University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA - UC Berkeley, UCB
Admissions Prediction
Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017
Admission Overview
Applicants | 82,561 |
Admitted | 13,975 |
Acceptance rate | 16.9% |
Yield rate | 44.2% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 620 and 750
- Math: 650 and 790
- Writing: 31 and 34
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley's average composite ACT score falls between 31 and 35.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
Major | Men | Women | Total |
Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General (LL.M., M.C.L., M.L.I., M.S.L., J.S.D./S.J.D.) | 156 | 150 | 306 |
African-American/Black Studies | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Agricultural Economics | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Agricultural/Biological Engineering & Bioengineering | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Agriculture, Agricultural Operations, & Related Sciences, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
American Indian/Native American Studies | 0 | 2 | 2 |
American/United States Studies/Civilization | 40 | 43 | 83 |
Anthropology | 30 | 82 | 112 |
Applied Mathematics | 121 | 55 | 176 |
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) | 48 | 56 | 104 |
Art History, Criticism & Conservation | 5 | 28 | 33 |
Asian Studies/Civilization | 11 | 11 | 22 |
Asian-American Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Astronomy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Astrophysics | 25 | 8 | 33 |
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biochemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 88 | 208 | 296 |
Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 43 | 29 | 72 |
Biophysics | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Biostatistics | 4 | 5 | 9 |
Botany/Plant Biology | 6 | 7 | 13 |
Buddhist Studies | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Business Administration/Management | 174 | 164 | 338 |
Business/Managerial Operations, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology | 169 | 239 | 408 |
Celtic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Chemical Engineering | 80 | 23 | 103 |
Chemistry, General | 64 | 48 | 112 |
Chinese Language & Literature | 3 | 2 | 5 |
City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning | 21 | 35 | 56 |
Civil Engineering, General | 25 | 27 | 52 |
Classical, Mediterranean, & Near Eastern/Oriental Studies & Archaeology | 6 | 10 | 16 |
Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Comparative Literature | 4 | 14 | 18 |
Computer Science | 277 | 103 | 380 |
Dance, General | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Demography & Population Studies | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Design & Visual Communications, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 8 | 12 | 20 |
Dutch/Flemish Language & Literature | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Economics, General | 274 | 221 | 495 |
Education, General | 20 | 45 | 65 |
Education, Other | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 321 | 40 | 361 |
Endocrinology | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Engineering Physics | 9 | 5 | 14 |
Engineering Science | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Engineering, General | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Engineering, Other | 28 | 11 | 39 |
English Language & Literature, General | 89 | 169 | 258 |
Environmental Design/Architecture | 9 | 8 | 17 |
Environmental Health | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Environmental Science | 25 | 33 | 58 |
Environmental Studies | 74 | 127 | 201 |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Epidemiology | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Film/Cinema Studies | 26 | 26 | 52 |
Fine/Studio Arts, General | 15 | 48 | 63 |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Forest Management/ Forest Resources Management | 4 | 11 | 15 |
Forestry, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
French Language & Literature | 9 | 15 | 24 |
Geography | 17 | 31 | 48 |
Geology/Earth Science, General | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Geophysics & Seismology | 10 | 7 | 17 |
German Language & Literature | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, & Mexican-American/Chicano | 5 | 10 | 15 |
History, General | 67 | 57 | 124 |
Information Science/Studies | 110 | 36 | 146 |
International/Global Studies | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Italian Language & Literature | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Japanese Language & Literature | 2 | 11 | 13 |
Jewish/Judaic Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Journalism | 24 | 44 | 68 |
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Latin American Studies | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Latin Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Law (LL.B., J.D.) | 156 | 176 | 332 |
Law, Legal Services, & Legal Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Legal Studies, General | 57 | 72 | 129 |
Linguistics | 15 | 31 | 46 |
Mass Communications/Media Studies | 40 | 149 | 189 |
Mathematics, General | 41 | 24 | 65 |
Mechanical Engineering | 148 | 30 | 178 |
Microbiology, General | 22 | 21 | 43 |
Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Music, General | 18 | 10 | 28 |
Natural Resources & Conservation, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural Resources Management & Policy, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 15 | 44 | 59 |
Near & Middle Eastern Studies | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Nuclear Engineering | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Nutrition Sciences | 20 | 59 | 79 |
Oceanography, Chemical & Physical | 4 | 8 | 12 |
Operations Research | 29 | 18 | 47 |
Optometry (OD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Philosophy | 45 | 26 | 71 |
Physical Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Physics, General | 50 | 16 | 66 |
Planetary Astronomy & Science | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Political Science & Government, General | 158 | 136 | 294 |
Psychology, General | 72 | 233 | 305 |
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) | 54 | 182 | 236 |
Public Policy Analysis | 32 | 57 | 89 |
Range Science & Management | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Religion/Religious Studies | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Religion/Religious Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slavic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Social Sciences, Other | 128 | 167 | 295 |
Social Work | 23 | 75 | 98 |
Sociology | 63 | 143 | 206 |
Special Education, General | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Statistics, General | 52 | 41 | 93 |
Topology & Foundations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Toxicology | 9 | 16 | 25 |
Urban Studies/Affairs | 13 | 30 | 43 |
Vision Science/Physiological Optics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Women's Studies | 3 | 17 | 20 |
Total | 3887 | 4201 | 8088 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
Applied | 15874 |
Reported Results | 2437 |
Accepted | 1292 (53%) 53,47 |
Rejected | 1145 |
Attending | 353 |
Yield Rate | 27% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 3.76 | 3.92 | 4.00 |
SAT I | 2031 | 2190 | 2301 |
Selectivity Index™ | 744 | 866 | 944 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 3.44 | 3.69 | 3.83 |
SAT I | 1839 | 2040 | 2169 |
Selectivity Index™ | 622 | 740 | 832 |
Stats last calculated: Sunday 19th of August 2012 10:00:09 AM
Newest applicant: 20 days, 6 hours, and 46 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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