University of California – Berkeley: Ranking & Review

Berkeley Rank	Rank	World Rank
1	4	4 Top 1%

University of California - Berkeley Acceptance rate and Admissions statistics

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	17%	15%	19%
Applicants	85,044	41,597	43,447
Admissions	14,549	6,324	8,225
Enrolled undergraduates	6,379	2,957	3,422
Enrolled total (including graduate students)	41,891	20,709	21,182

1,581 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

651 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Application fee for undergraduates - $70. Application fee for graduates - $105.

Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school rank	Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school record	Required
Completion of the college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Neither required nor recommended
Admission test scores	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	Recommended

Number of students submitting SAT scores	4,674
Percent of students submitting SAT scores	73%
Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	675
Math	695

Number of students submitting ACT scores	3,713
Percent of students submitting ACT scores	58%
ACT Composite	32
ACT English	32
ACT Math	31

Total cost for students living	In-state	Out-of-state
On-campus	$36,989	$65,003
Off-campus	$33,247	$61,261
The total cost includes tuition and fees, books, supplies, on-campus room and board payment of $17,549 and other expenses per full academic year.

University of California - Berkeley provides on-campus housing with total dormitory capacity of 8,860 students.

Average Tuition and fees for academic year programs
	In-state	Out-of-state
Tuition for Full-time undergraduates	$11,502	$39,516
Fees for full-time undergraduates	$2,668	$2,668
Tuition for Full-time graduates	$11,502	$26,604
Fees for full-time graduates	$2,668	$2,668

Programs	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral	Total
Engineering	917	585	178	1,680
Social Sciences	1,491	37	61	1,589
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services	388	629	13	1,030
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	828	18	123	969
Legal Professions and Studies	158	299	318	775
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services	501	171	33	705
Multi & Interdisciplinary Studies	554	3	5	562
Health Professions and Related Programs	204	195	70	469
Physical Sciences	269	49	134	452
Mathematics and Statistics	387	26	26	439
Natural Resources and Conservation	353	39	32	424
Psychology	317	3	19	339
Public Administration and Social Service Professions	117	201	10	328
English Language and Literature & Letters	298		21	319
Architecture and Related Services	143	136	12	291
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs	227	49		276
Visual and Performing Arts	208	7	18	233
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	150	25	29	204
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies	175	10	5	190
History	137	12	13	162
Education		84	40	124
Philosophy and Religious Studies	83		7	90
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences		31	15	46
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	1			1
Grand Total	7,906	2,609	1,182	11,697

A total of 7,906 4-year bachelor's degrees conferred across undergraduate programs at University of California - Berkeley.

At the master's and doctor's level 3,791 degrees were conferred in the graduate programs.

	Total	Men	Women
Graduation rate	91%	89%	93%
Full-time retention rate - 97% Part-time retention rate - 89%

Alternative names	UC Berkeley
Founded	1868
Motto	Fiat Lux Let there be light
Religious affiliation	Not applicable
Colors	yale blue, california gold
Academic Calendar	Semester
Total FTE staff	10,416
Instructional FTE	1,940
Research FTE	1,419
Public Service FTE	17
Sector of institution	Public, 4-year or above
Control of institution	Public
Carnegie Classification	Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Official Website	www.berkeley.edu
Address	200 California Hall Berkeley, California, 94720 United States
Urbanization level	City: Midsize
City population	50,000 - 250,000
Phone	5106426000
Fax	+1 (510) 643 5499

Rank 🏆	University name	Country & City	Acceptance rate Acc. rate
1	Harvard University	Cambridge	5%
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	7%
3	Stanford University	Stanford	5%
4	University of California - Berkeley	Berkeley	17%
5	Cornell University	Ithaca	13%
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle	46%
7	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	7%
8	University of California - Los Angeles	Los Angeles	16%
9	Yale University	New Haven	7%
10	Princeton University	Princeton	6%
11	Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus	University Park	50%
12	University of California - Irvine	Irvine	37%
13	Purdue University - Main Campus	West Lafayette	57%
14	Duke University	Durham	10%
15	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh	22%
16	Texas A & M University - College Station	College Station	71%
17	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor	27%