University of California-Berkeley

A parent's read

Built for the AI economy. Top 7 in the country. About 1 in 9 degrees here is already in AI, computer science, or data fields; its AI research output ranks #7 among US universities. This campus is leaning into the shift, not waiting for it.
The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Computer Science grads from here earn about $204,379 four years out; fine and studio arts grads about $51,699 — a 4.0× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 5× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$45,619/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$92,446/yr) still runs about 5× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
Almost everyone who starts here finishes. 93% graduate within six years — the standard federal measure. Nationally about a third of students who start a bachelor's never finish one, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision: the debt stays, the credential doesn't.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

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Odds at University of California-Berkeley

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GPA

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SAT

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Parent/student verdict

Highly selective

Highly selective reach for nearly every applicant. Affordable — net price averages ~$13,481/yr among aid recipients.

Best for

Strong overall academic profile (avg admit unweighted GPA 3.90 per CDS — school is test-blind, so scores aren't part of the decision at all — the transcript carries the weight)
Students drawn to Social Sciences or Computer & Information Sciences (the two biggest majors)
Research-oriented students (R1 — top tier of federal research funding)
Students who thrive in a large, programmatic environment

The reality

You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: unweighted GPA below 3.70 (test bands are the school's own; the 3.70 line is our estimate, not a published figure)
Test-blind — scores aren't considered at all, so transcript GPA, course rigor, and essays do all the work
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Out-of-state tuition is 3.1× the in-state rate

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification

R1: Doctoral - Very High Research Activity

Undergraduates

33,068

20,000 and above including graduate students

In-state tuition

$16,347

sticker, before aid

Out-of-state tuition

$50,547

+$34,200 vs in-state

Admit rate

10.5%

Highly selective

Test policy

Test-blind

2023

10-yr earnings

$92,446

median, after entry

Source: admit rate is UC's Fall 2026 preliminary release (see banner above); federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

High-school GPA

3.90 avg unweighted GPA, admitted students

Admitted

3.90 unweighted · 4.31 weighted

unweighted 4.0 scale and weighted (school-reported). Common Data Set 2024-25 ↗

As published by the college in its Common Data Set / admissions data (2024-25) — independently verified 2026-07-23 (source linked above). GPA basis (weighted vs. unweighted vs. 4.0-scale) varies by college and is labeled above.

Fall 2026 — just released by UC (preliminary)

133,154 applied · 13,967 admitted · 10.5% admit rate · admitted GPA middle 50%: 4.16–4.28 · 67.6% of admits are California residents. First-year offers as of June 2026, per UC's own release ↗ — fresher than the federal figures below. Full analysis: UC's Fall 2026 numbers →

Admit rate by discipline — Fall 2025

The headline admit rate hides a wide spread by program.

University of California-Berkeley's own systemwide data, by broad discipline. Campus overall: 11%. UC admits to the campus, not the major, at most programs — but the spread below is the real selectivity of each applicant pool, and capped programs (computer science, engineering, nursing) do gate by major.

Discipline	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate Fall 2025	Admit GPA (mid-50%)
Public Health	3,415	74	2%	4.16–4.29
Business	7,102	323	5%	4.20–4.30
Computer Science	9,750	629	6%	4.20–4.29
Engineering	25,025	1,788	7%	4.20–4.30
Architecture	2,865	222	8%	4.14–4.30
Social Sciences	20,627	1,758	9%	4.15–4.29
Other/Interdisciplinary	6,498	835	13%	4.16–4.29
Public Admin	278	39	14%	4.08–4.26
Life Sciences	19,316	3,114	16%	4.16–4.29
Physical Sciences/Math	12,109	1,993	16%	4.18–4.29
Arts & Humanities	8,925	2,256	25%	4.06–4.27

