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Career test for UC Berkeley students

See which careers fit your traits — based on what 537+ UC Berkeley alumni actually went on to do.

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What UC Berkeley grads actually do

Based on 537 notable UC Berkeley alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

university teacher
149
writer
57
engineer
36
computer scientist
35
physicist
35
chemist
34
politician
32
lawyer
27
actor
26
journalist
26
mathematician
25
historian
24

Notable UC Berkeley alumni

Gerhard Casper
Gerhard Casper
jurist · university teacher
Terry Riley
Terry Riley
pianist · printmaker
Deborah Estrin
Deborah Estrin
university teacher · computer scientist
Bjarni Jónsson
Bjarni Jónsson
mathematician · philosopher
Larry Stefanki
Larry Stefanki
tennis player · tennis coach
Robert Hass
Robert Hass
literary critic · translator
Albert Ghiorso
Albert Ghiorso
chemist · physicist
Shafrira Goldwasser
Shafrira Goldwasser
cryptographer · mathematician

Salary outlook for top UC Berkeley career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
engineer
10th–90th percentile: $62,130$177,020
$111,970
median / yr
computer scientist
10th–90th percentile: $81,450$233,110
$145,080
median / yr
physicist
10th–90th percentile: $80,950$232,940
$155,680
median / yr
chemist
10th–90th percentile: $52,950$149,550
$84,680
median / yr
politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr

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About UC Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in the Southside and Northside neighborhoods of Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley, it is the state's first land-grant university and the founding campus of the University of California system. Berkeley has an enrollment of more than 45,000 students. The university is organized around fifteen schools of study on the same campus, including the College of Chemistry, the College of Engineering, College of Letters and Science, and the Haas School of Business. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was originally founded as part of the university. Berkeley was a founding member of the Association of American Universities and was one of the original eight "Public Ivy" schools. In 2021, the federal funding for campus research and development exceeded $1 billion. Thirty-two libraries also compose the Berkeley library system which is the sixth largest research library by number of volumes held in the United States. Berkeley students compete in thirty varsity athletic sports, and the university is one of eighteen full-member institutions in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Berkeley's athletic teams, the California Golden Bears, have also won 107 national championships, 196 individual national titles, and 223 Olympic medals (including 121 gold). Berkeley's alumni, faculty, and researchers include 63 Nobel laureates and 19 Academy Award winners, and the university is also a producer of Rhodes Scholars, Marshall Scholars, and Fulbright Scholars.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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