University of California, Berkeley Student Admissions

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UC Berkeley is one of the most selective universities in the United States, and ranks the highest in selectivity in the UC undergradute system.^[1]^[2]

In 2007, Berkeley admitted 10,200 freshmen from an application pool of 44,120 applicants, an acceptance rate of 23.1%. The average person admitted to the university as a freshman in 2005 had a weighted GPA of 4.33, and those who matriculated in 2006 had an average GPA of 4.26 [5] and average score of 1975 out of 2400 (approximately 94th percentile) on the SAT admissions test.^{[citation needed]} For current Freshman class, the average secondary school GPA is 3.89.^[3]

Graduate admissions vary by department, although in 2005 the university's graduate program admitted 3,444 students from a pool of 18,333 applicants, an overall acceptance rate of 18.3%.^[4]

Graduate Admissions for 2005-2006 were as follows:^[5]

Graduate Admissions by UCB College/School
UCB College	Degree	#Applied	#Accepted	%PerAc
Business	Masters	3,197	958	29.97%
	Doctoral	311	30	9.65%
Chemistry	Masters	27	0	0.00%
	Doctoral	843	227	26.93%
Education	Masters	411	141	34.31%
	Doctoral	358	73	20.39%
Engineering	Masters	1,305	295	22.61%
	Doctoral	3,498	551	15.75%
Env. Design	Masters	1,084	205	18.91%
	Doctoral	116	18	15.52%
Journalism	Masters	403	87	21.49%
Law	Masters	8,273	981	11.86%
	Doctoral	75	8	10.67%
Information	Masters	133	55	41.35%
	Doctoral	62	3	4.84%
Letters & Science	Masters	442	46	10.41%
	Doctoral	7,357	992	13.48%
Natural Resources	Masters	71	7	9.86%
	Doctoral	473	87	18.39%
Optometry	Masters	27	10	37.04%
	Doctoral	257	92	35.80%
Public Health	Masters	773	301	38.90%
	Doctoral	244	60	24.59%
Public Policy	Masters	418	195	46.59%
	Doctoral	7	1	14.29%
Social Welfare	Masters	437	114	26.09%
	Doctoral	54	14	25.93%