Nowhere in the country is it easier to move up the ladder of higher education than in California. The Golden State is home to several prominent universities that accept thousands of transfer students a year, with UCLA the national leader among top-tier schools. UCLA enrolled 3,167 new transfer students in fall 2014, more than any other school in the top 75 on the U.S. News and World Report list of national universities. The University of California at Davis ranked second, with 3,138, according to a Washington Post analysis of university data.

May 20, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post