By specific major — Fall 2025

Major	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate Fall 2025	Admit GPA (mid-50%)	Earlier year for comparison
Undeclared Undeclared	8,862	1,214	14%	4.11–4.28	Fall 2021: 11% ↑
Computer Science Computer Science	7,215	283	4%	4.20–4.29	Fall 2021: 12% ↓
Business Administration Business	7,102	323	5%	4.20–4.30	Fall 2024: 4%
Business Administration, Management And Operations Business	7,102	323	5%	4.20–4.30	Fall 2024: 4%
Psychology Social Sciences	6,361	343	5%	4.15–4.29	Fall 2021: 8% ↓
Psychology, General Social Sciences	6,361	343	5%	4.15–4.29	Fall 2021: 8% ↓
Psychology, Other Social Sciences	6,361	343	5%	4.15–4.29	Fall 2021: 8% ↓
Mechanical Engineering Engineering	6,148	252	4%	4.20–4.30	Fall 2021: 9% ↓
Economics Social Sciences	5,345	264	5%	4.13–4.28	Fall 2021: 9% ↓
Political Science Social Sciences	4,295	477	11%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 17% ↓
Public Health Public Health	3,415	74	2%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 18% ↓
Bioengineering Engineering	3,128	249	8%	4.21–4.29	Fall 2021: 10% ↓
Neuroscience Life Sciences	3,120	472	15%	4.17–4.28	—
Aerospace Engineering Engineering	2,890	95	3%	4.20–4.29	Fall 2022: 4%
Data Science Computer Science	2,535	346	14%	4.20–4.29	Fall 2021: 20% ↓
Integrative Biology Life Sciences	2,275	348	15%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 18% ↓
Architecture Architecture	2,247	150	7%	4.16–4.30	Fall 2021: 11% ↓
Chemistry Physical Sciences/Math	2,229	247	11%	4.20–4.30	Fall 2021: 14% ↓
Civil Engineering Engineering	2,197	225	10%	4.20–4.30	Fall 2021: 9%
Sociology Social Sciences	2,194	237	11%	4.12–4.28	Fall 2021: 10%
Applied Mathematics Physical Sciences/Math	2,105	476	23%	4.18–4.30	Fall 2021: 24%
Chemical Biology Physical Sciences/Math	2,089	227	11%	4.22–4.30	Fall 2021: 9% ↑
Physics Physical Sciences/Math	1,663	262	16%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 20% ↓
Physics, Applied Physical Sciences/Math	1,663	262	16%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 20% ↓
Physics, General Physical Sciences/Math	1,663	262	16%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 20% ↓
Physics, General - Secondary Education Physical Sciences/Math	1,663	262	16%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 20% ↓
Environmental Science Life Sciences	1,623	233	14%	4.15–4.28	Fall 2021: 28% ↓
Chemical Engineering Engineering	1,529	204	13%	4.22–4.32	Fall 2021: 26% ↓
Legal Studies Other/Interdisciplinary	1,509	71	5%	4.10–4.30	Fall 2021: 17% ↓
English Arts & Humanities	1,413	501	35%	4.08–4.29	Fall 2021: 22% ↑
Biological Sciences Life Sciences	1,393	242	17%	4.15–4.29	Fall 2023: 12% ↑
Media Studies Other/Interdisciplinary	1,189	72	6%	4.10–4.28	Fall 2021: 8% ↓
Cognitive Science Other/Interdisciplinary	1,126	232	21%	4.18–4.29	Fall 2021: 18% ↑
History Arts & Humanities	1,065	138	13%	4.17–4.30	Fall 2021: 10% ↑
Mathematics Physical Sciences/Math	1,059	192	18%	4.21–4.30	Fall 2021: 23% ↓
Mathematics, Applied Physical Sciences/Math	1,059	192	18%	4.21–4.30	Fall 2021: 23% ↓
Mathematics, Applied (Pre) Physical Sciences/Math	1,059	192	18%	4.21–4.30	Fall 2021: 23% ↓
