The University of California was chartered in 1868 and its flagship campus — envisioned as a "City of Learning" — was established at Berkeley, on San Francisco Bay. Today the world's premier public university and a wellspring of innovation, UC Berkeley occupies a 1,232 acre campus with a sylvan 178-acre central core. From this home its academic community makes key contributions to the economic and social well-being of the Bay Area, California, and the nation.

Student body

Number of students: 35,409 students as of Fall 2008 including 25,151 undergraduates and 10,258 pursuing graduate degrees. (Source)

Undergraduate gender: 53% female and 47% male (Fall 2008).
Graduate gender: 55% male and 45% female (Fall 2008) (Source)

Degrees granted in 2007-08: Bachelor's, 6,960; Master's and professional degrees, 2,406; Doctoral, 865 (Source)

Enrollment by ethnicity (Fall 2008)

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Faculty

2,131 faculty members (Source) dispersed among more than 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units. (Source)

Student-to-faculty ratio: 15.1 to 1 (Fall, 2008)(Source)

Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students: 75% (Fall, 2008) (Source)

Nobel laureates: Twenty faculty members, including seven current faculty.

National and international awards held by faculty.

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Profile of admitted freshman

Number of applicants: 48,640 (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010) (Source)

4,300 students enrolled (Fall 2008) (Source)

26.6% of applicants admitted (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010) (Source)

3.91 (on a 4.0 scale) median high-school grade point for admitted freshmen (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010).

SAT scores: Average SAT Composite score of 2033 for admitted freshmen (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010).

85% from California (Fall 2008, enrolled) (Source)

85% from public high schools (2008) (Source)

70% have at least one parent born outside the U.S. (2008) (Source)

17% are first in their family to attend a college (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010) (Source)

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Fields of study

130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units.

Colleges and schools: UC Berkeley is divided into 14 colleges and schools, most of which are subdivided into departments.

Most popular majors (as of Spring 2009): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1,394 students; Molecular and Cell Biology, 1,135 students; Political Science, 965 students. (Source)

Courses offered: More than 7,000 courses in some 350 degree programs; the campus produces more Ph.D.s annually than any other U.S. university. (Cal Facts 2009)

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Measures of excellence

Rankings: UC Berkeley ranks first nationally in the number of graduate programs in the top 10 in their fields.

Research: Berkeley ranks first amongst U.S. universities in the number of its research programs considered "distinguished" (32), according to the most recent National Research Council study.(Source)

A 2008 student survey found that 52% of Berkeley seniors have assisted faculty with research or creative projects. (UCUES Survey, 2008)

Public service by students: In any given year, more than 4,000 Cal students do volunteer work. UC Berkeley continues to be the only school in the country to have produced more than 3,000 Peace Corps volunteers since that organization's inception in 1961. (Source)

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Tuition, fees & financial aid

Some 65% of undergraduates receive some form of financial aid. For example, in 2007-08, 33 percent of all Berkeley undergrads (Source) were eligible for Pell Grants (family incomes typically less than $45,000 a year). Berkeley educates more of these economically disadvantaged students than all of the Ivy League universities combined. Some 5,700 undergraduates received a total of $33 million in scholarships, many of them privately funded. (Source)

Average undergraduate student budget 2009-2010: (Source)

	Living on campus	Living off campus	Living at home
Registration & fees *	$9,748	$9,748	$9,748
Housing, food & utilities	15,308	10,036	4,278
Books and supplies	1,306	1,306	1,306
Personal expenses	1,336	1,474	1,856
Transportation	614	1,030	1,946
Total	$28,312	$23,594	$19,134

A health insurance fee of $1,396 is included in student budget, but may be waived if proof of adequate coverage is presented.

* Non-resident tuition add $22,670.

Average graduate student budget 2009-10: (Source)
(The fees and non-resident tuition below include the most recent estimates available as of 03/13/09).

Budget item	Cost
Housing and utilities	$10,431
Food	5,054
Books	1,040
Personal	1,920
Transportation	2,821
Fees	9,300
Health insurance	1,932
Total for California residents	$32,498
Nonresident tuition (and Ed. Fee)	15,306
Total for Nonresidents	$47,804

These figures are estimated averages for the nine-month academic year. The expenses for Law/MBA/Optometry/JMP/Public Health/Public Policy students will vary from the above depending on the department, degree program, and year in school.

