University of California – Berkeley: Statistics

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 7 of 13,329	In the World
# 5 of 2,137	In North America
# 5 of 2,128	In the United States
# 1 of 97	In California
# 1 of 13,346	For Atomic and Molecular physics
Top 1-3	For 12 other topics

Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

11%

Enrollment

26,133

Average SAT

1,175

Average ACT

Aid receiving

63%

Undergraduates

33,070

Graduates

12,812

Male:Female Ratio

46:54

Type

Public
not-for-profit

Highest Degree

Doctor's degree

Website

berkeley.edu

Acceptance rate & Admissions

University of California – Berkeley has an acceptance rate of 11% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	11%	11%	11%
Applicants	124,242	60,612	63,630
Admissions	13,639	5,473	8,166
Freshmen enrolled full time	6,232	2,691	3,541

Admissions requirements

Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school record	Required
TOEFL	Required
College-preparatory program	Considered but not required
Recommendations	Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests	Neither required nor recommended
SAT/ACT	Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school rank	Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

■ White	22%
■ Nonresident Alien	16%
■ Asian	31%
■ Hispanic	19%
■ Black or African American	3%
■ Two or more races	6%
■ Unknown	3%

University of California – Berkeley majors

University of California – Berkeley has granted 9,207 bachelor's degrees across 82 programs, 3,898 master's across 70 programs, and 1,280 doctorate degrees across 84 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of California – Berkeley.

Major	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Computer Science	796	11	39
Computer and Information Sciences, Other	771	-	-
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology	691	2	32
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	492	171	47
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	631	1	29
Information Science & Studies	-	657	2
Management Science	-	583	-
Public Health, General	170	322	8
Mechanical Engineering	213	200	34
Business Administration and Management, General	425	11	7
Political Science and Government, General	386	20	15
Law	-	-	408
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	-	361	-
Civil Engineering, General	112	208	38
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	307	2	13
Operations Research	52	219	6
Sociology, General	252	9	14
Environmental Studies	203	37	28
Mass Communication & Media Studies	226	-	-
English Language and Literature, General	210	6	5
Cognitive Science, General	217	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	124	75	8
Chemistry, General	133	6	68
Applied Mathematics, General	177	-	4
Chemical Engineering	120	33	26
Legal Studies	163	-	-
Biology & Biological Sciences, General	143	3	14
Social Sciences, Other	152	-	1
Social Work	64	82	6
Physics, General	84	22	40
History, General	114	5	16
Public Policy Analysis, General	-	119	1
Architecture	109	2	6
Statistics, General	64	42	10
Mathematics, General	87	4	23
Materials Science	28	54	29
Natural Resources & Conservation, General	100	-	-
Nutrition Sciences	92	1	3
Film & Cinema & Media Studies	89	1	3
Microbiology, General	80	-	12
Philosophy	87	2	3
Architectural and Building Sciences & Technology	-	90	-
Environmental Science	86	-	-
Engineering, Other	9	74	-
Financial Mathematics	-	82	-
Anthropology, General	73	1	7
Fine & Studio Arts, General	72	4	-
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	74	-	2
Sustainability Studies	-	71	-
International & Globalization Studies	53	15	-
Music, General	54	2	6
Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia	-	58	-
Nuclear Engineering	12	31	14
American & United States Studies & Civilization	55	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	-	49	-
Education, General	-	25	23
Optometry	-	-	47
Astrophysics	37	3	6
Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other	37	1	8
Linguistics	36	4	5
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	34	-	8
Ethnic Studies	35	4	3
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	33	-	5
Rhetoric and Composition	28	1	9
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General	30	-	1
Botany & Plant Biology	21	-	5
Comparative Literature	23	1	2
Urban Studies & Affairs	26	-	-
Environmental Design & Architecture	25	-	-
Landscape Architecture	25	-	-
Biostatistics	-	13	9
Engineering Science	21	-	-
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American & Chicano Studies	20	-	-
Geology & Earth Science, General	4	5	8
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology	14	-	2
Biochemical Engineering	-	15	-
Computer and Information Sciences, General	-	15	-
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	15	-
Women's Studies	14	-	-
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering	13	-	-
African-American & Black Studies	8	3	1
Engineering Physics & Applied Physics	12	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	10	-	1
Asian Studies & Civilization	3	7	-
French Language and Literature	7	-	3
Neuroscience	-	-	10
Advanced Legal Research & Studies, General	-	-	9
Dance, General	8	-	-
Environmental Toxicology	-	3	5
Epidemiology	-	-	8
Forestry, General	-	8	-
Biophysics	-	-	7
Chinese Language and Literature	3	1	2
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	-	-	6
Demography and Population Studies	-	4	2
Engineering, General	-	2	4
Forest Sciences and Biology	6	-	-
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	-	1	5
Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	-	2	4
Vision Science & Physiological Optics	-	-	6
Folklore Studies	-	5	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	-	1	4
Italian Language and Literature	2	2	1
Near and Middle Eastern Studies	-	1	4
Range Science and Management	-	5	-
Buddhist Studies	-	-	4
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	4	-	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	-	-	4
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	-	3	1
American Indian & Native American Studies	3	-	-
Computational Biology	-	-	3
German Language and Literature	-	-	3
Health Policy Analysis	-	-	3
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	3	-	-
Planetary Astronomy and Science	3	-	-
Anthropology, Other	-	-	2
Biochemistry	-	-	2
Education, Other	-	-	2
Geophysics and Seismology	2	-	-
Middle & Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	2	-	-
Special Education and Teaching, General	-	-	2
Topology and Foundations	-	-	2
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General	1	-	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	1	-	-
Endocrinology	-	-	1
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other	1	-	-
Toxicology	-	-	1
Grand Total	9,207	3,898	1,280

