA) and 23rd among national universities.[65] The Washington Monthly ranked UCLA 6th nationally among national universities in 2012, with criteria based on research, community service, and social mobility.[66] In 2013 Kiplinger ranked UCLA 6th out of the top 100 best-value public colleges and universities in the nation, and 1st in California.[67] UCLA was ranked third among national research universities by the Center for Measuring University Performance in 2011.[68] The Princeton Review listed UCLA as a "Dream School" selected by both students and parents in 2010. It was also the only public university in the ranking.[69] UCLA took the 8th spot among all universities for research spending in the sciences and engineering during the fiscal year 2011, according to a 2012 report by the National Science Foundation—UCLA spent $982 million.[70]
Graduate and professional schools[edit]
UCLA's oldest operating unit, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), was ranked 6th among American graduate schools of education in the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools".[71] Other 2013 U.S. News & World Report school rankings include the Anderson School of Management at #15, the David Geffen School of Medicine at #10 for Primary Care and #13 for Research, the School of Law at #15, and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at #16; departmental rankings included Clinical Psychology #1, Psychology #3, Fine Arts #4, Geography #4,[72] Mathematics #8, History #9, Sociology #9, English #10, and Public Health #10.[71] In 2011 U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Nursing #21.[73] In 2009, the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television was ranked third nationally by U.S. News & World Report,[citation needed] and the School of Architecture placed second in the country according to The Key Centre for Architectural Sociology.[citation needed]
Library system[edit]
Main article: University of California, Los Angeles Library


Powell Library, across the quad from Royce Hall
UCLA's library system has over eight million books and 70,000 serials spread over twelve libraries and eleven other archives, reading rooms, and research centers. It is the nation's 14th largest library in number of volumes.[74]
The first library, University Library (presently Powell Library), was founded in 1884. In 1910, Elizabeth Fargo became the university's first librarian. Lawrence Powell became librarian in 1944, and began a series of system overhauls and