University of California

Berkeley, CA · Public research
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Acceptance rate
11.4%
14,524 admitted
SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
93.7%
Retention 97.0%
Undergrads
33,513
18:1 S-F
Admissions
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11.4%
14,524 admitted
from 126,864 apps
Applications126,864
Overall admit rate11.4%
Enrolled6,687 · 46.0% yield
Admitted from waitlist0 of 9,102
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsCharacter, Extracurriculars, Volunteering, Work experience
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
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$13,602
in-state tuition
out-of-state $51,204
Tuition (in-state)$13,602
Tuition (out-of-state)$51,204
Fees$4,119
Room & board$24,558
Books$1,442
Academics
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18 : 1
student-faculty ratio
97.0% retention
Student-faculty18 : 1
Retention97.0%
4-year graduation81.3%
6-year graduation93.7%
Enrollment
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33,513
undergraduates
13.7% out-of-state · 762 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates33,513
First-year6,687
Transfer3,055
Full-time95%
Female56%
Out-of-state13.7%
International (freshmen)762
Rankings
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#1
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Data Analytics/Science
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Specialties: Data Analytics/Science#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Civil (Doctorate)#126
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Electrical/Electronic/Communications (Doctorate)#126
U.S. News & World ReportTop Public National Universities#126
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Public Schools)#226
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Public)#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#226
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceAtlantic Coast Conference17
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingCalifornia colleges41
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions URLhttps://admission.universityofcalifornia…
Admissions emailgradadm@berkeley.edu
Admissions phone510-642-3175
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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University of Cali…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of California CA · Public8.8%—33K
Stanford University CA · Private (nonprofit)3.8%15507K
University of Michigan MI · Public16.4%147035K
Carnegie Mellon University PA · Private (nonprofit)11.1%15407K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
University of California CA · Public28.6%—35K
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — University of California-Berkeley

5 years of University of California-Berkeley's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.