I was a UCLA Econ major a thousand years ago…the world has changed since then and so has UCLA. Take my experience w grain of salt. Back then it was top notch and I’m sure it still is. It is more theory focused with some strong accounting, stats and corporate finance classes (more theoretical though when I was there). I got my butt kicked in I-banking interviews compared to kids coming out of business specific programs.
I guess I would ask a more practical/pre-professional question…is your student focused on a specific industries? I-banking? Strategy consulting? Equity research? If yes, then prestige/rank matters more for those recruiters…and UCLA will be a brand up. For folks going to tech, or big 4 acctg, or grad school, or likely 95% of the other careers kids choose all these programs will be great.