R&D Rank; Other Rankings

UCLA shows up as #9 in the NSF rankings of university R&D expenditures for 2015. See above. Note that in full-time grad students, UCLA's rank seems to have slipped somewhat since the Great Recession. See below:

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Sources:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/28/new-nsf-data-show-which-universities-are-and-which-down-total-rd-expenditures
https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=view&fice=1315