UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,BERKELEY

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Established-March 23, 1868
• Type-Flagship
• Endowment-$3.33 billion (2013)
• Chancellor-Nicholas Dirks
• Students-36,204 (Fall 2013)
• Undergraduates-25,951 (Fall 2013)
• Postgraduates-10,253 (Fall 2013)
• Location-Berkeley, California, USA
• Campus-Urban

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The University of California, Berkeley  is a public research university located in Berkeley, California. It is the most selective and highest ranked university in the United States for undergraduate education, and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world. The University of California, Berkely is the worlds leading academic institutions and is widely known as ''Cal''.

The university occupies 1,232 acres (499 ha) on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay with the central campus resting on 178 acres (72 ha).Berkeley is the flagship institution of the 10 campus University of California system and one of only two UC campuses operating on a semester calendar, the other being UC Merced.

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The University of California-Berkeley is situated overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Berkeley guarantees two years of housing for incoming freshmen in a number of residence halls throughout campus. There are more than 1,200 student organizations on campus, ranging from political groups to a hang gliding club and everything in between. 

Berkeley is comprised of 14 schools and colleges, including a number of graduate and professional schools such as the School of Optometry, Graduate School of Journalism and College of Environmental Design. Other graduate programs are the highly ranked Haas School of Business, Graduate School of Education, College of Engineering, School of Law, School of Social Welfare, School of Public Health and Goldman School of Public Policy. Berkeley is well known as a hub of liberal student activity: the Free Speech.  Distinguished alumni include former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley and actor John Cho of the "Harold and Kumar" films. Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project during WWII to develop the atomic bomb, was a physicist and professor at Berkeley.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

FEE & COSTS

• Tuition for full time MPH students (In State): Approx $11,220/year
• Graduate Out of State Tuition: Approx $26,322/year
• Average Books/Supplies Cost: $1,213
• Off Campus Room Board Average Cost: $10,281

*note-based on data provided in 2012. 

PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREES OFFERED

• Professional Master of Public Health
• Public Health
• Epidemiology
• MBA/MPH

JOINT DEGREES OFFERED

• MPH/MBA
• MPH/MSW
• MPH/MD
• MPH/MPP
• MPH/MS

CONCENTRATIONS OFFERED

• Biostatistics
• Clinical Effectiveness
• Environmental Health
• Epidemiology
• Infectious Diseases
• Maternal & Child/Family Health
• Policy & Management
• Health
• Social & Behavioral Science 

LEARNING FORMAT

• Campus & Online

*for more info visit: berkeley.edu/