Mathematics, Financial Actuarial (Pre) Physical Sciences/Math	1,059	192	18%	4.21–4.30	Fall 2021: 23% ↓
Art Arts & Humanities	1,049	61	6%	4.11–4.27	Fall 2021: 10% ↓
Statistics Physical Sciences/Math	892	134	15%	4.16–4.28	Fall 2021: 16%
Molecular Environmental Biology Life Sciences	881	134	15%	4.16–4.30	Fall 2021: 25% ↓
Global Studies Other/Interdisciplinary	873	196	22%	4.15–4.30	Fall 2021: 17% ↑
Microbial Biology Life Sciences	793	142	18%	4.17–4.29	Fall 2021: 31% ↓
Anthropology Social Sciences	765	128	17%	4.16–4.29	Fall 2021: 16%
Philosophy Arts & Humanities	741	265	36%	4.06–4.26	Fall 2021: 20% ↑
Astrophysics Physical Sciences/Math	739	174	24%	4.17–4.29	Fall 2021: 24%
Music Arts & Humanities	574	175	30%	4.00–4.25	Fall 2021: 29%
Political Economy Social Sciences	550	102	19%	4.20–4.29	Fall 2021: 17% ↑
Interdisciplinary Studies Other/Interdisciplinary	549	39	7%	4.15–4.28	Fall 2021: 9% ↓
Theater And Performance Studies Arts & Humanities	468	109	23%	4.08–4.25	Fall 2021: 12% ↑
Society And Environment Life Sciences	452	102	23%	4.13–4.28	Fall 2021: 30% ↓
Linguistics Arts & Humanities	445	101	23%	4.13–4.29	Fall 2021: 14% ↑
Linguistics, Applied Arts & Humanities	445	101	23%	4.13–4.29	Fall 2021: 14% ↑
Sustainable Environmental Design Architecture	437	48	11%	4.20–4.30	Fall 2021: 19% ↓
Environmental Earth Science Life Sciences	427	114	27%	4.11–4.28	Fall 2021: 28%
Marine Science Physical Sciences/Math	395	115	29%	4.07–4.28	Fall 2021: 15% ↑
Engineering Physics Engineering	384	29	8%	4.21–4.28	Fall 2021: 11% ↓
Nuclear Engineering Engineering	346	52	15%	4.20–4.30	Fall 2021: 30% ↓
Urban Studies Social Sciences	318	42	13%	4.18–4.30	Fall 2021: 18% ↓
Urban Studies, Planning, And Policy Social Sciences	318	42	13%	4.18–4.30	Fall 2021: 18% ↓
Social Welfare Public Admin	278	39	14%	4.08–4.26	Fall 2021: 19% ↓
Environmental Engineering Engineering	243	39	16%	4.21–4.30	Fall 2021: 11% ↑
Comparative Literature Arts & Humanities	226	97	43%	4.05–4.26	Fall 2021: 40% ↑
Landscape Architecture Architecture	181	24	13%	4.08–4.23	Fall 2021: 8% ↑
Landscape Architecture, Pre- Architecture	181	24	13%	4.08–4.23	Fall 2021: 8% ↑
Analytics Engineering	163	16	10%	4.18–4.34	Fall 2024: 19% ↓
Rhetoric Arts & Humanities	127	57	45%	4.10–4.26	Fall 2021: 42% ↑
Ancient Greek And Roman Studies Other/Interdisciplinary	120	47	39%	4.01–4.25	Fall 2022: 32% ↑
Geology Physical Sciences/Math	99	36	36%	4.11–4.24	Fall 2021: 20% ↑
American Studies Social Sciences	97	16	16%	3.58–4.16	Fall 2022: 22% ↓
Geography Life Sciences	95	12	13%	4.11–4.27	Fall 2022: 7% ↑
Geography, Physical Life Sciences	95	12	13%	4.11–4.27	Fall 2022: 7% ↑
Asian American And Asian Diaspora Studies Social Sciences	90	28	31%	4.14–4.29	Fall 2021: 15% ↑
Ethnic Studies Social Sciences	87	19	22%	4.11–4.28	Fall 2021: 18% ↑
French Arts & Humanities	72	24	33%	3.98–4.28	Fall 2021: 27% ↑
Planetary Science Physical Sciences/Math	63	24	38%	4.02–4.28	Fall 2021: 21% ↑
Atmospheric Science Physical Sciences/Math	53	14	26%	4.22–4.30	Fall 2022: 36% ↓
Geophysics Physical Sciences/Math	37	14	38%	4.07–4.22	Fall 2022: 16% ↑
Latin Arts & Humanities	32	15	47%	4.12–4.30	—

