Basic Information
Type
Public
Geographical Reach
Regional
Location
Davis, CA
Population
1,200,000
Website
http://www.ucdavis.edu/
Weather
Comfortable Days
115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours
3,604 (99% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation
307 (94% 🏖️)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
32,195
Men / Women
41% / 59%
From State
79%
From Region
0%
Athletes
2.5%
Racial/Ethnic
Asian
31%
Hispanic
25%
White
20%
International
13%
Mixed
7%
Black
2%
Native American
0%
Men in the Entering Class
Men
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | 1,702 | 25% / 75% | 8% | $58,481 | 41 | 93% | |
| Atmospheric Science | 3 — | 67% / 33% | 0% | $63,418 | 55 | — | |
| Biotechnology | 84 — | 38% / 62% | 7% | $85,118 | 87 | 89% | |
| Agricultural Business and Management | 5 — | 20% / 80% | 0% | $63,944 | 56 | — | |
| Agricultural Education | 5 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $64,604 | 58 | — | |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture | 41 — | 41% / 59% | 22% | $53,430 | 26 | 91% | |
| Animal Biology | 70 — | 20% / 80% | 6% | $50,030 | 17 | — | |
| Animal Science | 318 — | 15% / 85% | 7% | $49,276 | 16 | 94% | |
| Animal Sciences | 17 — | 29% / 71% | 24% | $49,276 | 16 | 94% | |
| Entomology | 13 — | 62% / 38% | 8% | $52,161 | 23 | — | |
| Environmental Resource Science | 79 +1 | 34% / 66% | 9% | $68,135 | 66 | 92% | |
| Environmental Toxicology | 13 — | 54% / 46% | 0% | $66,777 | 63 | 100% | |
| Food Science | 62 — | 34% / 66% | 24% | $65,980 | 61 | 90% | |
| Food Science and Technology | 21 +2 | 52% / 48% | 14% | $65,980 | 61 | 90% | |
| International Agricultural Development | 15 — | 33% / 67% | 13% | $62,078 | 52 | 93% | |
| Nutrition Science | 108 — | 24% / 76% | 19% | $60,084 | 46 | 92% | |
| Plant Sciences | 33 — | 58% / 42% | 9% | $64,540 | 58 | 100% | |
| Urban Forestry | 8 — | 25% / 75% | 0% | $63,496 | 55 | — | |
| Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology | 73 — | 21% / 79% | 5% | $41,230 | 6 | 100% | |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | 77 +1 | 51% / 49% | 4% | $75,134 | 77 | 93% | |
| Community and Regional Development | 35 — | 34% / 66% | 0% | $57,556 | 38 | 93% | |
| Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning | 92 — | 33% / 67% | 7% | $68,135 | 66 | 92% | |
| Environmental Science and Management | 131 — | 31% / 69% | 11% | $68,135 | 66 | 92% | |
| Human Development | 353 — | 10% / 90% | 2% | $51,546 | 21 | — | |
| Landscape Architecture | 46 — | 28% / 72% | 9% | — | — | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Biological Sciences | 1,470 | 36% / 64% | 6% | $65,697 | 60 | 89% | |
| Biochemistry | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Biological Sciences | 324 — | 35% / 65% | 9% | $60,931 | 48 | 90% | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 7 — | 57% / 43% | 14% | $68,648 | 67 | — | |
| Biomedical Sciences | 180 — | 30% / 70% | 4% | $60,931 | 48 | 90% | |
| Cell Biology | 28 — | 39% / 61% | 14% | $66,353 | 62 | 87% | |
| Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity | 52 — | 27% / 73% | 6% | $47,981 | 13 | 94% | |
| Genetics and Genomics | 74 — | 31% / 69% | 9% | $71,154 | 71 | 87% | |
| Microbiology | 109 — | 41% / 59% | 6% | $82,228 | 84 | 94% | |
| Molecular Biochemistry | 189 — | 47% / 53% | 7% | $79,952 | 82 | 93% | |
| Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior | 420 — | 36% / 64% | 5% | $61,773 | 51 | 83% | |
| Plant Biology | 10 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $52,486 | 23 | — | |
| Animal Physiology | 76 — | 28% / 72% | 3% | $67,875 | 65 | 91% | |
| Exercise Biology | — — | — | — | $67,875 | 65 | 91% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Engineering | 1,269 | 68% / 32% | 14% | $111,592 | 98 | 95% | |
