University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA - UC Berkeley, UCB

Admissions Prediction

Your Admission 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

University of California, Berkeley Acceptances 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

Degree Completions

View All 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
Anthropology, Other.	0	1	1
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
Cognitive Science, General.	72	97	169
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
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other.	1	0	1
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
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.	12	14	26
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 and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.	5	17	22
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
Materials Science.	7	9	16
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
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.	69	99	168
Music, General	18	10	28
Natural Resources & Conservation, Other	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation and Research, 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
Neuroscience.	1	0	1
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
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.	10	35	45
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
Rhetoric and Composition.	28	27	55
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	4092	4500	8592

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: 138 days, 21 hours, and 30 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.

University of California, Berkeley discussion

James posted 'Even with the low SAT score, which I agree is probably the one thing holding you back, you still have a good shot. Have a look at the scatterplot (custom filtered to zoom in on your 'range'): http://college.mychances.net/analytics/scatter-plots.php?id=140'
15 years ago

Peer Colleges

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19.5,80.5 20% Stanford University

18.5,81.5 19% University of California, San Diego

16.3,83.7 17% University of Southern California

15.1,84.9 16% University of California, Santa Barbara

14.7,85.3 15% University of California, Irvine

14.7,85.3 15% Yale University

14.3,85.7 15% Princeton University

14.1,85.9 15% Cornell University

12.8,87.2 13% University of Pennsylvania