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Our most recent rankings (public/overall) include:
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities 1/5
U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2/17
Forbes America’s Top Colleges 1/5
Fall 2024 enrollment
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.
World-class education
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
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
An impact beyond the classroom
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
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 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