Facts and figures

The College of Engineering is recognized globally as a leader in engineering education. Our reputation for intellectual rigor, our talent for developing technologies that improve quality of life and our entrepreneurial spirit are reflected in our faculty and students, and by our physical environment.

This is what Berkeley Engineering looks like:

Students

4.51 average GPA (weighted, uncapped) of accepted applicants
8% of freshman applicants were admitted for the 2021-22 academic year
28% of Berkeley Engineering students are international students

Faculty

239 faculty
76 faculty, active and emeriti, in the National Academy of Engineering
24 recipients, active and emeriti, of distinguished teaching awards

32%

Portion of the engineering student body who are women

$110,000

Median starting salary reported by 2020 undergraduates joining the workforce

Number of students by program:
Fall 2021
Program	Undergraduate enrollment	Graduate enrollment
Bioengineering	475	259
CEE	383	484
Development Engineering	N/A	46
EECS	1,726	852
Engineering Science	195	N/A
IEOR	182	285
Materials Science	120	173
Mechanical Engineering	795	503
Nuclear Engineering	80	89
Joint majors	23	N/A
Undeclared	142	N/A
Applied Science & Technology	N/A	44
Total enrollment	4,041	2,790

Degree recipients: 2020-21
Bachelor’s
Bioengineering	107
Civil Engineering	89
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences	516
Energy Engineering	13
Engineering Math & Statistics	7
Engineering Physics	18
Environmental Engineering Science	9
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research	66
Materials Science & Engineering	27
Mechanical Engineering	170
Nuclear Engineering	10
Joint majors	4
Total B.S.:	1,036
Master’s
Civil & Environmental Engineering	14
Computer Science	8
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences	117
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research	24
Materials Science & Engineering	19
Mechanical Engineering	53
Nuclear Engineering	8
Total M.S.:	243
Graduate professional programs
Civil & Environmental Engineering professional master’s	151
CEE concurrent degrees (included in above total)	7
Master of Advanced Study in Integrated Circuits	1
Master of Engineering	250
MBA/MEng concurrent degrees (included in above total)	12
Master of Translational Medicine	15
Total professional master’s:	417
Doctoral
Applied Science & Technology	5
Bioengineering	16
Civil & Environmental Engineering	26
Computational Biology	4
Computer Science	51
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences	53
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research	5
Materials Science & Engineering	17
Mechanical Engineering	34
Nuclear Engineering	16
Total Ph.D.:	227

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