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University of California-Berkeley

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $5,311 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $45,619.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $92,446 ten years after entering, the 99th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 93% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1868
Enrollment, 2023
48,230
Website
berkeley.edu
Campus of University of California-Berkeley

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The University of California, Berkeley is a public land-grant research university in the Southside and Northside neighborhoods of Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley, it is the state's first land-grant university and the founding campus of the University of California system.

From the Wikipedia article “University of California, Berkeley”, revision 1364472066, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $45,619 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $5,311 and $34,529 a year depending on income at University of California-Berkeley.

Statement of cost · University of California-Berkeley

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$45,619
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$5,311
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$13,481
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$16,347

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $5,311; $30–48k: $6,501; $48–75k: $9,693; $75–110k: $15,074; over $110k: $34,529. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$5,311
$30k–$48k$6,501
$48k–$75k$9,693
$75k–$110k$15,074
Over $110k$34,529

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $92,446; the median graduate who borrowed owes $13,000.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$74,919
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$84,865
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
99th percentile among public 4-years
$92,446
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
23rd percentile among public 4-years
$13,000
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$12,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $74,919; 8 yrs after entry: $84,865; 10 yrs after entry: $92,446. Median graduate debt: $13,000. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $13,000.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$74,919
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$84,865
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$92,446
Median graduate debt$13,000

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at University of California-Berkeley
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree994$225,140$13,900
EconomicsBachelor's Degree909$125,636$13,000
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesBachelor's Degree761$70,181$14,000
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree737not reported$13,550
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree637not reportednot reported
Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree599$214,399not reported
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree480$240,462$14,437
Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's Degree464$89,932$12,988
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree428$145,003$12,195
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree418$78,026$13,000
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree390not reported$12,111
LawFirst Professional Degree336$188,806not reported
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Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesMaster's Degree324not reportednot reported
Public HealthMaster's Degree295$106,720not reported
SociologyBachelor's Degree294$78,070$13,131
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree265$93,369$11,180
Applied MathematicsBachelor's Degree264$144,689$14,598
Cognitive ScienceBachelor's Degree257$100,651$13,950
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree240$59,480$13,500
Non-Professional Legal StudiesBachelor's Degree234$78,127$13,723
Business Administration, Management and OperationsFirst Professional Degreenot reportednot reportednot reported
Information Science/StudiesFirst Professional Degreenot reportednot reportednot reported
PhysicsDoctoral Degree39not reportednot reported
ChemistryDoctoral Degree66$165,865not reported
Mechanical EngineeringMaster's Degree233$135,617not reported
Mechanical EngineeringFirst Professional Degreenot reportednot reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

University of California-Berkeley: 33,068 undergraduates; 29% of students receive Pell grants; 11% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

