UCLA retirees lead active lives, and that includes service to the community and to the university.
In October 2024, 1,048 UCLA retirees responded to a system-wide survey. The survey respondents reported that 70% of them volunteered in the community, and 23% volunteered for the University of California.
Service to the community fell into multiple categories:
| Percentage |
Category
|
| 35% |
Community/Civic
|
| 18% |
Faith-Based
|
| 12% |
Political |
| 11% |
Museum/Arts/Culture
|
| 10% | Teaching |
Service to the University of California involved research, university committees, event and program support, mentoring, teaching or advising.
For complete system-wide survey results from the Council of University of California Retiree Associations, see https://cucra.ucsd.edu/surveys/index.html.