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University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public · 33,068 students · mostly bachelor degrees
158th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,481
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$45,619
Graduation rate
93%
Admission rate
11%
Median graduate earnings
$92,446
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$13,000
Pell grant recipients
29%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
274 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · First Professional Degree$258,635Law · First Professional Degree336 grads/yr$226,996Information Science/Studies · First Professional Degree$209,391Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree994 grads/yr$204,379Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree480 grads/yr$200,543Physics, General · Doctoral Degree39 grads/yr$177,589Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree66 grads/yr$168,396Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree233 grads/yr$147,475Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree428 grads/yr$144,599Mechanical Engineering · First Professional Degree$140,788Operations Research · Bachelor's Degree63 grads/yr$138,883Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · First Professional Degree$135,248Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree909 grads/yr$135,050Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree122 grads/yr$133,986Education, General · Doctoral Degree17 grads/yr$130,547Optometry · First Professional Degree69 grads/yr$130,333Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology · Doctoral Degree27 grads/yr$123,231Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree149 grads/yr$121,027Contemplative Studies/Inquiry · Bachelor's Degree257 grads/yr$120,193Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree188 grads/yr$119,371Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree264 grads/yr$118,414Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Master's Degree30 grads/yr$114,034Education Policy Analysis · First Professional Degree$113,884Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree113 grads/yr$110,597Environmental Health · First Professional Degree$109,806
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.