by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of California - Davis was awarded 133 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general civil engineering.
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College Factual ranked UC Davis as #55 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation.
UC Davis also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
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The acceptance rate at University of California - Davis is a competitive 37%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
At University of California - Davis, the student to faculty ratio is 21 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of California - Davis is 88%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 92% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of California - Davis enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UC Davis for first-time, full-time students is 64%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 31,162 undergraduates at UC Davis with 30,186 being full-time and 976 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,089 | $10,258 | $13,232 | $18,376 | $31,575 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UC Davis, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UC Davis, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $5,965 a year. That adds up to $23,860 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UC Davis are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8678 |
| Phone: | 530-752-1011 |
| Website: | ucdavis.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UCDavis |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/ucdavis |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 951 | $52,684 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 924 | $32,301 |
| Economics | 614 | $50,295 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 525 | $29,765 |
| Computer Science | 488 | NA |
| Animal Science | 370 | $32,309 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 356 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 343 | $36,208 |
| Sociology | 304 | $32,137 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 293 | $42,569 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 2,004 students took at least one online class at University of California - Davis. This is a decrease from the 8,598 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,004 | 353 |
| 2021-2022 | 8,598 | 706 |
| 2020-2021 | 35,235 | 26,271 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,556 | 28 |
Learn more about online learning at University of California - Davis.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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