University of California, Berkeley Student Admissions
UC Berkeley is perennially the most selective school in the UC system and one of the most selective universities in the United States.
In 2007, Berkeley admitted 10,200 FreshMen from an application pool of 44,120 applicants, an acceptance rate of 23.1%. The average person admitted to the university as a freshman in 2005 had a weighted GPA of 4.33, and those who matriculated in 2006 had an average GPA of 4.26 [5] and average score of 1975 out of 2400 (approximately 94th percentile) on the SAT admissions test.
Graduate admissions vary by department, although in 2005 the university's graduate program admitted 3,444 students from a pool of 18,333 applicants, an overall acceptance rate of 18.3%.
Graduate Admissions for 2005-2006 were as follows:
UCB College |
Degree |
#Applied |
#Accepted |
%PerAc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Business |
Masters |
3,197 |
958 |
29.97% |
Doctoral |
311 |
30 |
9.65% |
|
Chemistry |
Masters |
27 |
0 |
0.00% |
Doctoral |
843 |
227 |
26.93% |
|
Education |
Masters |
411 |
141 |
34.31% |
Doctoral |
358 |
73 |
20.39% |
|
Engineering |
Masters |
1,305 |
295 |
22.61% |
Doctoral |
3,498 |
551 |
15.75% |
|
Env. Design |
Masters |
1,084 |
205 |
18.91% |
Doctoral |
116 |
18 |
15.52% |
|
Journalism |
Masters |
403 |
87 |
21.49% |
Law |
Masters |
8,273 |
981 |
11.86% |
Doctoral |
75 |
8 |
10.67% |
|
Information |
Masters |
133 |
55 |
41.35% |
Doctoral |
62 |
3 |
4.84% |
|
Letters & Science |
Masters |
442 |
46 |
10.41% |
Doctoral |
7,357 |
992 |
13.48% |
|
NATURAL Resources |
Masters |
71 |
7 |
9.86% |
Doctoral |
473 |
87 |
18.39% |
|
Optometry |
Masters |
27 |
10 |
37.04% |
Doctoral |
257 |
92 |
35.80% |
|
Public Health |
Masters |
773 |
301 |
38.90% |
Doctoral |
244 |
60 |
24.59% |
|
Public Policy |
Masters |
418 |
195 |
46.59% |
Doctoral |
7 |
1 |
14.29% |
|
Social Welfare |
Masters |
437 |
114 |
26.09% |
Doctoral |
54 |
14 |
25.93% |