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University of California, Davis

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CA, United States
=62nd in World University Rankings 2025
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Since the beginning, UC Davis has outgrown the expected. It’s a place where creativity connects ideas from the obvious to the outlandish. Where discovery pulls from every practice and profession. Where the most comprehensive solutions come from the most diverse minds. We were founded in 1908 to serve California. Today, we’re confronting the world’s most urgent challenges—especially those related to food, health, the environment and society.

Our 5,300-acre campus borders the city of Davis, a compact and vibrant college town. Sacramento is 20 minutes away, and world-famous destinations such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Lake Tahoe and Napa Valley are within a two-hour drive.

UC Davis is the most inclusive campus in the University of California system, with four colleges and six professional schools that offer over a hundred majors and nearly a hundred graduate and professional degrees. UC Davis enrolls about 39,000 annually, including international students from more than 110 countries. In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the university joined the exclusive group of fewer than 20 public universities in the nation surpassing $1 billion in research funding. The university also contributes over $8 billion to the California economy each year.

Our geographic footprint goes well beyond the city of Davis. The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento is among the nation’s Top 50 hospitals in 10 medical specialties from cardiology to cancer. We also operate an environmental research center on Lake Tahoe, a marine laboratory at Bodega Bay and an MBA program in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of California, Davis

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
59 F : 41 M (1)
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International student percentage
17% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
13.9 (1)
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Student total
38873 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at the University of California, Davis

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Life Sciences26th

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Sport Science
  • Veterinary Science
  • Biological Sciences

Law151–175th

  • Law

Education151–175th

  • Education

Arts and Humanities151–175th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Archaeology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design
  • Architecture

Business and Economics63rd

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Clinical and Health79th

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health

Computer Science=99th

  • Computer Science

Engineering=88th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Social Sciences=89th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography
  • Communication and Media Studies

Psychology34th

  • Psychology

Physical Sciences85th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics