<p>ALWAYS A MOM: I agree, ranking systems are not necessarily meaningful. I didn’t mean to highlight it so much. (It was a quick post.) Of course, nothing is necessarily meaningful. I could give you my impression of UCLA but I’m just one person and you don’t even know me. And even the story of an student actually at the school is conditioned by the student. Here are a few OBJECTIVE comments. This is a BA degree but the school offers a professional curriculum. Students are admitted by the school through audition/interview so you have a chance at the school even if you don’t have the kind of grades/test scores expected by the university. Actors have a chance to act in student plays AND films. Film, Theater and TV (FTTV) school has two theaters plus dozens of practice rooms and a huge shop as well as film and broadcasting facilities. The school maintains an industry database for internships.</p>