The Degrees Earned dashboard reports contain data about the degrees, certificates, and notifications of candidacy that the university awards to students upon completion of their program requirements.
Headcount Degree Recipients vs. Prorated Degrees Awarded
Because some students earn multiple degrees, this dashboard contains metrics for both the number of students that were awarded degrees and the number of degrees that were awarded.
In cases where students have earned multiple degrees, you can choose to display either headcounts of degree recipients or prorated counts of degrees awarded for multiple majors. Use the Select Data View drop-down list to select the desired metric.
- Headcount Degree Recipients is the number of students to whom degrees were awarded
- Prorated Degrees Awarded assigns a fractional share to each major so the total per degree is equal to 1.00
For example, a student who earned a degree with a double major in English and in Comparative Literature would count as 0.50 prorated degrees awarded in each department, and then as 1.00 in the College of Letters & Science and also 1.00 at the campus level. In this example, the prorated degrees awarded in the division of Arts and Humanities would also be 1.00 because both of these departments are in the same division.
In addition, the prorated degrees awarded metric counts each of the degrees earned by students completing simultaneous programs (degree programs in 2 or more colleges/schools). For instance, a Physics (College of Letters & Science) and Bioengineering (College of Engineering) simultaneous degree recipient would count as 1.00 degree awarded in each respective department, and in each respective college. However, at the campus level, the prorated degrees awarded metric would equal 2.00 because this student completing a simultaneous degree program actually received two degrees from UC Berkeley.