Majors are shown as UC's systemwide data reports them; programs too small to clear UC's reporting floor don't appear. Admit rates by major reflect who applies as much as who gets in — at most UC programs, students are admitted to the campus, not the major.

Source: University of California Information Center ↗, first-year applicants by broad discipline (data back to Fall 2012). GPA is UC's capped weighted GPA. UC's own guidance: use this as a general guide to selectivity, not a predictor of any one student's chances. Small programs are suppressed by UC.

Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry

$74,919

Earnings, 10 yrs after entry

$92,446

Graduate within 6 yrs

93%

Median debt (completers)

$13,000

The real cost

What University of California-Berkeley actually costs

If you qualify for need aid

$13,481/yr

average among aid-receiving families, all incomes — your number depends on your finances

If you don't

$45,619/yr

the full published price for in-state students — out-of-state runs higher

Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by University of California-Berkeley's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.

University of California-Berkeley's own published aid policy · 2026-27

Tuition-free under $100,000

Who qualifies: CA residents; UC Blue and Gold, systemwide tuition only.

Most California families that earn up to $100,000 receive enough grant and scholarship funds (from ALL sources) to cover their UC Tuition.

Income thresholds assume typical assets. Policy independently verified against the college's financial-aid pages ↗.

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The payoff, both ways

+$742K ahead at full price +$871K with aid

Full price, no aid (4 yrs, in-state)

$182,476

~$45,619/yr all-in (out-of-state runs higher)

Aid recipients pay (4 yrs)

$53,924

$13,481/yr average

10-yr earnings total

$924,460

$92,446/yr median, 10 yrs out

Years to recoup the cost

2.0 yrs

at full price (0.6 with aid), at the median earnings rate

Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

What students study here

Most popular majors at University of California-Berkeley

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what University of California-Berkeley actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Social Sciences

1,686 degrees · 30.2%

Economics + poli sci sub-disciplines pay much more than sociology + anthropology.

2. Computer & Information Sciences

1,394 degrees · 24.9%

High-paying tech roles dominate. Median software roles cluster in the $90k-$130k range.

3. Engineering

1,128 degrees · 20.2%

Engineering majors land high-paying technical roles. Top-earning sub-disciplines: petroleum, chemical, computer engineering.

4. Biological & Biomedical Sciences

920 degrees · 16.5%

Many bio majors → med school / grad school. Direct-employment bio roles are lower-paid than that pipeline.

5. Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

462 degrees · 8.3%

Often paired with another field (data + biology, design + tech). Outcomes match the second discipline.

What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — University of California-Berkeley's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP)	Credential	Cohort	1-yr earnings	4-yr earnings
Computer Science.	Bachelor's Degree	848	$149,866	$204,379
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.	Bachelor's Degree	528	$137,295	$200,543
Business Administration, Management and Operations.	Bachelor's Degree	409	$90,008	$144,599
Operations Research.	Bachelor's Degree	71	$88,685	$138,883
Economics.	Bachelor's Degree	799	$80,446	$135,050
Statistics.	Bachelor's Degree	123	$83,227	$133,986
Chemical Engineering.	Bachelor's Degree	104	$81,553	$121,027
Cognitive Science.	Bachelor's Degree	230	$64,559	$120,193
Mechanical Engineering.	Bachelor's Degree	189	$88,497	$119,371
Applied Mathematics.	Bachelor's Degree	254	$71,814	$118,414

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

Student body & economic mobility

Who attends here — and what the campus adds.

Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.

