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University of California, Davis

Basic Information

Type Public

Location Davis, CA

Population 1,200,000

Website http://www.ucdavis.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 31,777

Men / Women 41% / 59%

Asian 28%

Hispanic 27%

White 22%

International 13%

Mixed 7%

Black 4%

Native American 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 36%

Life & Natural Sciences 30%

Business & Economics 11%

Computer Science & Math 9%

Engineering 9%

Arts 5%

Health Sciences 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,934

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $52,536

Est. In-State Cost $19,319

Est. Out-of-State Cost $67,961

10-Year ROI $272,000

ROI Percentile 95th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 93%

4-Year Graduation Rate 71%

6-Year Graduation Rate 86%

Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 3,604 (99th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 307 (94th pctl)

Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 44%

Yield (Unbound) 16%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Life & Natural Sciences	$839M	#26
Engineering, Computing & Math	$119M	#56
Humanities & Social Sciences	$17M	#93

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	166	#28
Life & Natural Sciences	558	#34
Humanities & Social Sciences	426	#35

Honors College

Standardized Tests — Test Blind

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 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; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences	1,484	23% / 77%	8%	$60,243
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture	29 —	41% / 59%	3%	$51,934
Animal Biology	64 —	25% / 75%	8%	—
Animal Science	310 —	15% / 85%	7%	$47,896
Animal Sciences	14 —	29% / 71%	7%	$47,896
Atmospheric Science	5 —	40% / 60%	0%	—
Biotechnology	70 —	34% / 66%	7%	$82,734
Entomology	12 —	25% / 75%	0%	—
Environmental Resource Science	50 +1	32% / 68%	6%	$66,227
Environmental Toxicology	14 —	7% / 93%	0%	$64,907
Food Science	42 —	36% / 64%	48%	$70,543
Food Science and Technology	21 —	48% / 52%	10%	$70,543
Nutrition Science	124 —	18% / 82%	12%	$58,401
Plant Sciences	31 —	45% / 55%	19%	—
Urban Forestry	19 —	47% / 53%	0%	—
Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology	91 —	23% / 77%	4%	—
Pharmaceutical Sciences	61 +1	34% / 66%	8%	$73,029
Agricultural Business and Management	11 —	45% / 55%	0%	—
Agricultural Education	3 —	0% / 100%	33%	—
International Agricultural Development	10 —	20% / 80%	20%	$60,339
Community and Regional Development	29 —	28% / 72%	0%	$55,944
Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning	73 +1	26% / 74%	10%	$66,227
Environmental Science and Management	132 +1	30% / 70%	13%	$66,227
Human Development	269 —	12% / 88%	1%	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Biological Sciences	1,373	33% / 67%	7%	$64,271
Animal Physiology	84 —	23% / 77%	1%	$65,974
Biological Sciences	389 —	34% / 66%	10%	$59,225
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	2 —	100% / 0%	0%	—
Biomedical Sciences	98 —	33% / 67%	3%	$59,225
Cell Biology	34 —	47% / 53%	9%	$64,495
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity	30 —	23% / 77%	17%	$63,466
Genetics and Genomics	79 —	28% / 72%	19%	$69,161
Microbiology	81 —	30% / 70%	2%	$79,925
Molecular Biochemistry	172 —	43% / 57%	8%	$77,712
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior	387 —	31% / 69%	4%	$60,042
Plant Biology	16 —	44% / 56%	6%	—
Exercise Biology	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$65,974

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Engineering	1,101	72% / 28%	13%	$102,844
Aerospace Science and Engineering	53 +14	75% / 25%	6%	$87,130
Biochemical Engineering	63 —	59% / 41%	5%	$96,864
Biological Systems Engineering	13 —	46% / 54%	8%	—
Biomedical Engineering	83 —	45% / 55%	8%	$93,173
Civil Engineering	104 +9	61% / 39%	8%	$88,523
Computer Engineering	118 +4	81% / 19%	12%	$129,770
Electrical Engineering	106 +1	80% / 20%	12%	—
Environmental Engineering	22 +5	50% / 50%	23%	—
Materials Science and Engineering	14 —	64% / 36%	0%	—
Mechanical Engineering	124 +27	75% / 25%	16%	$94,182
Computer Science	343 +23	80% / 20%	18%	—
Computer Science and Engineering	58 —	83% / 17%	10%	$126,960

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
College of Letters and Science	4,199	38% / 62%	15%	$61,137
Applied Mathematics	66 +8	70% / 30%	61%	$84,435
Data Science	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	—
Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research	9 +2	100% / 0%	22%	$84,435
Mathematics	51 +9	65% / 35%	35%	$55,659
Other Mathematics	10 +1	70% / 30%	30%	$55,659
Statistics	187 +47	60% / 40%	39%	$94,763
Applied Chemistry	42 +3	48% / 52%	17%	$96,720
Applied Physics	10 —	80% / 20%	50%	$71,343
Chemical Physics
Chemistry	26 +1	42% / 58%	4%	$96,720
Geology	10 —	40% / 60%	0%	$58,451
Hydrology and Water Resources Science
Marine Sciences	19 —	37% / 63%	11%	—
Physics	32 +3	69% / 31%	25%	$71,343
Economics	394 +38	64% / 36%	37%	$76,601
Managerial Economics	483 —	49% / 51%	23%	—
African American and African Studies	7 +7	43% / 57%	0%	$49,998
American Studies	5 +2	20% / 80%	0%	—
Anthropology	56 +8	16% / 84%	0%	$49,360
Asian American Studies	5 +2	20% / 80%	0%	$49,998
Chicana/Chicano Studies	48 +36	19% / 81%	0%	$49,998
Chinese	4 +1	50% / 50%	25%	$50,012
Classical Civilization	6 +2	33% / 67%	17%	—
Cognitive Science	163 +25	33% / 67%	7%	—
Communication	258 +43	29% / 71%	19%	$67,042
Comparative Literature	4 —	25% / 75%	25%	$36,798
East Asian Studies	6 +2	33% / 67%	50%	—
English	135 +8	30% / 70%	1%	$44,581
French	2 +2	0% / 100%	50%	$47,600
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies	8 +4	25% / 75%	0%	$49,998
German	2 +2	50% / 50%	0%	—
History	107 +16	60% / 40%	4%	$48,104
Interdisciplinary Studies	5 +1	40% / 60%	0%	—
International Relations	94 +14	26% / 74%	6%	$60,762
Italian
Japanese	17 +3	59% / 41%	12%	$50,012
Linguistics	25 +4	16% / 84%	0%	$36,798
Middle Eastern Studies
Native American Studies	4 +4	50% / 50%	0%	$49,998
Philosophy	46 +9	46% / 54%	13%	—
Political Science	219 +23	42% / 58%	1%	$57,882
Political Science	53 +2	40% / 60%	0%	$57,882
Psychology	875 +91	22% / 78%	11%	$55,222
Religious Studies	6 —	33% / 67%	0%	—
Russian	3 +5	0% / 100%	0%	—
Science, Technology and Society	10 +1	30% / 70%	10%	—
Sociology	239 +17	26% / 74%	5%	$52,495
Spanish	39 +24	26% / 74%	0%	$47,600
Art History	12 +6	8% / 92%	8%	$41,138
Art Studio	48 +7	23% / 77%	8%	$41,138
Cinema and Digital Media	68 +13	41% / 59%	21%	$44,804
Design	249 +42	22% / 78%	6%	$59,746
Music	20 —	35% / 65%	5%	$36,142
Theatre and Dance	10 +6	10% / 90%	10%	$37,779