UC Berkeley Description:
Berkeley consistently ranks as the best public university in the country. It offers students a bustling and beautiful campus in the San Francisco Bay area, and top-ranked programs in the humanities, sciences, and engineering. Well known for its liberal and activist personality, Berkeley provides its students with a rich and vibrant social environment. Like several of the other University of California schools, Berkeley competes in the NCAA Division I Pacific 10 Conference.
Admissions Data (2007):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 23%
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 580 / 710
- SAT Math: 620 / 750
- SAT Writing: 590 / 710
- ACT Composite: 25 / 31
- ACT English: 24 / 32
- ACT Math: 26 / 33
Enrollment (2008):
- Total Enrollment: 35,396 (25,151 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 47% Male / 53% Female
- 97% Full-time
Costs (2008-09):
- Tuition and Fees: $7,656 (in-state); $28,264 (out-of-state)
- Books: $1,268
- Room and Board: $14,494
- Other Expenses: $3,168
- Total Cost: $26,586 (in-state); $ $47,194 (out-of-state)
UC Berkeley Financial Aid (2007-8):
- Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 68%
- Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 57%
- Loans: 32%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $11,462
- Loans: $4,624
Most Popular Majors:
Business, Cellular Biology, Economics, Electrical Engineering, English, Political Science, Psychology
Graduation and Retention Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 97%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 64%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 90%
Data Source:
National Center for Educational Statistics (2006-2007 data)
Mission Statement for the University of California System:
"The distinctive mission of the University is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an active working repository of organized knowledge. That obligation, more specifically, includes undergraduate education, graduate and professional education, research, and other kinds of public service, which are shaped and bounded by the central pervasive mission of discovering and advancing knowledge."
from http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/aboutuc/missionstatement.html