Top-1% access

4.7%

from top-1% households

Mobility rate

4.9%

bottom 20% → top 20% by age 32

Upward rate

55.2%

of lower-income students who reach the top 20%

Pell recipients

29%

on federal need grants — context for these numbers

Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →

Alternatives to University of California-Berkeley

Matched not just by selectivity, but by strategic goal — what a family actually decides on.

Better merit-aid options

These similar-selectivity schools publish merit scholarships your family can plan around — your kid’s stats could unlock real scholarship dollars.

University of Chicago

IL · Private nonprofit

1 stats-based + 1 competitive scholarships

University of Southern California

CA · Private nonprofit

5 competitive merit scholarships

Vanderbilt University

TN · Private nonprofit

4 competitive merit scholarships

Lower full price

Similar selectivity, but a meaningfully lower full sticker price — the comparison that matters most for families who won't qualify for much need-based aid.

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

FL · Public

$23,970/yr full price (in-state) · $21,649 less before aid for FL residents

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NC · Public

$26,055/yr full price (in-state) · $19,564 less before aid for NC residents

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

GA · Public

$28,167/yr full price (in-state) · $17,452 less before aid for GA residents

Safer in-state options

Same state and similar selectivity, but with a more forgiving admit rate — useful safety / match anchors.

University of California-San Diego

CA · Public

27% admit rate (vs 10% here)

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

CA · Public

30% admit rate (vs 10% here)

University of California-Irvine

CA · Public

30% admit rate (vs 10% here)

More students move up here

Per Opportunity Insights, a larger share of these campuses' lower-income students reach the top earnings quintile than at University of California-Berkeley. That reflects who they admit as well as what they do, so read it as a destination signal rather than proof of value added.

University of California-Los Angeles

CA · Public

5.6% mobility rate (vs 4.9% here)

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Feeder high schools

Which high schools send graduates to University of California-Berkeley?

Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists

113 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name University of California-Berkeley on it. Between them they printed 616 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at University of California-Berkeley, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.

High school · years its list covers Enrolled per class year

Orange County School of the Arts · Class of 2026 20.0 · 20 over 1 class year

Valley Christian High School · Class of 2024 & 2025 14.0 · 28 over 2 class years

Loyola High School · 2020-24 11.8 · 59 over 5 class years

Lick Wilmerding High School · past four years 9.5 · 38 over 4 class years

Harvard-Westlake School · BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025 · counted column: CLASS OF '25 9.0 · 9 over 1 class year

Harker School · Classes of 2023, 2024 & 2025 8.7 · 26 over 3 class years

Santa Margarita Catholic High School · Class of 2025 8.0 · 8 over 1 class year

Menlo School · Classes of 2023-2025 As published 6.7 · 20 over 3 class years

Francis Parker School · 2022-2025 6.0 · 24 over 4 class years

Polytechnic School · Class of 2022-2026 5.8 · 29 over 5 class years

and 103 more

Sage Hill School · 2023-2025 5.0 · 15 over 3 class years

Crossroads School · classes of 2023-25 As published 4.7 · 14 over 3 class years

Westridge School · 2021-2023 4.7 · 14 over 3 class years

Head-Royce School · (2021–25) 4.4 · 22 over 5 class years

Stevenson School - Pebble Beach Campus · Class of 2025 4.0 · 4 over 1 class year

The International School of San Francisco · Class of 2026 4.0 · 4 over 1 class year

San Francisco University High School · 2021-2025 3.8 · 19 over 5 class years

La Jolla Country Day School · 2023-2025 3.3 · 10 over 3 class years

Archer School for Girls · Class of '25 3.0 · 3 over 1 class year

Chadwick School · Class of 2025 As published 3.0 · 3 over 1 class year

Hopkins School · Class of 2026 3.0 · 3 over 1 class year

Marlborough School · Class of 2025 3.0 · 3 over 1 class year

Saint Joseph-Notre Dame High School · Class of 2026 3.0 · 3 over 1 class year

Bentley School · College Matriculations 2022–2025 2.8 · 11 over 4 class years

Choate Rosemary Hall · Class of 2021-2025 As published 2.4 · 12 over 5 class years

