Virtually every core area of mathematics is strongly represented in the UCLA Math Graduate Program. In the U.S. News & World Report's 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings (most recent), the UCLA Mathematics Graduate Program maintained its highest historical ranking of seven (shared) overall in the nation. In seven research specialties, the Program ranked in the top ten: Analysis (#1), Applied Math (#2), Logic (#2), Algebra/Number Theory/Algebraic Geometry (#8), Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics (#11), Geometry (#12), and Topology (#7). For more information about the rankings of the entire UCLA Department of Mathematics, read the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities for Mathematics. <br><br>As of fall 2020, the graduate program has 152 PhD candidates. The 24 PhD graduates of 2019-2020 are continuing their research studies in postdoctoral positions or as tenured faculty at premier institutions such as Princeton, Carnegie Mellon University, Rutgers, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and the Institute for Basic Science, Center for Geometry and Physics. Other graduates are beginning their careers in industry for companies including Google, Morgan Stanley, Facebook, and Dreamworks Animation.