November 14, 2016
UC Berkeley has traditionally used a set of five public, five private, and two UC institutions as a standard set of peers for most campus level peer comparisons. A consistent peer group from topic to topic and in year-to-year comparisons avoids the perception that different peers are being chosen in order to influence Berkeley’s position. This peer comparison briefing note also defines the “Comparison 8” peer group used by UCOP for faculty salary comparisons.