St. Stephen's Episcopal School (Austin) · Classes of 2021-2025 2.0 · 10 over 5 class years

The Lawrenceville School · the last five years 2.0 · 10 over 5 class years

Northfield Mount Hermon · the past four years 2.0 · 8 over 4 class years

Marin Academy · CLASSES OF 2023–2025 2.0 · 6 over 3 class years

Avenues The World School · Class of 2024 2.0 · 2 over 1 class year

Dana Hall School · Class of 2026 2.0 · 2 over 1 class year

Rye Country Day School · Class of 2026 2.0 · 2 over 1 class year

Saint Francis Catholic High School · Class of 2025 2.0 · 2 over 1 class year

Stevenson School · Class of 2024 As published 2.0 · 2 over 1 class year

The Bolles School · Class of 2026 2.0 · 2 over 1 class year

The Hotchkiss School · Classes of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 1.8 · 7 over 4 class years

York School · Classes of 2021-2026 1.7 · 10 over 6 class years

Milton Academy · 2024-2026 1.7 · 5 over 3 class years

Cate School · 2019-2023 As published 1.4 · 7 over 5 class years

Kent School · College Matriculations 2023-2025 1.3 · 4 over 3 class years

Lakeside School · 2021-2025 1.2 · 6 over 5 class years

Pine Crest School · 2022-26 1.2 · 6 over 5 class years

Eastside Preparatory School · 2021-2025 1.0 · 5 over 5 class years

Avenues New York · CLASSES OF 2023–2026 · counted column: CLASS OF 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Blair Academy · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Dwight-Englewood School · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Millbrook School · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Nichols School · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Regis High School (NYC) · Class of 2022–2025 · counted column: Class of '25 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

St. Paul Academy and Summit School · Class of 2025 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

The Haverford School · 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

The Madeira School · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

The Pembroke Hill School - Wornall Campus · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

The Webb Schools · Class of 2024 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Virginia Episcopal School · Class of 2024 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Kamehameha Schools · the last seven years, 2017-2023 0.9 · 6 over 7 class years

Santa Catalina School · Classes of 2021-2025 0.8 · 4 over 5 class years

Albuquerque Academy · Classes of 2021-2024 0.8 · 3 over 4 class years

Greenhill School · 2022 - 2025 0.8 · 3 over 4 class years

The Potomac School · past four years 0.8 · 3 over 4 class years

The Hockaday School · 2024 – 2026 0.7 · 2 over 3 class years

The Putney School · (2023-2025) 0.7 · 2 over 3 class years

Collegiate School · 2022-2026 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

Episcopal High School · Classes of 2022 through 2026 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

Gilman School · classes of 2020-2024 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

Greens Farms Academy · Class of 2022-2026 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

Hathaway Brown School · 2022 - 2026 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

The Stony Brook School · Classes of 2021-2025 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

The Westminster Schools · Classes 2021-2025 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

Westminster · Classes 2021-2025 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years

Francis W. Parker School · Classes of 2022-2025 0.5 · 2 over 4 class years

Lycee Francais De New York · Class of 2022-2025 0.5 · 2 over 4 class years

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools · past four years 0.5 · 2 over 4 class years

Concord Academy · 2021 to 2025 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Durham Academy · 2021–2025 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Friends Central School · 2019-2023 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Maret School · classes of 2022–2026 As published 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Montgomery Bell Academy · 2022 – 2026 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Phoenix Country Day School · Classes of 2021-25 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Pingree School · 2021–2025 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Portledge School · Classes of 2022–2026 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Saddle River Day School · 2020-2024 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Santa Fe Preparatory School · 2022-2026 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

St. George's School · Classes of 2022-2026 As published 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Westtown School · 2022-2026 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

