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University Of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720

General information

(510) 642-6000

Type of institution:	Public, 4-year or above
Federal Aid:	Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered:	Bachelor degrees, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificates, Master's degrees, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificates, Doctor's degrees, First-Professional degrees, Certificates/First-Professional Certificates
Carnegie classification:	Research Universities (very high research activity)
Number of students:	33,920 (-1)
2007-2008 Undergraduate application fee:	$ 60

About this School

The University of California, Berkeley (also known as the University of California at Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Cal, California, or Berkeley) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. Many people refer to the University as "Cal", although this nickname is typically used with reference to sporting activities. Founded in 1868, the campus is located in Berkeley, California, occupying about 200 acres on a wooded slope, plus an additional 1000 acres (4 kmÂ²) covering the steeply sloping Berkeley Hills overlooking San Francisco Bay. Berkeley physicists played a key role in developing the atomic bomb during WWII and the hydrogen bomb soon afterwards, and the University has managed the nation's two principal nuclear weapons labs (now also used for more peaceful research) at Livermore and Los Alamos ever since. Berkeley scientists invented the cyclotron, discovered the anti-proton, played a key role in developing the laser, explained the processes underlying photosynthesis, discovered plutonium, isolated the polio virus, designed experiments that confirmed Bell's Theorem, and discovered numerous elements, including Plutonium, Berkelium, Lawrencium and Californium. But Berkeley faculty have a no less distinguished record in fields outside the sciences as well. Berkeley still enjoys a certain notoriety for its history of student activism. The Free Speech Movement (1964), a protest that began when the university tried to remove political pamphleteers from campus Free Speech Movement Digital Archives, and the People's Park riots (1969) were part of a wave of international student protest that took place during the 1960s, associated with an accompanying "hippie" counterculture. For all of its student activism and rebellious history, however, the Berkeley campus is remarkably serene, with numerous quiet, green areas on campus and many architecturally distinguished buildings.

Tuition and Fees	2007-2008	2006-2007	2005-2006
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
In-State	$ 7,165	$ 6,654	$ 6,512
Out of State	$ 26,785	$ 25,338	$ 23,961
Books and Supplies	$ 1,234	$ 1,326	$ 1,266
On-Campus
Room and board	$ 13,848	$ 13,074	$ 12,554
Other Expenses	$ 3,062	$ 2,072	$ 1,978
Off Campus
Room and board	$ 9,340	$ 9,122	$ 9,064
Other Expenses	$ 3,590	$ 2,766	$ 2,642
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses	$ 8,822	$ 3,466	$ 3,310

Financial aid

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of Aid	Percentage of students receiving aid	Average amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship)	28%	$ 3,155
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship)	44%	$ 2,785
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship)	50%	$ 6,960
Loans to students	33%	$ 4,022

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