7 Things You Didn't Know About UCLA

The University of California-Los Angeles is one of the premier institutions of higher learning not just in California but across the country.

Here at CBS LA, we decided to take the time to write 5 facts you didn't know about the school whose students call themselves "Bruins."

  • UCLA receives the largest number of undergraduate applications of any college/university in the country every year. Over 100,000 students applied in 2015 alone.
  • The Bruins hold the record for most NCAA titles with 113.
  • Since 2010, UCLA has averaged nearly $1 billion annually in grants and contracts.
  • Close to 96 percent of freshmen live in university housing.
  • The UCLA campus is used in movies as a fill-in for other prestigious universities like Harvard and Princeton, to name a few.
  • UCLA is among the top five regional employers in the Los Angeles area with over 40,000 full and part-time jobs.
  • The University of California Los Angeles has close to 300 Guggenheim fellow and six Nobel Laureates.
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