University of California:
Berkeley
Fariha Patel
Period 5
AVID
Fast Facts
UC Berkeley has a campus size of 1,232 acres.
Setting:
Urban
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
The City of Berkeley
highlighted within Alameda
County.
Fast Facts
(continued)
Berkeley was the first UC.
UC Berkeley uses the semester system.
25 alumni have won a Nobel Prize.
Berkeley’s mascot is a bear named Oski.
The school colors are blue and gold.
25.6% of applicants are accepted.
Degrees offered are Bachelor’s, Master’s,
and Doctoral.
California Non-CA, US International
Residents Residents
Students
Applicants
38,443
7,189
4,750
Admitted
9,495
2,468
1,044
(24.7%)
(34.3%)
(22%)
4,033
696
524
(% Admitted)
Enrolled
Students that were
admitted had…
SAT Reasoning Test
Scores
(25th % 75th
percentiles)
Reading: 620-740
Math: 650-770
Writing: 640-750
Average Score: 2031
Average Unweighted
GPA
3.93
Average Weighted GPA
4.39
Student Information
Student Population:
Approximately 35,838 students
American Indian/Native Alaskan
Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander
Black/ Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
White/ Non-Hispanic
Non-Resident Alien
Not Reported
Berkeley has a diverse student body.
<1%
42%
3%
11%
30%
8%
6%
250
13, 164
1, 203
3, 745
11, 900
574
2449
Housing
Housing options:
• Coed Housing
• Men's Housing
• Women's Housing
• Apartments For Married Students
• Apartments For Single Students
• Cooperative Housing
• Fraternity/Sorority Housing
• Special Housing For Disabled Students
• Special Housing For International
Students
Housing
(continued)
The different halls available for housing are:
Clark Kerr Campus
Foothill
Bowles
Stern
Unit 1
Unit 2
Wada Apartments (off campus)
Unit 3
Channing-Bowditch Apartments (off campus)
Campus Life
There are many different clubs and organizations
for students to join.
Choral groups
Concert band
Dance
Drama
Film society
Fraternities
International students
Jazz band
Radio station
Bowling
Ice Hockey
Water Polo
Badminton
Golf
Raquetball
Football
Lacrosse
Soccer
There are manyBasketball
sports students can join.
The following are only a few of the many.
Softball
Handball
Volleyball
Fencing
Tennis Baseball
Art
Some courses available for students to take are:
Introduction to Visual Thinking
The Language of Drawing
The Language of Painting
The Language of Sculpture
The Language of Print Making
Digital Media Foundation
Common Student Profile
A common student would be:
an Asian.
a female.
majoring in Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science.
Expenses
Living on- Living at Commuting, not
campus
home
living at home
In-state tuition
and fees:
$12,462
$12,462
$12,462
Out-of-state
tuition and fees:
$35,341
$35,341
$35,341
Room and board:
$15,308
$4,356
$10,304
Books and
supplies:
$1,314
$1,314
$1,314
Estimated personal
expenses:
$1,344
$1,868
$1,484
$618
$1,960
$1,038
Transportation
expense:
Berkeley is known for…
UC Berkeley is at or near the top in recent
rankings of universities in the U.S. and the
world.
The Berkeley English Ph.D. program has
been ranked the top graduate English
program in the country.
Other highly ranked graduate programs:
Haas School of Business
Graduate School of Education
College of Engineering
School of Law
School of Social Welfare
School of Public Health
Goldman School of Public Policy
Contact Information
Main Address
110 Sproul Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-5800
(510) 642-6000
www.berkeley.edu
The End
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