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Campus budget & finances

Revenues: $1.789 billion in 2007-08 (Source: Can also call Controller's Office Lisa Vanderfin & Yaling Li)

• Funding sources, 2007-2008 (includes state research funds):
  • State funds: 34%
  • Tuition & fees: 19%
  • Private: 16%
  • Federal research: 18%
  • Other: 13%

• Sources of private funds, 2008-09: (Source: Jose Rodriguez)
  • Alumni, parents & friends: 43%
  • Foundations: 38%
  • Corporations: 15%
  • Other sources: 4%

Market value of endowment: $2.3 billion (June 2009). (Source) UC Berkeley Foundation announcement is source for June 09 figure

Philanthropic support: The state supplied 47% of the University's budget in 1991-92 and today its contribution comes to about 25%. Private support is increasingly critical to preserving Berkeley's excellence. Alumni, parents, and friends of the campus contributed $306.2 million in gifts and pledges in the 2008-09 fiscal year to support students, faculty, and research. There were 81,717 gifts and pledges from 56,706 donors.(Source: Jose Rodriguez)

Economic impact: UC Berkeley employs 24,700 people. As detailed in a recent economic-impact report, the campus's direct spending of more than $1 billion in the Bay Area generated an additional $464 million in spending and an additional 9,200 jobs for Bay Area residents.

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Research

In the 2008 fiscal year, Berkeley received $606.6 million in research funding. (Source, OSP annual report) In addition, the campus received a 10-year, $350 million award from BP to establish the Energy Biosciences Institute.

Inventions/patents as of June 2008: (Source)

• • 2,086 total inventions
  • 273 active license agreements
  • 562 active U.S. patents
  • 394 active foreign patents

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Libraries and museums

In 2008, the Association of Research Libraries ranked the UC Berkeley's University Library as the No. 1 public research university library in North America. (Source)

Number of libraries: Three main libraries (Doe, Moffitt, and the Bancroft), 18 subject-specialty libraries, and 11 affiliated libraries (with special collections) make up the UC Berkeley Library system.

Holdings: The Library has over 10 million book volumes, 90,000 current serial publications, 415,900 pamphlets, 5 million microform items, 410,000 maps, 109,000 government documents, 60,000 sound recordings, and 6,350 videos.

The Berkeley Natural History Museums include the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology; the UC Botanical Garden; the Essig Museum of Entomology; the University and Jepson Herbaria; the Museum of Paleontology; the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; and the Human Evolution Research Center.

Collections: A full listing of Berkeley's many valuable collections of non-book artifacts and objects.

The Berkeley Art Museum houses diverse collections of more than 13,000 objects.

The Pacific Film Archive includes 10,000 films.

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Athletics

Number of teams: 27 men's and women's intercollegiate squads

National championships won by Cal teams: 77 (Source, 8/26/09)

Olympic gold medals won by students and alumni (as individuals and teams): 91; nearly 300 Cal students and alumni have participated in the modern Olympic games as athletes and coaches. (Source)

Number of intramural sports offered: 9

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Alumni

Living alumni: 431,500 (August 2009) Source

Nobel Prizes won by alumni: 24

Famous alumni: Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple; Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google; Alice Waters, culinary hero; Maxine Hong Kingston, author of "The Woman Warrior" (see a more extensive list).

Fictional alumni: Jack Bauer, the hero played by Kiefer Sutherland in the hit show "24," supposedly got his Masters of Science in "Criminology and Law" at Berkeley (no such degree is offered). Joanie Caucus of Doonesbury. C.J. Cregg of "The West Wing." Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter in "The Graduate."

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Reference websites

Campus statistics: The Office of Planning & Analysis site includes a number of frequently requested statistics and their comprehensive Berkeley Profile.

Common Data Set: Information on the general campus; enrollment and persistence; first-time, first-year (freshmen) admissions; transfer admissions; academic offerings and policies; student life; annual expenses; financial aid; instructional faculty and class size; and degrees conferred.

Economic impact report for UC Berkeley

Student Data: The Office of Student Research site offers a statistical profile of the student population.

University of California systemwide statistics: Statistical summary and data on UC students, faculty, and staff.

NOTE: This site is updated quarterly, using the most recent data available.