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No. 1

When averaged across the leading rankings of higher-education institutions in the United States and around the world, Berkeley is the #1 public university and ranks amongst the very best universities on the planet.

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Fall 2024 enrollment

33,070

undergraduates

12,812

graduate students

Faculty honors

236 American Academy of Arts and Sciences

75 National Academy of Engineering

30 National Medal of Science

145 National Academy of Sciences

43 American Philosophical Society

Nobel pursuits

Nearly 60 Nobel Prize winners (faculty and alumni) have been affiliated with Berkeley over the course of its history.

LEARN MORE ABOUT BERKELEY'S RICH NOBEL HISTORY

World-class education

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Library excellence

  • 14.6 million+ volumes
  • 400+ languages represented in collections

Teaching and research

  • Approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate courses
  • Approximately 400 degree programs
  • Among the top Ph.D.-granting institutions in the U.S.
  • 59 modern and ancient languages taught
  • 52 percent of undergraduates responding to a survey assisted faculty in research or had completed at least one research methods course

A research powerhouse

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2024 graduate research fellowships (National Science Foundation)

  • Stanford 72
  • Berkeley 61
  • Harvard 50
  • Yale 36
  • UCLA 36
  • Princeton 27

U.S. News & World Report program rankings

28 undergraduate programs ranked in the Top 5 in the country, including data science (No. 1), computer science (No. 2), engineering (No. 3), and entrepreneurship (No. 4)

30 Berkeley graduate programs ranked in the Top 10 in the country, including computer science (No. 1), public affairs (No. 4), social work (No. 4), business (No. 7), and public health (No. 10)

Drawing brilliant young faculty

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519 Hellman Fellows

since 1995 (more than 80 percent of whom remain at Berkeley)

MEET BERKELEY’S HELLMAN FELLOWS

6 assistant professors named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows, among the largest cohorts from any single university

An impact beyond the classroom

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A longstanding commitment to public service

7,600+ students served community-based organizations, government offices, and schools in 2023–24

Over 600,000 hours of service by students in 2023–24 (through the Public Service Center)

2,800+ Peace Corps volunteers from Berkeley since 1961

15 social action programs on campus

300+ community partners

A leader in sustainability

82% of students walk, bike, or take public transit to campus

6 sites with solar panels (and more under way) contribute toward a campus goal to reduce our carbon footprint by 90% by 2045

20% of food served in our dining halls is sustainably sourced, and 34% is plant-based

40+ environmental student organizations are offered on campus

95% of campus grounds are managed organically

2,048 undergraduate courses are sustainability-focused or -related

The Cal family

First-year students (Fall 2023)

  • 11% of applicants admitted
  • 79% from California
  • 26% of new freshmen from families in which neither parent has a four-year college degree
  • 3.92 average unweighted high school GPA

Engaging alumni and parents

  • 587,547 living Berkeley alumni
  • 36,725 alumni gave to Berkeley in 2023–24
  • 100,000 Cal Alumni Association members
  • 31,000 Cal Parents families

Athletic achievement

  • 30 men’s and women’s teams
  • 850+ student-athletes
  • 104 team national titles all-time in 15 different sports, as well as 331 individual titles
  • 300+ current and former Cal athletes, coaches, and staff have earned 246 Olympic medals, including 126 gold

Funding and costs

Then and now: the challenge of state funding

Undergraduate tuition

State funding

UC Berkeley annual budget

$3.9 billion in 2024–25

Keeping educational opportunity alive

Financial support for students

  • 63% of all undergraduates receive some form of financial aid
  • $55.6 million in privately funded undergraduate scholarships were offered in 2023–24, supporting 6,518 recipients
  • $43.4 million in privately funded graduate fellowships were offered in 2023–24, supporting 3,909 recipients

Undergraduate Pell Grant recipients

A chart of Pell Grant Recipients, showing 29% at Berkeley, 20% at Yale and Stanford (combined), and 19% at Harvard.

A public mission made possible by private support

  • 57,000+ donors in 2023–24
  • $1.3 billion+ in gifts and pledges in 2023–24
  • 12 percent of Berkeley’s 2023–24 spending was covered by private gifts

Berkeley’s endowment: a lasting legacy

  • $7.9 billion endowment as of 2023–24
  • $245 million in payout to the campus in 2023–24