How much did U$C pay US News rankings for this

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<p>How much they paid US News? None. They just have a lot of support from endowments.</p>

<p>The US News rankings focus on a lot of factors not as related to academics like financial resources (10%), alumni giving (5%) and faculty resources (20%) which is comprised of things like faculty compensation, class size, and student/faculty ratio. Private schools will naturally have higher marks in these categories simply because they have more support financially. And by financially I mean this in the best way because the more resources you have, the more you can improve.</p>

<p>I’m not mad about the rankings–we’re in a tight spot budget-wise. If you read about UCLA’s endowments, all you’d see is decrease here and decrease there. It’s saddening, really.</p>

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Fiscal year 2009 (“FY09”) was a challenging year for The UCLA Foundation (“The Foundation”). The U.S. recession, along with the severe worldwide investment market downturn, was reflected in The Foundation’s negative endowed investment pool return of (21%) for the year. The Foundation’s net assets, which represent the excess of total assets over total liabilities, decreased by $236 million to $1.2 billion as of June 30, 2009, primarily as a result of negative investment returns. </p>

<p>The Foundation’s revenue in the form of donor contributions totaled $97.5 million for FY09, a 47% decrease as compared to fiscal year 2008 (“FY08”). The Foundation’s expenditures in the form of grants and transfers to the campus were increased 8% to $151.5 million over FY08. The decreased contribution revenue combined with increased campus support resulted in an operating loss of $54.0 million for FY09 as compared to operating income of $43.9 million in FY08. Due to negative investment returns in FY09, The Foundation had a non-operating loss of $227.3 million. Other income in the form of private gifts of permanent endowment totaled $45.3 million.
<a href=“https://www.uclafoundation.org/finances.aspx[/url][/quote]”>https://www.uclafoundation.org/finances.aspx

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<p>We can’t rely on the just government for money. Now it’s all about help from the alumni too. So graduate and give back! Hahaha.</p>

<p>It’s a different story if you wanted to strictly talk about worldwide academic rankings, though. Hint: check out THE QS rankings and their methodology. ;)</p>