Publications & Citations

University of California - Berkeley is a world-class research university with 400,345 scientific papers published and 22,341,395 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Physics, Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Quantum and Particle physics, Medicine, and Materials Science.

Publications

400,345

Citations

22,341,395

Publication / Citation count by topic

Physics	198,911 / 11,682,475
Engineering	194,326 / 11,455,395
Biology	184,265 / 12,341,380
Chemistry	177,867 / 11,605,293
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	158,546 / 8,927,703
Computer Science	155,714 / 10,339,124
Environmental Science	153,151 / 8,668,389
Quantum and Particle physics	146,964 / 8,644,993
Medicine	99,486 / 6,098,364
Materials Science	91,219 / 5,266,731
Organic chemistry	88,299 / 5,506,237
Biochemistry	84,325 / 6,492,324
Geology	81,400 / 4,849,575
Geography and Cartography	80,234 / 4,411,166
Genetics	79,902 / 6,006,743
Political Science	76,528 / 3,730,940
Philosophy	74,342 / 4,439,163
Law	71,275 / 3,610,367
Mathematics	70,445 / 4,864,224
Optics	62,729 / 3,611,389
Ecology	61,824 / 3,862,318
Sociology	61,174 / 3,167,650
Psychology	60,596 / 4,273,568
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	59,090 / 4,184,909
Business	56,264 / 3,320,217
Statistics	52,650 / 3,756,354
History	50,926 / 2,523,143
Paleontology	47,244 / 3,047,609
Astrophysics and Astronomy	47,053 / 2,762,794
Electrical Engineering	45,534 / 2,531,382
Economics	45,475 / 2,766,111
Archaeology	40,052 / 2,313,596
Nuclear Physics	37,232 / 1,891,241
Linguistics	35,475 / 2,211,942
Metallurgy	33,809 / 2,027,028
Pathology	32,199 / 1,995,431
Mechanical Engineering	30,300 / 1,584,305
Art & Design	30,049 / 1,377,702
Telecommunications	29,354 / 1,664,610
Computer Vision	28,201 / 1,951,433

Annual publication & citation counts

Academic rankings

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