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University of California, Davis

Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach Regional

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%

From State 79%

From Region 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 36%

Life & Natural Sciences 28%

Business & Economics 11%

Engineering 9%

Physical Sciences & Math 6%

Arts 5%

Computer Science 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 (84%)

Sunshine Hours 3,604 (99% ☀️)

Days Without Precipitation 307 (94% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App No

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	#33
Humanities & Social Sciences	426	#34

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy blind

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).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences	1,484	23% / 77%	8%	$63,493		93%
Atmospheric Science	5 —	40% / 60%	0%	$70,467	71	—
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture	29 —	41% / 59%	3%	$58,685	44	91%
Animal Biology	64 —	25% / 75%	8%	$56,032	37	—
Animal Science	310 —	15% / 85%	7%	$54,122	31	94%
Animal Sciences	14 —	29% / 71%	7%	$54,122	31	94%
Biotechnology	70 —	34% / 66%	7%	$93,489	93	89%
Entomology	12 —	25% / 75%	0%	$54,648	32	—
Environmental Resource Science	50 +1	32% / 68%	6%	$74,836	78	92%
Environmental Toxicology	14 —	7% / 93%	0%	$73,345	76	100%
Food Science	42 —	36% / 64%	48%	$72,469	75	90%
Food Science and Technology	21 —	48% / 52%	10%	$72,469	75	90%
Nutrition Science	124 —	18% / 82%	12%	$65,993	63	92%
Plant Sciences	31 —	45% / 55%	19%	$70,888	72	100%
Urban Forestry	19 —	47% / 53%	0%	$66,204	63	—
Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology	91 —	23% / 77%	4%	$45,285	10	100%
Pharmaceutical Sciences	61 +1	34% / 66%	8%	$82,523	86	93%
Agricultural Business and Management	11 —	45% / 55%	0%	$68,640	68	—
Agricultural Education	3 —	0% / 100%	33%	$64,193	59	—
International Agricultural Development	10 —	20% / 80%	20%	$68,183	67	93%
Community and Regional Development	29 —	28% / 72%	0%	$63,217	57	93%
Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning	73 +1	26% / 74%	10%	$74,836	78	92%
Environmental Science and Management	132 +1	30% / 70%	13%	$74,836	78	92%
Human Development	269 —	12% / 88%	1%	$55,451	35	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Biological Sciences	1,373	33% / 67%	7%	$72,032		89%
Animal Physiology	84 —	23% / 77%	1%	$74,551	78	91%
Biological Sciences	389 —	34% / 66%	10%	$66,924	65	90%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences	2 —	100% / 0%	0%	$73,761	76	—
Biomedical Sciences	98 —	33% / 67%	3%	$66,924	65	90%
Cell Biology	34 —	47% / 53%	9%	$72,879	75	87%
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity	30 —	23% / 77%	17%	$52,700	27	94%
Genetics and Genomics	79 —	28% / 72%	19%	$78,152	82	87%
Microbiology	81 —	30% / 70%	2%	$90,315	91	94%
Molecular Biochemistry	172 —	43% / 57%	8%	$87,815	90	93%
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior	387 —	31% / 69%	4%	$67,848	66	83%
Plant Biology	16 —	44% / 56%	6%	$57,187	40	—
Exercise Biology	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$74,551	78	91%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Engineering	1,101	72% / 28%	13%	$120,113		95%
Aerospace Science and Engineering	53 +14	75% / 25%	6%	$98,457	95	88%
Biochemical Engineering	63 —	59% / 41%	5%	$109,456	98	97%
Biological Systems Engineering	13 —	46% / 54%	8%	$90,845	91	—
