Student Demographics & Outcomes

Can I find graduation rates for the College of Chemistry for both Freshman and Transfer students?

Yes, from the Student Demographics & Outcomes subject area, open the Graduation, Retention & Time to Degree dashboard and click on the UG Grad Rates report tab.

1. Make the following selections and then click Apply:

Year and Semester

Entry Status: New Freshmen (Because you can only select one entry status, you must run the report twice, once for New Freshmen and then again for Transfer students.)

Entry College: select your college or school...

Which student data dashboards and reports include graduate student data?

Most of the student dashboards include graduate student data. However, these dashboards in the Student Demographics & Outcomes subject area do not show graduate student data:

Graduation, Retention and Time to Degree

Multiple Majors

Check out the Cal Answers Student Data Subject Areas, Dashboards & Filters Map job aid. Reports with an * include undergraduate data only. All...

Can I find retention rates for the College of Chemistry in Cal Answers for both Freshman and Transfer entrants?

Yes, from the Student Demographics and Outcomes subject area navigate to the Graduation, Retention & Time to Degree dashboard and choose either the UG Retention or UG Retention by Multiple Fields tab to pull the latest retention rates (1-yr, 2-yr, 3-yr, etc.) for freshmen and transfers who entered in the College of Chemistry.

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Can I find the count of students with multiple majors on campus, as well as their combination of majors?

Yes, the Multiple Majors dashboard includes tabs that report on the count and percentage of registered undergraduates with multiple majors for the UC Berkeley campus as a whole as well as for each undergraduate major program.

You can learn more on the Cal Answers Student Demographics and Outcomes Multiple Majors section on our website and also from our Multiple Majors Dashboard Wiki report documentation.

Where can I find international student counts within the Student Data dashboards?

Within the Undergraduate Applicants and Student Demographic & Outcomes subject areas, you can find International Student counts by filtering for 4-Value Ethnicity (or any of the ethnicity fields), not Residency Status.

Can I find out the demographics (gender, ethnicity, residency status, etc.) of the students taking my courses?

Although there isn’t a Cal Answers global dashboard that displays student demographic information by course, there is a restricted dashboard (i.e., “Demographics in Courses”) that users may request access to via the “Student Restricted” role, as described on the Cal Answers Access webpage

Available Data

Student Data dashboards provide Cal Answers users with the ability to view and analyze student data in order to answer questions and improve decision making. The student data dashboards currently available in Cal Answers are:

Student Applicants Student Curriculum ...

Does the Summer term lead or trail in the academic calendar?

The Summer term leads in the UC Berkeley academic calendar. For example, the 2024-25 academic year consists of Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025.

Note that the Financial Aid Year treats Summer as a trailing term, however. For example, the 2024-25 financial aid year consists of Fall 2024, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025.

Where can I find report documentation and data dictionaries for each of the student data subject areas?

The Overview tab of each dashboard has links to wiki documentation that explains the dashboard reports and a data dictionary that explains the columns used in the prompts and reports.

In addition, the Wikis page has links to the Wiki pages organized by subject area.

Note: you must be connected to Eduroam or GlobalProtect to access the Wiki documentation.

How do I select multiple filter values in the dashboard prompts at the same time?

Single vs. Multi-Select

Prompts with a checkmark allow you to select one value.

Drop-down menu with single selection allowed

Prompts with checkboxes allow you to select multiple values.

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