US News ranks three UC Berkeley graduate programs best in the nation

UC Berkeley’s departments of history, English and sociology ranked first in the nation overall. The College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business maintained their positions, while the Boalt School of Law, pictured above, faltered in rank by two places and returned to its 2011 ranking of ninth.
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UC Berkeley’s departments of history, English and sociology ranked first in the nation overall. The College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business maintained their positions, while the Boalt School of Law, pictured above, faltered in rank by two places and returned to its 2011 ranking of ninth.

Three UC Berkeley graduate programs have been named best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 Graduate School Rankings released Tuesday. Read More…

Freshman Ashmita Baral sitting in her dorm room in Unit 2.

UC Berkeley room and board among costliest in nation

Living expenses can significantly increase the cost of going to college, and for UC Berkeley students living on-campus, the cost of room and board is among the highest in the country. In a recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report, UC Berkeley is second on a list of the Read More…