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: 34,953 students as of Fall 2007 including 24,636 undergraduates and 10,317 pursuing graduate degrees. (Source)

Gender: 51.1% female and 48.9% male (Fall 2007). (Source)

Degrees granted in 2006-07: Bachelor's, 6,629; Master's and professional degrees, 2,351; Doctoral, 895 (Source)

Enrollment by ethnicity (Fall 2007)

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Faculty

2,028 faculty members dispersed among more than 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units. (Source)

Student-to-faculty ratio: 15.1 to 1 (Fall, 2007)

Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students: 76%(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: 48,400 (Fall 2008) (Source)

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

21.5% of applicants admitted (Fall 2008)

3.82 (on a 4.0 scale) average high-school grade point for admitted freshmen (Fall 2008).

SAT scores: Average SAT Composite score of 1989 for admitted freshmen (Fall 2008).

85% from California (Fall 2008) (Source)

75% from public high schools (2008) (Source)

64% have at least one parent born outside the U.S. (2006) (Source)

30% are first in their family to attend a four-year college (2007) (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 2008): Molecular and Cell Biology, 917 students; Political Science, 823 students; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 790 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 2008)

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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 funding: In the 2007 fiscal year, Berkeley received $504.2 million in research funding — 75% from federal, state, and public sources; 19% from nonprofit sources; and 6% from the private sector. (Source)

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 75% of undergraduates receive some form of financial aid. For example, in 2006, 32 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. More than 8,400 undergraduates received a total of $40.5 million in scholarships, many of them privately funded. (Source)

Average undergraduate student budget 2008-2009: (Source)

	Living on campus	Living off campus	Living at home
Registration & fees *	$8,932	$8,932	$8,932
Housing, food & utilities	14,494	9,528	4,120
Books and supplies	1,268	1,268	1,268
Personal expenses	1,296	1,430	1,798
Transportation	596	1,002	1,890
Total	$26,586	$22,160	$18,008

A health insurance fee of $1,276 is included in student budget, but may be waived if proof of adequate coverage is presented.

* Non-resident tuition add $20,607.50

Average graduate student budget 2008-09: (Source)

Budget item	Cost
Housing and utilities	$10,240
Food	5,130
Books	1,040
Personal	2,338
Transportation	2,680
Fees	8,576
Health insurance	1,698
Total for California residents	$31,702
Nonresident tuition (and Ed. Fee)	15,006
Total for Nonresidents	$46,708

These figures are estimated averages for the nine-month academic year. The expenses for Law/MBA/Optometry/JMP/Public Health/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: $1.7 billion in 2006-07 (Source: Controller's Office Lisa Vanderfin & Yaling Li 5/1/08)

• Funding sources, 2006-2007 (includes state research funds):
  • State funds: 33%
  • Tuition & fees: 18%
  • Private: 15%
  • Federal research: 19%
  • Other: 15%

• Sources of private funds, 2005–06: (Source: Cal Facts 2008 Jose)
  • Alumni, parents & friends: 49%
  • Foundations: 31%
  • Corporations: 15%
  • Other sources: 5%

Market value of endowment: $2.89 billion. (Source: Cal Facts 2008 Jose)

Philanthropic support: The state supplied 47% of the University’s budget in 1991-92 and today its contribution comes to about 33%. Private support is increasingly critical to preserving Berkeley's excellence. Alumni, parents, and friends of the campus contributed $267.9 million in gifts and pledges in the 2006-07 fiscal year to support students, faculty, and research. There were 85,061 gifts and pledges from 57,850 donors. (Jose Rodriguez 4/21/08)

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 2006-07 fiscal year, UC Berkeley received $545 million in research funding — 57% from the federal government, 20% from nonprofits; 4% from UC; 6% from the private industry sector, and 13% from other sources.

Inventions/patents as of June 2007: (Source)

• • 1,931 total inventions
  • 248 active license agreements
  • 532 active U.S. patents
  • 385 active foreign patents

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Libraries and museums

In 2007, 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: 76 (Source, 10/1/08)

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

Student-athlete academic achievement: Cal's more than 850 student-athletes achieved an average cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the 2006-07 school year. (Source)

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Alumni

Living alumni: 426,700 (June 2008) 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 "Women 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: Facts at a Glance are updated quarterly, using the most recent data available.