UCLA was founded in 1919 as a public, coeducational research university located on 419 acres in Los Angeles near the Santa Monica mountains and Pacific Ocean. It has over 39,000 students from all 50 US states and over 100 foreign countries, though most undergraduates are from California. As a student, you would have access to state-of-the-art computer facilities and free internet/email, as well as 128 undergraduate degree programs ranked among the nation's top. UCLA also has comprehensive safety and security programs.