by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of California - Berkeley was awarded 128 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
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College Factual ranked UC Berkeley as #14 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when UC Berkeley held the #18 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UC Berkeley is also ranked #3 out of 161 schools in California.
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With an acceptance rate of 11%, UC Berkeley is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
The student to faculty ratio at University of California - Berkeley is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of California - Berkeley is 70%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 96% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of California - Berkeley enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UC Berkeley the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 76%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of California - Berkeley.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 30,799 undergraduates at UC Berkeley with 29,300 being full-time and 1,499 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,236 | $10,294 | $14,213 | $22,151 | $36,217 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UC Berkeley, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UC Berkeley, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $7,238 a year. That adds up to $28,952 over four years for those students.
Get more details about paying for University of California - Berkeley.
See which majors at University of California - Berkeley make the most money.
Get more details about the location of University of California - Berkeley.
Contact details for UC Berkeley are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 |
| Phone: | 510-642-6000 |
| Website: | www.berkeley.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 903 | $149,866 |
| Electrical Engineering | 833 | $137,295 |
| Economics | 830 | $80,446 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 806 | $43,270 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 673 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 669 | $88,030 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 544 | $47,338 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 508 | $88,497 |
| Political Science & Government | 492 | $45,418 |
| Public Health | 469 | $48,351 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 9,700 students took at least one online class at University of California - Berkeley. This is a decrease from the 31,079 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 9,700 | 1,622 |
| 2021-2022 | 31,079 | 4,681 |
| 2020-2021 | 41,164 | 31,439 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,581 | 651 |
Learn more about online learning at University of California - Berkeley.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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