11%

1st percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

33,068

96th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

29%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

40th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

93%

finish within 150% of normal time

99th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

35%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$31,227

43rd percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k37%
  • $30k–$48k17%
  • $48k–$75k16%
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
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Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k37%
$30k–$48k17%
$48k–$75k16%
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 18,567 people who studied at University of California-Berkeley, most often in science & academia (60%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 60% (10,216 people); medicine 1.1% (188 people); law 2.3% (384 people); politics & gov 3.0% (510 people); business 2.6% (440 people); engineering & tech 8.0% (1,362 people); writing & journalism 7.6% (1,296 people); film & stage 2.5% (419 people); music 1.5% (248 people); visual arts 3.3% (561 people); sports 7.0% (1,188 people); religion 0.4% (68 people); military 0.6% (98 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia10,21660.2%
medicine1881.1%
law3842.3%
politics & gov5103.0%
business4402.6%
engineering & tech1,3628.0%
writing & journalism1,2967.6%
film & stage4192.5%
music2481.5%
visual arts5613.3%
sports1,1887.0%
religion680.4%
military980.6%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (4,609) · university teacher (2,885) · computer scientist (830) · mathematician (713) · writer (703) · basketball player (567) · economist (538) · physicist (455)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 28% for the 1850s to 36% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 4 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1800snot reported1not reported
1820snot reported1not reported
1830snot reported1not reported
1840snot reported4not reported
1850s51328%
1860s124920%
1870s216524%
1880s3611324%
1890s6420824%
1900s8728423%
1910s9044717%
1920s12371115%
1930s13075315%
1940s31499024%
1950s32482428%
1960s31363433%
1970s23638538%
1980s15126037%
1990s8613739%
2000s8114636%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 101,017 in 2017-02.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0638,413
2026-0548,159
2026-0449,885
2026-0349,338
2026-0246,776
2026-0154,111
2025-1252,453
2025-1154,882
2025-1060,489
2025-0957,504
2025-0858,713
2025-0746,699
2025-0648,365
2025-0555,778
2025-0461,760
2025-0373,470
2025-0254,603
2025-0165,476
2024-1262,221
2024-1166,329
2024-1081,681
2024-0979,044
2024-0888,672
2024-0765,345
2024-0660,380
2024-0572,161
2024-0477,782
2024-0381,354
2024-0268,632
2024-0181,575
2023-1273,313
2023-1172,010
2023-1071,303
2023-0986,825
2023-0895,000
2023-0799,438
2023-0671,643
2023-0578,119
2023-0478,832
2023-0388,053
2023-0273,545
2023-0183,700
2022-1284,745
2022-1188,657
2022-1089,849
2022-0984,441
2022-0884,718
2022-0779,975
2022-0675,437
2022-0581,415
2022-0476,779
2022-0374,003
2022-0264,658
2022-0171,058
2021-1266,866
2021-1170,960
2021-1077,569
2021-0978,533
2021-0876,441
2021-0773,699
2021-0653,579
2021-0565,541
2021-0473,392
2021-0374,669
2021-0267,750
2021-0170,417
2020-1267,762
2020-1188,246
2020-1072,507
2020-0958,038
2020-0877,417
2020-0761,301
2020-0660,936
2020-0577,597
2020-0485,189
2020-0378,572
2020-0267,543
2020-0175,332
2019-1281,523
2019-1181,649
2019-1079,437
2019-0979,232
2019-0871,705
2019-0770,480
2019-0666,499
2019-0576,544
2019-0481,684
2019-0386,093
2019-0265,692
2019-0180,234
2018-1274,699
2018-1179,318
2018-1083,424
2018-0980,935
2018-0872,694
2018-0767,699
2018-0665,820
2018-0580,247
2018-0483,116
2018-0385,687
2018-0265,842
2018-0166,836
2017-1264,893
2017-1173,768
2017-1075,301
2017-0986,050
2017-0872,902
2017-0765,779
2017-0665,556
2017-0580,138
2017-0495,029
2017-0383,140
2017-02101,017
2017-0178,615
2016-1270,042
2016-1176,635
2016-1078,231
2016-0985,847
2016-0876,257
2016-0763,328
2016-0670,902
2016-0585,117
2016-0485,930
2016-0384,635
2016-0270,921
2016-0172,391
2015-1264,080
2015-1172,243
2015-1083,193
2015-0978,955
2015-0868,823
2015-0764,715

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Harold Urey Chemistry 1934
  • Joseph Erlanger Medicine 1944
  • William Giauque Chemistry 1949
  • Glenn Theodore Seaborg Chemistry 1951
  • Selman Abraham Waksman Medicine 1952
  • Willis Lamb Physics 1955
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  • Willard Libby Chemistry 1960
  • Hamilton Smith Medicine 1978
  • Lawrence Klein Economics 1980
  • Henry Taube Chemistry 1983
  • Yuan T. Lee Chemistry 1986
  • Thomas Cech Chemistry 1989
  • Octavio Paz Literature 1990
  • Kary Mullis Chemistry 1993
  • Douglass North Economics 1993
  • Mario Molina Chemistry 1995
  • Robert Curl Chemistry 1996
  • Steven Chu Physics 1997
  • Robert B. Laughlin Physics 1998
  • Alan J. Heeger Chemistry 2000
  • Daniel Kahneman Economics 2002
  • David Gross Physics 2004
  • Thomas Schelling Economics 2005
  • John C. Mather Physics 2006
  • Andrew Fire Medicine 2006
  • Carol Greider Medicine 2009
  • Thomas J. Sargent Economics 2011
  • Christopher A. Sims Economics 2011
  • Adam Riess Physics 2011
  • Saul Perlmutter Physics 2011
  • David J. Wineland Physics 2012
  • Barry C. Barish Physics 2017
  • Frances Arnold Chemistry 2018
  • David Julius Medicine 2021
  • Carolyn Bertozzi Chemistry 2022
  • Gary Ruvkun Medicine 2024
  • David Baker Chemistry 2024
  • John M. Martinis Physics 2025

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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