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 |
| (blank) | 0 |
| Total | 2713 |