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…which includes donations to the medical school.</p>
<p><a href=“http://cae.org/images/uploads/pdf/VSE-2013-Survey-Respondents-by-State.pdf”>http://cae.org/images/uploads/pdf/VSE-2013-Survey-Respondents-by-State.pdf</a>
Berkeley raised $341M for the same period (with no medical school). For comparison, UCLA (with a medical school) raised $419M and UCSF (medical school only) raised $386M. Donations for research are vastly earmarked for medical endeavors - not undergraduate education. </p>
<p>UCs also get support from the state, which is as you mentioned, has declined over the past decade, but is still a significant revenue source that privates don’t have. California voters passed Proposition 30 back in November 2012 increasing taxes to restore some of the funding lost.</p>
<p>Berkeley is positioned to better capitalize on its reputation by attracting more out-of-state students, who do provide more tuition revenue. I feel adding more OOS students enhances the geographic diversity of the university community.</p>
<p>As for Berkeley engineering, the department continues its strength - especially in notable faculty which drives department reputation. Berkeley engineering has 94 National Academy members compared with 6 NAE members from Duke University. Duke may be on an upswing with engineering reputation, but it has a long way to go.
<a href=“http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/Directory20412.aspx”>http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/Directory20412.aspx</a> </p>