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How people got into bachelor's at UC Berkeley
What 39 people did before they enrolled in UC Berkeley: where they worked, what they studied, which role they came in through, and how long it took.
39
people in our data got there
<1%
had a graduate degree first (of those listing one)
2
typical years since first job
- The most common step right before: this was their first listed step (74%).
- The typical person arrived about 2 years after their first job.
How UC Berkeley compares
- On these measures, UC Berkeley is close to typical for degree programs.
Among people who list their education; places with at least 10 such people.
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| People listing education | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| USC · Master's | 19 | 5% |
| Columbia University · Master's | 29 | 3% |
| Stanford University · Master's | 15 | <1% |
| NYU · Master's | 23 | <1% |
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| Median years | ||
|---|---|---|
| Columbia University · Master's | 4 yrs | |
| USC · Master's | 3 yrs | |
| NYU · Master's | 3 yrs | |
| Stanford University · Master's | 3 yrs | |
| UC Berkeley · Bachelor's (this page) | 2 yrs |
What they studied before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Not listed | 39 | 100% |
How much work experience they had
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| No work before | 29 | 74% |
| Other | 10 | 26% |
What they did right before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| This was their first listed step | 29 | 74% |
| From other companies | 9 | 23% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
Education
How much experience they had
Among the 10 of 39 people with an earlier job listed.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 3 | 30% |
| 1-3 years | 4 | 40% |
| 3-5 years | 3 | 30% |
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How these numbers are made. From 3k+ public career histories collected for careerladder.fyi (dated jobs, degrees and publications). The collection was built around particular employers, so people who reached well-known tech, AI and finance employers are over-represented: read shares as "among people in this dataset", not as hiring odds. Names are shown only when at least 5 people are behind them; smaller groups are combined into "Other". No individual profile is shown. Updated November 2026.