Bearometer Methods Fall 2025

Source: https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/2025/09/06/bearometer-methods-fall-2025/ Parent: https://bearometer.berkeley.edu/page/2/

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All, here are some methods updates on the Bearometer for Fall 2025.

Our faculty changes, and so our N fluctuates. In September 2025, we added new faculty who have joined the campus this fall, and eliminated entries for those departed. Our N also decreases over time as faculty opt out of the Bearometer.

When we report units, we do so in an aggregated fashion. We aggregate units according to the table below so that all reported units have at least 50 members. Columns A and C are the most granular unit identifiers; these come directly out of CalNet and represent the respondent’s home department. To be clear, respondent identity is suppressed in Qualtrics; survey responses only carry the “Reported category” below.

We have also added an isStem flag based upon column A. We did this based on our own judgment. If you believe we should reclassify an entity, please email us. There are a few disciplines that could go either way, and departments that have subunits that are arguably stem, with others in social sciences and humanities.

Column B is what the Bearometer uses to report results in order to preserve respondent privacy. In some cases, we suppress results (e.g. Faculty administrators) because the number of participants is so small that reporting may identify the respondent.

directoryText	bearometerCat	directoryCode	isStem
Chancellor’s Immediate Office	Faculty administrators	AACHO	0
Haas Core Programs	Haas School of Business	BAHSB	0
Administration	Haas School of Business	BASAI	0
SAFP Admin_Operations	Faculty administrators	BKSAF	0
School of Optometry Dean	Professional School	BOOPT	1
Optometry Clinic	Professional School	BPOPC	1
Othering & Belonging Institute	L&S – Social Sciences	BVHDR	0
Dept Of Chemistry	College of Chemistry	CCHEM	1
Coll of Chem Dean	College of Chemistry	CDCDN	1
Dept of Chemical E	College of Chemistry	CEEEG	1
CITRIS	College of Engineering	CITRS	1
GSPP Department Ops	School of Public Policy	CKGEN	1
Law	School of Law	CLLAW	0
Public Health Administration	School of Public Health	CQADM	1
Dept of Social Welfare	Department of Social Welfare	CSDEP	0
Computational Precision Health	College of Computing, Data Science, and Society	CYHBK	1
Envir Design Dean’s Off	College of Environmental Design	DACED	1
Dept of Architecture	Dept of Architecture	DBARC	1
City & Regional Planning	College of Environmental Design	DCCRP	1
Dean’s Office	Faculty administrators	DDAPD	0
Landscape Arch & Envir Plng	College of Environmental Design	DFLAE	1
School of Journalism Dept	Professional School	DJOUR	0
School of Education	School of Education	EAEDU	0
Col of Engin Dean’s Office	College of Engineering	ED1DO	1
Eng Dean’s Office	L&S – Arts & Humanities	EDDNO	1
Engineering Research Centers	College of Engineering	EERCT	1
COENG Engineering Research	College of Engineering	EERES	1
BIOE Dept Operations	College of Engineering	EF1BO	1
Civil & Environ Engineer	Civil & Environ Engineer	EGCEE	1
Comp Sci Div Operations	Comp Sci Div Operations	EH1CS	1
Elect Eng Div Operations	Elect Eng Div Operations	EH1EE	1
Elec Engr & Computer Sc	College of Engineering	EHEEC	1
Industrial Eng & Ops Res	College of Engineering	EIIEO	1
Material Sci & Engineeri	College of Engineering	EJMSM	1
Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering	EKMEG	1
Nuclear Engineering	College of Engineering	ELNUC	1
Undergrad Edu Administration	Faculty administrators	ENAPF	0
Faculty Immediate Office	Faculty administrators	EOVPI	0
Faculty Immediate Office	Faculty administrators	ERFEO	0
Helen Wills Neuroscience Inst	L&S – Biological Sciences	EUNEU	1
Cal EPA	College of Engineering	EZBIE	1
Ctr for Computational Bio	College of Computing, Data Science, and Society	GBCCB	1
Coleman Fung Institute-L5	College of Computing, Data Science, and Society	GECFI	1
Art History	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HARTH	0
Philosophy	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HCPHI	0
Theater, Dance & Perf Studies	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HDRAM	0
English	English	HENGL	0
French	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HFREN	0
East Asian Languages & Cult	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HGEAL	0
Arts & Humanities Dean’s Off	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HHDNO	0
Italian Studies	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HITAL	0
Comparative Literature	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HLCOM	0
Music	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HMUSC	0
