Student Applicants

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Dashboard Deep Dive

In this section, each of the Student Applicants dashboards is shown with sample questions that can be answered using the various reports contained in the dashboard. There are links to the Wiki documentation where you can learn about the prompts and reports, how to interpret the data in the report, and special considerations. Where available, you’ll also find links to job aids and recorded webinars. Dashboards:

Undergraduate Applicants

Graduate Applicants


Undergraduate Applicants

The Undergraduate Applicants dashboard reports contain data about all undergraduate freshmen and transfer applicants to UC Berkeley. These reports allow campus users to better understand the undergraduate applicant pool, how it is changing over time, and our strategies and success in recruiting a strong and diverse student body.

Report Sample Questions That Can Be Answered
Fast Facts
  • How many Freshmen and Transfer students have applied for the current and prior academic years?
  • What are the admit and yield rates for these applicant groups by year?
UG Applicant Count
  • How many prospective new freshmen or transfer students applied for entry into UC Berkeley for a given academic year?
  • How many of these applicants were admitted? How does this admit rate vary by college?
  • How many admitted students accepted their admissions offer by submitting a Statement of Intent to Register (SIR)? How does this yield rate vary by college?
UG Apps by Multiple Fields
  • What is the breakdown of undergraduate headcounts of applicants, admits, and SIRs by any combination of selected characteristics and by applicant type of New Freshmen versus Transfer register?
Academic Indicators - Applied
  • What is the high school GPA and test score profile of freshmen applicants?
  • Similarly, what is the prior school GPA profile of transfer applicants? How, if at all, has this changed over time?
Academic Indicators - Admitted
  • What is the high school GPA and test score profile of freshmen admits?
  • Similarly, what is the prior school GPA profile of transfer admits? How, if at all, has this changed over time?
Academic Indicators - SIRed
  • What is the high school GPA and test score profile of freshmen SIRs?
  • Similarly, what is the prior school GPA profile of transfer SIRs? How, if at all, has this changed over time?

Graduate Applicants

The Graduate Applicants dashboard reports contain data about graduate applicants to UC Berkeley. These reports allow campus users to better understand the graduate applicant pool, how it is changing over time, and our strategies and success in recruiting a strong and diverse student body.

Report Sample Questions That Can Be Answered
Grad Applicant Count
  • For a college or school and degree program in a given academic year and semester, how many people applied, were admitted, and submitted a statement of intent to register?
Grad Apps by Multiple Fields
  • Of those who applied to a college or school and degree program in a given academic year and semester, what is the breakdown by ethnicity and gender? What is the breakdown of those who were admitted? Of those who submitted a statement of intent to register?