Biomedical Engineering	83 —	45% / 55%	8%	$105,286	97	96%
Civil Engineering	104 +9	61% / 39%	8%	$98,091	95	96%
Computer Engineering	118 +4	81% / 19%	12%	$146,640	100	97%
Electrical Engineering	106 +1	80% / 20%	12%	$108,426	98	—
Environmental Engineering	22 +5	50% / 50%	23%	$86,527	89	—
Materials Science and Engineering	14 —	64% / 36%	0%	$88,183	90	89%
Mechanical Engineering	124 +27	75% / 25%	16%	$99,885	96	94%
Computer Science	343 +23	80% / 20%	18%	$138,100	100	—
Computer Science and Engineering	58 —	83% / 17%	10%	$143,465	100	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Letters and Science	4,199	38% / 62%	15%	$70,005		94%
Data Science	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$95,858	94	—
Applied Chemistry	42 +3	48% / 52%	17%	$81,776	85	87%
Applied Mathematics	66 +8	70% / 30%	61%	$95,412	94	97%
Applied Physics	10 —	80% / 20%	50%	$80,618	84	94%
Chemical Physics	— +1	—	—	$80,651	84	—
Chemistry	26 +1	42% / 58%	4%	$81,776	85	87%
Geology	10 —	40% / 60%	0%	$66,050	63	93%
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	— —	—	—	$71,193	72	—
Marine Sciences	19 —	37% / 63%	11%	$65,797	62	—
Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research	9 +2	100% / 0%	22%	$95,412	94	97%
Mathematics	51 +9	65% / 35%	35%	$62,895	56	93%
Other Mathematics	10 +1	70% / 30%	30%	$62,895	56	93%
Physics	32 +3	69% / 31%	25%	$80,618	84	94%
Statistics	187 +47	60% / 40%	39%	$107,082	98	94%
Economics	394 +38	64% / 36%	37%	$86,559	89	92%
Managerial Economics	483 —	49% / 51%	23%	$84,432	87	100%
African American and African Studies	7 +7	43% / 57%	0%	$56,498	38	93%
American Studies	5 +2	20% / 80%	0%	$31,214	2	92%
Anthropology	56 +8	16% / 84%	0%	$55,777	36	92%
Asian American Studies	5 +2	20% / 80%	0%	$56,498	38	93%
Chicana/Chicano Studies	48 +36	19% / 81%	0%	$56,498	38	93%
Chinese	4 +1	50% / 50%	25%	$56,513	38	76%
Classical Civilization	6 +2	33% / 67%	17%	$56,450	38	—
Cognitive Science	163 +25	33% / 67%	7%	$67,094	65	100%
Communication	258 +43	29% / 71%	19%	$75,758	79	96%
Comparative Literature	4 —	25% / 75%	25%	$41,582	6	85%
East Asian Studies	6 +2	33% / 67%	50%	$31,214	2	92%
English	135 +8	30% / 70%	1%	$50,377	21	91%
French	2 +2	0% / 100%	50%	$53,788	30	95%
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies	8 +4	25% / 75%	0%	$56,498	38	93%
German	2 +2	50% / 50%	0%	$53,958	30	—
History	107 +16	60% / 40%	4%	$54,357	31	90%
Interdisciplinary Studies	5 +1	40% / 60%	0%	$58,260	43	—
International Relations	94 +14	26% / 74%	6%	$68,661	68	91%
Italian	— +3	—	—	$53,699	30	—
Japanese	17 +3	59% / 41%	12%	$56,513	38	76%
Linguistics	25 +4	16% / 84%	0%	$41,582	6	85%
Middle Eastern Studies	— +1	—	—	$52,443	26	—
Native American Studies	4 +4	50% / 50%	0%	$56,498	38	93%
Philosophy	46 +9	46% / 54%	13%	$57,460	41	95%
Political Science	53 +2	40% / 60%	0%	$65,407	62	94%
Political Science	219 +23	42% / 58%	1%	$65,407	62	94%
Psychology	875 +91	22% / 78%	11%	$62,401	55	93%
Religious Studies	6 —	33% / 67%	0%	$58,259	43	90%
Russian	3 +5	0% / 100%	0%	$54,259	31	—
Science, Technology and Society	10 +1	30% / 70%	10%	$56,968	39	—
Sociology	239 +17	26% / 74%	5%	$59,319	46	94%
Spanish	39 +24	26% / 74%	0%	$53,788	30	95%
Art History	12 +6	8% / 92%	8%	$46,486	12	89%
Art Studio	48 +7	23% / 77%	8%	$46,486	12	89%
Cinema and Digital Media	68 +13	41% / 59%	21%	$50,629	21	96%
Design	249 +42	22% / 78%	6%	$67,513	66	92%
Music	20 —	35% / 65%	5%	$40,840	5	100%
Theatre and Dance	10 +6	10% / 90%	10%	$42,690	7	92%