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Business & finance at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley graduates about 428 business & finance majors a year, 5% of its graduating class. That puts it 57th of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 163 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 82% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $145,000 four years out, 2.12× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $25 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#57 of 650 for business & finance →
Graduates a year4285% of the class
Courses in the catalog163more than 82% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$145,0002.12× the same major nationally
Research in the field$25Ma year, NSF
Admit rate11%whole school

Around UC Berkeley

Sather Tower
Sather Tower 2013-09-29 13-34-23Photo: EricDLee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
South Hall is the oldest building on the campus of University of California, Ber
Berkeley - South HallPhoto: roger4336 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Wheeler Hall
Wheeler Hall - panoramioPhoto: Alexander Gude · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley
Wheeler Hall Room 150 at UC Berkeley (54263464661)Photo: Gabriel Classon · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where business & finance happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Hub.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 124 · Dorm 27 · Athletics 15 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Library 7.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. Michigan State University 82
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  3. University of Massachusetts–Amherst 82
  4. Rutgers University–Newark 82
  5. Wake Forest University 82
  6. Clemson University 81
  7. Bryant University 81
  8. University of Virginia 81

Other strong majors at UC Berkeley

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UC Berkeley with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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