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Is UCB "elite"? It has a student population the size of the whole Ivy League combined.
by harryjo 11y ago
Is UCB "elite"? It has a student population the size of the whole Ivy League combined.
- glup 11y agoBerkeley is hard to cluster... the undergrad population has a much more diverse demographic profile (hugely more first-generation college students & more nonwhite students). I'd say the students have more raw talent, but generally less economic and cultural capital than typical students at top-tier private universities. The faculty is Ivy-class (though larger!) but the university itself suffers from periodic shortfalls in the state budget.
- hodwik 11y agoEnrollment at UCB is 37k, which only puts it slightly above Harvard (21k), Columbia (22k), Cornell (20k), and UPENN (20k). Also, UCB outranks most of the ivyleague in the sciences, engineering and computer science on most measures -- http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2015#sorting=faculty_value+region=+country=+faculty=2453340+stars=false+search= http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-uni... http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldSCI2015.html http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldSCI2015.html http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ran...