| Aerospace Science and Engineering | 73 +15 | 78% / 22% | 4% | $89,641 | 90 | 88% | |
| Biochemical Engineering | 62 — | 55% / 45% | 13% | $99,655 | 95 | 97% | |
| Biomedical Engineering | 90 +1 | 44% / 56% | 12% | $95,858 | 93 | 96% | |
| Biotechnology | 10 — | 50% / 50% | 10% | — | — | — | |
| Civil Engineering | 129 +6 | 65% / 35% | 5% | $89,308 | 90 | 96% | |
| Computer Engineering | 102 +4 | 73% / 27% | 18% | $133,509 | 100 | 97% | |
| Electrical Engineering | 111 +1 | 77% / 23% | 11% | $103,779 | 97 | — | |
| Environmental Engineering | 36 +5 | 50% / 50% | 25% | $83,317 | 85 | — | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 24 — | 71% / 29% | 17% | $80,287 | 83 | 89% | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 125 +34 | 77% / 23% | 17% | $90,941 | 91 | 94% | |
| Computer Science | 334 +31 | 71% / 29% | 16% | $133,924 | 100 | — | |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 147 +1 | 73% / 27% | 21% | $130,619 | 99 | 96% | |
| Biological Systems Engineering | 24 — | 42% / 58% | 4% | $84,939 | 87 | — | |
| Applied Engineering | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | — | — | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Letters and Science | 4,666 | 39% / 61% | 16% | $63,962 | 56 | 94% | |
| Data Science | 20 — | 50% / 50% | 10% | $89,137 | 89 | — | |
| Applied Chemistry | 39 +3 | 54% / 46% | 21% | $74,453 | 76 | 87% | |
| Applied Mathematics | 80 +17 | 69% / 31% | 49% | $86,868 | 88 | 97% | |
| Applied Physics | 21 +2 | 76% / 24% | 24% | $73,399 | 75 | 94% | |
| Chemical Physics | 4 — | 75% / 25% | 0% | $74,453 | 76 | — | |
| Chemistry | 20 +1 | 45% / 55% | 0% | $74,453 | 76 | 87% | |
| Geology | 24 +1 | 42% / 58% | 4% | $60,136 | 46 | 93% | |
| Hydrology and Water Resources Science | 2 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $60,136 | 46 | — | |
| Marine Sciences | 33 — | 48% / 52% | 3% | $59,158 | 43 | — | |
| Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research | 10 — | 50% / 50% | 20% | $86,868 | 88 | 97% | |
| Mathematics | 61 +17 | 74% / 26% | 31% | $57,263 | 38 | 93% | |
| Other Mathematics | 12 +3 | 50% / 50% | 33% | $57,263 | 38 | 93% | |
| Physics | 38 +2 | 71% / 29% | 8% | $73,399 | 75 | 94% | |
| Statistics | 233 +75 | 60% / 40% | 33% | $97,494 | 94 | 94% | |
| Economics | 404 +41 | 65% / 35% | 44% | $78,808 | 81 | 92% | |
| Managerial Economics | 556 +4 | 53% / 47% | 23% | $76,872 | 79 | 100% | |
| African American and African Studies | 13 +15 | 31% / 69% | 0% | $51,439 | 21 | 93% | |
| American Studies | 10 +2 | 50% / 50% | 10% | $28,419 | 2 | 92% | |
| Anthropology | 75 +7 | 20% / 80% | 4% | $50,783 | 19 | 92% | |
| Asian American Studies | 8 +7 | 38% / 62% | 0% | $51,439 | 21 | 93% | |
| Chicana/Chicano Studies | 47 +58 | 21% / 79% | 0% | $51,439 | 21 | 93% | |
| Chinese | 3 +1 | 100% / 0% | 33% | $51,453 | 21 | 76% | |
| Classical Civilization | 7 +4 | 43% / 57% | 14% | $48,645 | 15 | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 194 +31 | 29% / 71% | 8% | $61,086 | 49 | 100% | |
| Communication | 265 +34 | 29% / 71% | 20% | $68,974 | 67 | 96% | |
| Comparative Literature | 7 +1 | 29% / 71% | 14% | $37,859 | 3 | 85% | |
| East Asian Studies | 4 +1 | 75% / 25% | 25% | $28,419 | 2 | 92% | |
| English | 139 +11 | 23% / 77% | 0% | $45,866 | 10 | 91% | |
| French | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $48,972 | 15 | 95% | |
| Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies | 11 +11 | 9% / 91% | 0% | $51,439 | 21 | 93% | |
| German | — +3 | — | — | $48,076 | 13 | — | |
| History | 105 +11 | 50% / 50% | 2% | $49,490 | 16 | 90% | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 2 +1 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $50,414 | 18 | — | |
