Diversity Data Dashboard

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Fall 2021 Fast Facts

Undergraduate StudentsGraduate StudentsLadder FacultyLecturers/AdjunctsStaff
31,814 enrolled undergraduate students 13,243 enrolled graduate students 1,511 ladder faculty 1,222 lecturers/adjuncts 8,514 staff
54% are women 48% are women 35% are women 40% are women 54% are women
1% are transgender/gender non-conforming* 1% are transgender/gender non-conforming* 1% are transgender/gender non-conforming 1% are transgender/gender non-conforming 1% are transgender/gender non-conforming
13% are LGBQ+* 6% are LGBQ+* 6% are LGBQ+* 7% are LGBQ+* 9% are LGBQ+*
10% have a disability** 3% have a disability** 5% have a disability** 4% have a disability** 7% have a disability**
23% are from underrepresented groups*** 15% are from underrepresented groups*** 12% are from underrepresented groups*** 11% are from underrepresented groups*** 27% are from underrepresented groups***
29% are first generation college students† 40% are doctoral students 84% are tenured 3% are tenured 31% are represented
27% are Pell Grant Recipients
13% are international 29% are international/non-domestic

* LGBTQ+ identities only started to be collected on the applications in 2016 for undergraduates and in 2018 for graduate students and in 2020 for employees, so current numbers are undercounts.
** Disability data for students comes from the Disabled Students Program while disability data for employees comes from our employee data system. As students are only included if they receive services and employees are only included if they disclose their disability, current numbers are an undercount.
*** Underrepresented groups are African American, Chicano/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander.
† First-generation college students are defined as students where neither parent has earned a four-year degree.

SOURCES: UC BERKELEY CAL ANSWERS, DSP, OPA, OUA, OFEW, and GRADUATE DIVISION and UC INFO CENTER, Fall 2021

Why We Do This Work: The Numbers

California is one of the most diverse states in the nation with its diversity ever-growing. UC Berkeley's Strategic Plan for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity states as a goal to "[c]reate a critical mass of talented students [...] that will fully represent California’s excellence and diversity." At present, UC Berkeley does not represent the diversity of the state. Part of the work of the Division of Equity & Inclusion is to help redress this lack of representation at UC Berkeley.

African American, Chicano/Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, and undergraduate students with disabilities are represented on campus at far lower levels (often less than half) than they are across the state.

African American Representation

African Americans have less than half the representation among undergraduates that they do in California

In California, African Americans are roughly 7% of the population, while they are only 4% of undergraduate students at UC Berkeley.

Chicanx/Latinx Representation

Chicanx/Latinx people have less than half the representation among undergraduates that they do in California

In California, Chicanx/Latinx are roughly 39% of the population, while they are only 18% of undergraduate students at UC Berkeley.

Native American/Alaska Native

Native Americans/Alaska Natives have less than a quarter the representation among undergraduates that they do in California

In California, Native Americans/Alaska Natives are roughly 2% of the population, while they are only 0.4% of undergraduate students at UC Berkeley.

Pacific Islander Representation

Pacific Islanders have a quarter the representation among undergraduates that they do in California

In California, Pacific Islanders are roughly 0.8% of the population, while they are only 0.2% of undergraduate students at UC Berkeley.

  Disability Representation

People with disabilities have slightly more than half the representation among undergraduates that they do in California

In California, people with disabilities are roughly 18% of the population, while they are only 11% of undergraduate students at UC Berkeley.