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UCLA Second in Nation
Posted on September 27, 2005

"The schools that topped our list didn't necessarily do so for the reasons you might expect....Similarly, UCLA, which finished second in our overall rankings, excelled in research and came in first in our social mobility rating because of its astoundingly high successful graduation rate given its large numbers of lower-income students. (Schools in the University of California's system were consistently high performers in this area: UCLA took top honors, UC Berkeley with UC-San Diego, UC-Davis, and UC-Riverside not far behind.)"

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