Keystone School (San Antonio) · 2020-2025 0.3 · 2 over 6 class years

The Bush School · 2020-2025 0.3 · 2 over 6 class years

All Saints Academy · CLASSES 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Beaver Country Day School · Five Year Summary 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Belmont Hill School · 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Charles Wright Academy · Class of 2021-2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Colorado Academy · Classes 2022-2025 0.2 · 1 over 4 class years

Convent of the Sacred Heart · 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Dalton School · 2019-2024 0.2 · 1 over 6 class years

Dunn School · 2021-2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Emma Willard School · Classes of 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 0.2 · 1 over 4 class years

Fort Worth Country Day School · 2020-23 0.2 · 1 over 4 class years

Germantown Academy · Classes of 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Kent Place School · 2022-2025 0.2 · 1 over 4 class years

Newark Academy · 2023-2026 0.2 · 1 over 4 class years

Packer Collegiate Institute · 2021 - 2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Parker School · 2021-2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Poly Prep Country Day School · Classes of 2020–2024 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Agnes Irwin School · Classes of 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Barstow School · 2021-2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Berkeley Carroll School · Classes of 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Blake School · Classes 2021-2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Cambridge School Of Weston · Classes of 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Chapin School · 2022-2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Northwest School · classes of 2021-2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

The Roxbury Latin School · 2021-2026 0.2 · 1 over 6 class years

University Prep · 2022–2026 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Washington International School · 2022–2025 0.2 · 1 over 4 class years

Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists

10 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name University of California-Berkeley on it. Between them they printed 60 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to University of California-Berkeley, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.

High school · years its list covers Admitted per class year

Archbishop Mitty High School · Class of 2025 15.0 · 15 over 1 class year

Lycée Français de San Francisco · Classes 2022, 2023, 2024 5.7 · 17 over 3 class years

Laguna Blanca School · Classes of 2022-2026 2.2 · 11 over 5 class years

Canterbury School-Fort Myers · Class of 2026 2.0 · 2 over 1 class year

The Chapin School · 2022-2026 · counted column: Admitted 1.0 · 5 over 5 class years

National Cathedral School · 2023-2025 1.0 · 3 over 3 class years

St Andrews School Of Boca Raton Inc · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Staten Island Academy · College Acceptances 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

Key School · 2021 - 2026 · counted column: Acceptances 2021–2026 0.5 · 3 over 6 class years

The Altamont School · Classes of 2021-2025 0.4 · 2 over 5 class years

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Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.

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At a glance

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University of California-Berkeley is a public four-year college in CA. It admitted 10% of applicants (125,910 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-blind.

Average admitted GPA 3.9 (unweighted, 2024-25, as published by the college).

Cost: about $13,481 a year on average with aid, $45,619 a year at full price for in-state students.

Median earnings ten years after entry: $92,446 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $870,536 ahead with aid, $741,984 ahead at full price.

Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($204,379); Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($200,543); Business Administration, Management and Operations ($144,599).

Admit rate by major, Fall 2025 (the UC admits to the campus, not the major, at most programs, so read these as a guide to selectivity): lowest Public Health 2% (3,415 applied); highest Rhetoric 45% (127 applied).

Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 9% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 55% of those reached the top fifth as adults.

Aid pledge published by the college for 2026-27: families earning under $100,000 pay no tuition (CA residents; UC Blue and Gold, systemwide tuition only).

High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name University of California-Berkeley: 113, 616 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Orange County School of the Arts (20.0 per class year, 20 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Valley Christian High School (14.0 per class year, 28 over 2 class years, Class of 2024 & 2025); Loyola High School (11.8 per class year, 59 over 5 class years, 2020-24). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-berkeley.

High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming University of California-Berkeley: 10, 60 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Archbishop Mitty High School (15.0 per class year, 15 over 1 class year, Class of 2025); Lycée Français de San Francisco (5.7 per class year, 17 over 3 class years, Classes 2022, 2023, 2024); Laguna Blanca School (2.2 per class year, 11 over 5 class years, Classes of 2022-2026). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/university-of-california-berkeley.

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