University of California-Davis
University of California-Davis admitted 42% of applicants. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $14,318 a year. Within six years, 86% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 42%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $43,191 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $14,318 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $8,770 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $17,346 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $54,948 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 86%
- Students who return for a second year
- 93%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $86,999 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,038
Students
- Undergraduates
- 32,253
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 36%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 22 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 18%
- Social sciences
- 13%
- Psychology
- 10%
- Engineering
- 9%
- Business, management and marketing
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Gnomon CA · 42% admitted
- Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla PR · 42% admitted
- Dillard University LA · 42% admitted
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC · 42% admitted
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN · 42% admitted
- Dickinson College PA · 42% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Irvine CA · 29% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.