Is Berkeley a good school for the social sciences and humanities?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Most of what I hear about it is its Science and Mathematics departments. Is it as strong in the social sciences? Will UCLA be better for the humanities/social sciences?</p>

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<p>Nope. For the humanities and social sciences, Cal is absolutely bad ass.</p>

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<p>Well, our English departments is quite good. From what I know, so is the political science department.</p>

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<p>Both UCLA and CAL have exquisite humanities and social sciences programs.</p>

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<p>^ not true. For example, we have the #2 Classics department in the country.</p>

<p>UCLA is a great college, but it is lower than Berkeley in most fields. There are certain fields where UCLA might outrank Berkeley, but across the Humanities and Social Sciences, Cal wins.</p>

<p>Look at the USNWR graduate school rankings
<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings[/url]”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-psychology-schools/rankings[/url]”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-psychology-schools/rankings&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-sociology-schools/rankings[/url]”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-sociology-schools/rankings&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-history-schools/rankings[/url]”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-history-schools/rankings&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-english-schools/rankings[/url]”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-english-schools/rankings&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-economics-schools/rankings[/url]”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-economics-schools/rankings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yea, in terms of rankings - Berkeley wins (for now - we’ll never know what’s going to happen in the future).</p>

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<p>Yeah, Berkeley definitely has the edge. All I meant was that UCLA also has very fine programs for humanities/social sciences. You can’t lose either route you take.</p>