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#34 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#148 Best Value Schools
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#21 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#3 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
#14Accounting
#5Entrepreneurship
#5Finance
#5International Business
#3Management
#4Marketing
#8Production / Operation Management
#3Real Estate
#9Biomedical
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#2Chemical
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
#1Civil
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
#3Computer
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#2Electrical / Electronic / Communications
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
#1Environmental / Environmental Health
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#5Industrial / Manufacturing
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
#4Materials
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
#2Mechanical
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#14 Most Innovative Schools
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#70 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#2 Top Public Schools
University of California--Berkeley is ranked #22 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
78
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
5
Graduation and retention rank
23
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
92%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
70
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
92%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
88%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
44
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
28
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
85.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
99%
Class Size Index (8%)
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Classes with fewer than 20 students
53%
Classes with 50 or more students
19%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
20:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
18
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1300-1530
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
98%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
45
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
173
Average alumni giving rate
7.6%
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Ranking factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
