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Berkeley has been the top-choice school for winners of the National Science Foundations Graduate Research Fellowships during the past decade.
In most years, Berkeley produces more Ph.D.s than any other U.S. university.
ENROLLMENT (FALL 2010) Doctoral 864 Masters 1,914 Total 10,298 2,778 5,910 (58%) 4,388 (42%)
U. S. GRADUATE STUDENTS
Top US States California New York Illinois Texas Washington Pennsylvania New Jersey Oregon Maryland Virginia Florida Michigan Total Doctoral Masters Total 1,919 273 170 157 119 160 114 81 95 87 79 96 4,560 2,576 157 71 54 55 79 33 24 47 33 38 46 20 370 3,603 4,495 430 287 224 212 198 193 138 128 128 125 125 116 1,364 8,163
Massachusetts 216
FALL 2010 INCOMING GRADUATE CLASS ONLY Women 45% Underrepresented Minorities 12%
California
48%
29%
23% International
(from 69 countries)
GRADUATE MAJORS (FALL 2010 ENROLLMENT) 101 graduate majors (masters and doctoral), 93 of which grant doctoral degrees
School/College Business Administration Chemistry Education Engineering Environmental Design Information Journalism Law Letters & Science (all divisions) Biological Sciences Humanities Physical Sciences Social Sciences Natural Resources Optometry Public Health Public Policy Social Welfare Other programs Energy & Resources Group Individualized major TOTAL Doctoral 81 452.5 275 1,353 106 19 50 2,937.5 572 785 546 1,034.5 315.5 32 172.5 20.5 45.5 50 46 4 5,910 Masters/ First Professional 1,460.5 11 95 287 275.5 77 98 1046.5 82 3 19 20 40 9 263 335 143.5 186.5 18.5 18.5 4,388 Total 1,541.5 463.5 370 1,640 381.5 96 98 1096.5 3,019.5 575 804 566 1,074.5 324.5 295 507.5 164 232 68.5 64.5 4 10,298 Percentage of total graduate student enrollment 15.0% 4.5% 3.6% 15.9% 3.7% 0.9% 1.0% 10.6% 29.3% 5.6% 7.8% 5.5% 10.4% 3.2% 2.9% 4.9% 1.6% 2.3% .6% .6% .0% 100%
DEGREES GRANTED
Degree Date Doctoral Masters/Professional 2000-01 753* 1,964 2001-02 803* 2,087 2002-03 769* 2,158 2003-04 770* 2,295 2004-05 801* 2,390 2005-06 753 2,337 2006-07 895* 2,351 2007-08 864* 2,406 2008-09 863* 2,385 2009-10 888** 2,397
JOB PLACEMENT OF DOCTORAL DEGREE RECIPIENTS (based on surveys of students graduating from 2003-04 to 2007-08, conducted 12-18 months after graduation)
count Business (for prot) College or university Government K-12 school National laboratory Self-employed Other Total 750 2,006 181 15 139 39 512 3,642 percent 20.6% 55.1% 4.9% 0.4% 3.8% 1.1% 14.1% 100.0% First positions taken by Berkeley Ph.D.s who went into academia: tenure-track faculty postdoctoral appointment non-tenure track faculty other 769 909 183 145 38.4% 45.3% 9.1% 7.2%
2010-11
CA resident Educational fee (Tuition) Student services fee (Registration fee) Campus fees and health insurance Subtotal (all fees and NRST)
3 1 2
2011-12
CA resident 10,152 972 2,850 13,974 21,500 5,000 40,474 Nonresident 10,152 972 2,850 15,102 29,076 21,500 5,000 55,576 9,810 900 2,591 14,694 27,995 21,500 5,000 54,495
Nonresident
Nonresident supplemental tuition (NRST) Living expenses (academic year only)4 Summer (living expenses and fees) Total
1 2
based on 2010-11; we estimate 10% increase in the cost of health insurance for 2011-12 NRST is $12,245 for majors with professional degree supplemental tuition 3 some majors have supplemental fees 4 see nancial aid website for up-to-date living expenses
36% GSI 5%
GSR
Fellowships
56%
GSIs (teaching assistantships) 21% GSRs (research assistantships) 38% Reader appointments 1%
38%
GSR
Fellowships
40%
3%
RDR
1%
RDR
21% GSI
These awards are based on merit, offered to doctoral students of outstanding achievement and potential. Through a highly competitive selection conducted by a campuswide faculty committee, 15% of the 1,000 doctoral students who enroll in Berkeleys graduate programs each year receive multi-year fellowships.
400 doctoral 270 doctoral 2,000 doctoral 15,000 doctoral applicants offered admittees nominated admittees offered applicants for campuswide campuswide admission fellowships fellowships 150 campuswide fellowships accepted
Other sources of graduate student support for entering and continuing students: Departmental multi-year packages may include: First-year departmental fellowship (from Graduate Divisions block grant funds or private endowments) Remaining years covered through a combination of departmental fellowships, GSI (teaching) and GSR (research) appointments Continuing students may also apply for fellowship support from the Graduate Division, including: Mentored Research Awards, Summer Fellowships, Doctoral Completion Fellowships, UC Dissertation Awards, Conference Travel Grants, Research Travel Vouchers and Parent Grants, as well as several privately-sponsored fellowship programs.
COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
From the 2010 UCOP Graduate Student Support Survey: Berkeleys top competitors: 1) Stanford 6) University of Chicago 2) MIT 7) Cornell 3) Harvard 8) Columbia 4) Princeton 9) University of Washington, Seattle 5) Cal Tech Deciding factors for students considering graduate offers of admission from several schools: 1) Academic reputation of each university 2) Research interests of faculty in their discipline 3) Amount of nancial support 4) Type of nancial support 5) Multi-year nancial support
Number of programs ranked within a range that extends into the top ve: University of California, Berkeley Harvard Stanford 43 40 30
OTHER RANKINGS
The 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, rates UC Berkeley number two in the world (after Harvard and before Stanford). The ranking compared 500 higher education institutions worldwide, public and private. It used a variety of indicators of academic or research performance, including: Nobel Prizes and other international awards won by alumni and faculty or staff. Highly-cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories. Articles published in selected top journals and noted in major citation indexes. The 2010 U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings: In the Social Sciences and Humanities, viewed by departmental reputation, Berkeley came away with new rst place rankings for its departments of English, History, Psychology, and Sociology. The campus maintained its previous levels in the rankings of its programs in Engineering (third), Law (sixth), Business (seventh), and Education (seventh).
Number of programs assigned an upper range of rst place: Harvard University of California, Berkeley Stanford 19 16 11
Counts represent the number of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award offers to students who indicated each institution as their rst choice for graduate school during the period 2001-2010, from the total 11,587 GRFP awards made during the 10-year period. The metric shows the choices of the nations top science and engineering graduate students, reecting which institutions they believe offer them the best graduate research opportunities.