The Washington Monthly released its annual College Guide and Rankings Monday, ranking UC Berkeley third among national universities based on its contribution to the public good, ahead of Stanford, Harvard and MIT.
University of California campuses occupied the top three spots in the rankings, which are calculated based on a number of factors such as the number of students receiving Pell grants, research expenditures and community service participation among students. Using these factors, colleges are then ranked in social mobility (which the guide defines as “recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (“producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs”) and service (“encouraging students to give something back to their country”).
Although UC Berkeley trailed UC San Diego, which placed first overall, and UCLA in the rankings, UC Berkeley has ranked in the top three for the last three years, edging out UC San Diego in 2009 to claim the number one spot.
UC Berkeley ranked first in science and engineering PhD’s awarded, second in faculty in national academies and third in faculty receiving significant awards.
Only two of the top ten universities from the US News and World Report’s 2011 National University Rankings, Stanford and Harvard, placed in the top ten of The Washington Monthly’s rankings, placing fourth and sixth, respectively.
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UC Berkeley ranked # 70 forbes is the most expensive public university in the USA.
Californians applying to Cal must remember that Chancellor Birgeneau displaces qualified for public university education at Cal Californians with |$50,600 Foreign and out of state students. Californians are second class when applying to UC Berkeley
email your opinion to UC Board of Regents [email protected]
no. just look at the number of OOS to those from instate. guess which is the vast majority without looking? it shouldn’t be too hard.
do you realize that forbes also takes into account the cost of living. living in california is not cheap, at all.
and think about it this way – the University of California is just that, a university. Each separate campus is just that, a separate campus of the same University (reflected by reciprocity of classes). “Qualified” Californians are GUARANTEED a spot in the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, not a specific campus. that is why UCB, UCLA, (possibly UCSD, i don’t remember) do not accept TAG from CC transfers. any “qualified” californian can go to riverside or merced. they’re still UCs, are they not?
but hey, if i can get rejected with an almost 2300 SAT, a 4.2 GPA, perfects on almost 6 APs, sports, instruments, and more, you can’t be too butt hurt, can you?
i just hope i get in on my transfer app. but haha, engineering is pretty damn competitive.
Your Dad and Mom paid taxes for years that ended up supporting UC Berkeley. It is arrogant that Chancellor Birgeneau can displaces qualified for public education at Cal Californians for FOREIGNERS and out of state students who paid 0 taxes for years.
Chancellor Birgeneau is more concerned with keeping administrators and generously paid faculty employed than the needs of instate students.
I was not denied admission into Cal.
Chancellor Birgeneau reigns like an emperor with no respect for those with earned admissions to Cal.
In 8 years chancellor Birgeneau has created $150 million of inefficiencies.
Fire or honorably retire Chancellor BirgeneAU
sounds like some fuzzy metrics there,
“producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs”
this report is tailor-made for exploitation by the administration:
they will use it to further push to be like the 2 PRIVATE schools at the top of the list
With apparent reading comprehension abilities like yours I suspect that you won’t have to worry about this issue much longer.
Here’s the wording:
“UC Berkeley trailed UC San Diego, which placed first overall, and UCLA in the rankings,”
When last I checked neither UCSD nor UCLA were private, my friend.