Home to two universities ranked within the world’s top 150, Los Angeles joined the QS Best Student Cities in the 2014 edition. This time round, it strengthens its place, climbing from 38th to 31st, with a particularly strong score in the “employer activity” category; this reflects the views of both local and international employers, who clearly view the city as a key hub from which to recruit bright new talents. Certainly it’s no surprise to find that graduates of the world-renowned University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are in high demand.
Home to the Hollywood film industry and absolutely packed with galleries, museums, theaters and all kinds of performance venues, LA is often touted as the ‘Creative Capital of the World’. In addition to its large comprehensive state universities, the city also has numerous private universities and colleges, many specializing in fields relating to the creative arts.
Whatever your field of interest, LA is likely to have a strong offering – whether it’s business, science, fashion, medicine, sports or technology. It is, after all, the second largest metropolitan area in the US (after New York). And the southern Californian climate is an added bonus, with sunshine guaranteed pretty much year-round.
QS ranked universities
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) ; University of Southern California
More about Los Angeles
| Number of universities ranked by QS | 2 |
| Top ranked institution | UCLA (37th in the world) |
| Population | 13,130,000 |
| Students (% of total population) | 0.6% (based on ranked institutions) |
| International students | 17.0% (of students at ranked institutions) |
| Average tuition fees | US$41,000 |
| Global Liveability Ranking | 42nd (out of 140) |
| Mercer Cost of Living rank | 62nd (out of 214) |
| Cost of a Big Mac | US$4.80 |
| Cost of an iPad | US$536.43 |
| Numbeo safety rank | 222nd (out of 372) |
| Numbeo pollution rank | 135th (out of 299) |
| Transparency International score | 19th (out of 177) |
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