Middle Eastern Languages&Cltr	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HNNES	0
Rhetoric	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HRHET	0
Scandinavian Languages	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HSCAN	0
Film and Media	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HUFLM	0
South & Southeast Asian Std	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HVSSA	0
Unex Academic Depts	Faculty administrators	HYACD	0
German	L&S – Arts & Humanities	HZGER	0
Integrative Biology	Integrative Biology	IBIBI	1
Biological Sc Dean’s Off	L&S – Biological Sciences	IDBSD	1
Innovative Genomics Institute	L&S – Biological Sciences	IGIGI	1
Molecular & Cell Biology	Molecular & Cell Biology	IMMCB	1
Phys Ed Program	L&S – Biological Sciences	IPPEP	1
QB3 Central	College of Chemistry	IUQBC	1
Space Sciences Laboratory	L&S – Mathematical & Physical Sciences	JBSSL	1
Exec Vice Chanc & Prov Dept	Faculty administrators	KAEVC	0
Spanish & Portuguese	L&S – Arts & Humanities	LPSPP	0
Art Practice	L&S – Arts & Humanities	LQAPR	0
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies	L&S – Arts & Humanities	LSCLA	0
Slavic Languages & Literature	L&S – Arts & Humanities	LTSLL	0
CNR Office of the Dean	College of Natural Resources	MANRD	1
Agricultural Res Econ Pol	College of Natural Resources	MBARC	1
ESPM ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES DIV	College of Natural Resources	MCECO	1
ESPM SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT DIV	College of Natural Resources	MCESD	0
Environ Sci, Policy & Mgmt	College of Natural Resources	MCESP	0
ESPM ORGANISMS & THE ENVIRONMT	College of Natural Resources	MCINS	1
Nutritional Sci & Tox Dept	College of Natural Resources	MDNST	1
Plant & Microbial Biology	College of Natural Resources	MEPMB	1
College of Natural Resources	College of Natural Resources	MGERG	1
School of Info Operations	Professional School	MMIMS	0
Neuroscience Department	L&S – Biological Sciences	NENEU	1
Inst for Environ Sci & Engr	College of Engineering	NFEEH	1
Inst of Personality & Soc Res	L&S – Arts & Humanities	NVPSR	0
Economics	Economics	NZIIR	0
Research Immediate Office	Faculty administrators	OAVCR	0
University_Jepson Herbaria	College of Natural Resources	ODMJH	1
UC Botanical Garden	College of Natural Resources	OIBOT	1
Graduate Division Ops	Faculty administrators	OLGDD	0
Astronomy	L&S – Mathematical & Physical Sciences	PAAST	1
Physical Sc Dean’s Off	L&S – Mathematical & Physical Sciences	PDPSD	1
Earth & Planetary Science	L&S – Mathematical & Physical Sciences	PGEGE	1
Physics	Physics	PHYSI	1
Mathematics	Mathematics	PMATH	1
Statistics	College of Computing, Data Science, and Society	PSTAT	1
L&S Deans’ Office	L&S – Arts & Humanities	QALSD	0
Undgrd Itdsc Stdies Tch & Lrn	L&S – Arts & Humanities	QHUTL	0
Interdiscipl SocSci Pgm	L&S – Undergraduate Studies	QIIAS	0
African Am Studies	L&S – Social Sciences	SAAMS	0
Ethnic Studies	L&S – Social Sciences	SBETH	0
Demography	L&S – Social Sciences	SDDEM	0
Economics	Economics	SECON	0
Geography	L&S – Social Sciences	SGEOG	0
History	History	SHIST	0
Sociology	Sociology	SISOC	0
Linguistics	L&S – Social Sciences	SLING	0
Simons Institute TOC	College of Computing, Data Science, and Society	SMTOC	1
Political Science	Political Science	SPOLS	0
Social Science Dean’s Off	L&S – Social Sciences	SSSSD	0
Gender and Women’s Studies	L&S – Social Sciences	SWOME	0
Psychology	Psychology	SYPSY	0
Anthropology	L&S – Social Sciences	SZANT	0
ESPM: Ecosytem Sciences Divisi	College of Natural Resources	YLECO	1

Here are some interesting aspects of our categorization:

We count 2,713 senate faculty members. However, our N will always be smaller because of email delivery errors, and opt outs.
Our methods tag 1,414 members as STEM based upon their primary department categorization
1,017 have emeritus status
This is our population breakdown by reported unit

bearometerCat	count
Civil & Environ Engineer	69
College of Chemistry	97
College of Computing, Data Science, and Society	42
College of Engineering	124
College of Environmental Design	51
College of Natural Resources	189
Comp Sci Div Operations	83
Department of Social Welfare	30
Dept of Architecture	51
Economics	61
Elect Eng Div Operations	71
English	86
Faculty administrators	15
Haas School of Business	132
History	80
Integrative Biology	64
L&S – Arts & Humanities	334
L&S – Biological Sciences	30
L&S – Mathematical & Physical Sciences	57
L&S – Social Sciences	156
L&S – Undergraduate Studies	2
Mathematics	90
Mechanical Engineering	56
Molecular & Cell Biology	109
Physics	83
Political Science	65
Professional School	85
Psychology	54
School of Education	52
School of Law	113
School of Public Health	99
School of Public Policy	30
Sociology	53
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Total	2713