| International Relations | 115 +9 | 30% / 70% | 10% | $62,513 | 53 | 91% | |
| Italian | 2 +8 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $48,972 | 15 | — | |
| Japanese | 23 +11 | 43% / 57% | 26% | $51,453 | 21 | 76% | |
| Linguistics | 49 +9 | 22% / 78% | 4% | $37,859 | 3 | 85% | |
| Middle Eastern Studies | 1 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $32,492 | 2 | — | |
| Native American Studies | 4 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $51,439 | 21 | 93% | |
| Philosophy | 55 +19 | 40% / 60% | 11% | $52,315 | 23 | 95% | |
| Political Science | 62 +2 | 35% / 65% | 0% | $59,550 | 44 | 94% | |
| Political Science | 260 +17 | 43% / 57% | 0% | $59,550 | 44 | 94% | |
| Psychology | 903 +83 | 24% / 76% | 10% | $56,813 | 36 | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 2 +6 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $53,042 | 25 | 90% | |
| Russian | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $48,217 | 14 | — | |
| Science, Technology and Society | 15 +2 | 20% / 80% | 7% | $48,418 | 14 | — | |
| Sociology | 236 +36 | 25% / 75% | 5% | $54,007 | 28 | 94% | |
| Spanish | 37 +35 | 11% / 89% | 3% | $48,972 | 15 | 95% | |
| Art History | 17 +3 | 29% / 71% | 6% | $42,323 | 6 | 89% | |
| Art Studio | 48 +7 | 15% / 85% | 8% | $42,323 | 6 | 89% | |
| Cinema and Digital Media | 76 +20 | 55% / 45% | 29% | $46,096 | 10 | 96% | |
| Design | 277 +34 | 24% / 76% | 8% | $61,468 | 50 | 92% | |
| Music | 25 +1 | 52% / 48% | 8% | $37,183 | 3 | 100% | |
| Theatre and Dance | 10 +2 | 20% / 80% | 20% | $38,867 | 4 | 92% |
Financial
In-State Tuition & Fees
$15,690
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
$55,891
Est. In-State Cost
$20,297
Est. Out-of-State Cost
$72,301
ROI Percentile
69th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
93%
4-Year Graduation Rate
71%
6-Year Graduation Rate
86%
Transfer-Out Rate
5%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Graduated
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
Men
Women
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
Asian
Hispanic
White
International
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
| ⇅ | % | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.9% | 3,267 | 27% / 73% | 7% | $56,823 | 36 | 93% | ||
| Life & Natural Sciences | 16.2% | 1,478 | 37% / 63% | 7% | $66,690 | 63 | 89% | |
| Agriculture & Food Science | 10.8% | 981 | 26% / 74% | 10% | $56,588 | 35 | 93% | |
| Business & Economics | 10.5% | 960 | 58% / 42% | 32% | $77,687 | 80 | 97% | |
| Engineering | 8.4% | 762 | 67% / 33% | 12% | $98,805 | 95 | 95% | |
| Physical Sciences & Math | 6.4% | 580 | 62% / 38% | 27% | $81,796 | 84 | 94% | |
| Computer Science | 5.5% | 501 | 71% / 29% | 17% | $131,166 | 99 | 96% | |
| Arts | 5.5% | 499 | 30% / 70% | 11% | $54,303 | 29 | 93% | |
| Health Sciences | 0.8% | 77 | 51% / 49% | 4% | $75,134 | 77 | 93% | |
| Professional | 0.0% | 2 | 50% / 50% | 0% | — | — | — |
Research R1
| ⇅ | Research $ | Rank | Federal | Industry $ | PhDs | Rank | PhD students | Postdocs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences | $344M | #33 | 57% | $20.5M | 11 | #132 | 119 | 104 |
| Agriculture & Food Science | $267M | #2 | 34% | $5.1M | 36 | #14 | 274 | 124 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $155M | #36 | 60% | $5.2M | 176 | #2 | 734 | 253 |
| Engineering | $104M | #51 | 58% | $1.0M | 112 | #30 | 591 | 89 |
| Physical Sciences & Math | $75.4M | #46 | 49% | $2.1M | 116 | #11 | 667 | 91 |
| $22.5M | #94 | 46% | $1.6M | 116 | #35 | 428 | 14 | |
| Computer Science | $9.8M | #91 | 79% | $0 | 20 | #50 | 143 | — |
| Education | $9.2M | #56 | 51% | $0.0M | 27 | #158 | — | — |
| Business & Economics | $1.8M | #170 | 34% | $0 | 33 | #27 | 167 | 4 |
| Total | $991M | #33 | 50% | $35.5M | 647 | #21 | 3,123 | 679 |
Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.
Admissions
Uses Common App
No
Acceptance Rate
46%
Yield (Unbound)
14%
Regular Decision
Jan 1
Acceptance Rates
| In-State | Out-of-State | International | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Decision | 46% | 46% | 46% |
Acceptance & Yield
Acceptance
Yield
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
Applicants
Admitted
Enrolled
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
blind
SAT Composite
25th
75th
SAT Math
25th
75th
SAT Reading & Writing
25th
75th
Submitting a Test Score
Submitted
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
Rankings
My Tribe
Tiger Mom Heaven
Most Asian-Americans
Strong Community
Engineering
Playing House
Civil Engineering
Project Managers
Resistance Is Futile
Computer Engineering
Segfault Survivors & Kernel Panickers
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Short Circuit Survivors
Hugging Trees with Calculus
Environmental Engineering
Pollution Police
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Solid State
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel
We Glow In The Dark
Nuclear Engineering
Glow in the Dark
Computer Science
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer
Computer Science (Eng)
10k-Student Server Crashers
Physical Sciences & Math
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Agri-Chem & Geo
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Core Samplers
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
Our Labs Have Labs (The Experimentalists)
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Number Crunchers
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Lab Gods
Photosynthesis Fan Club
Ecology & Plant Biology
Tree-Hugger Royalty
Memorizing 206 Bones
Human Biology
Muscle Memory
Lord of the Petri Dish
Microbiology & Immunology
Sterile Technique Survivors
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Pipette Pros
X-Ray Vision Required
Clinical Diagnostics
Diagnostic Detectives
Agriculture & Food Science
Show Me the Bushels
Agribusiness & Economics
Wall Street of Wheat
Farming with Numbers
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
The Green Giants
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Planet Savers
Better Eating Through Chemistry
Food Science & Nutrition
The Flavor Engineers
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers
Plant & Agricultural Systems
The Land Grants
Puppies Over People
Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
We Can Pet It AND Fix Its Spleen
Health Sciences
Behind Every Doctor
Health Services
Bedside Manner Bunch
Where Diagnoses Begin
Laboratory Sciences
Sample Slingers
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts)
Nursing
Clinical Hours
Legal Drug Dealers
Pharmacy
The Compound
Business & Economics
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
Tech Incubators
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
SQL Slingers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
The Aggie-Econ & Applied Regressions Guild
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
The Applied Cyborgs
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
Bookworm Elite
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Caucus Crew
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
Footnote Masters
Professional Yapping
Media & Communication Studies
Solidly Upper-Middle-Class Comm Degrees
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
Existential Crisis Club
Feelings, But With Error Bars
Research & Experimental Psychology
Rodent Wranglers
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
Office Hours Regulars
Education
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
Chalkboard Champions
Arts
Sleep Deprivation by Design
Architecture
Building Blocks