Rankings

The sum of UC Davis rankings reflects academic breadth and strength, heritage of international engagement, and our commitment to teaching, research and public service. Here is a sampling:

• 8th in the ranking of U.S. universities based on their contributions to society (Washington Monthly 2007)
• 10th in research funding among U.S. ranked public universities (National Science Foundation 2006-2007 fiscal year)
• 12th among public universities nationwide (U.S. News & World Report 2009)
• 4th among American universities in the number of international scholars (Open Doors 2008 Report on International Educational Exchange)
• 3rd among UC campuses and 34th for all national universities in "best education" as rated by high-school counselors (U.S. News & World Report 2009)
• 5th in the biological and agricultural engineering undergraduate program; 35th overall undergraduate programs ; and among top 23 in university writing programs (U.S. News & World Report's 2009 "America's Best Colleges")
• 33rd in the ranking of best graduate schools for engineering (U.S. News & World Report's 2009 "Best Graduate School")
• 14th of 50 top U.S. universities evaluated in best return on tuition investment (Smart Money 2009)
• UC Davis Medical Center consistently among the top 50 hospitals in the U.S. (U.S. News & World Report 2005 and 2006)
• Among the Best 368, the Best Western colleges, and great schools for biology and psychology majors (The Princeton Review 2009)
• Among the top 50 universities in the world, according to the Institute for Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China (2008)
• 34th nationally (Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2008)
• UC Davis School of Law ranks 35th "Best Law School" in the nation (U.S. News & World Report 2010)
• 89th in the world according to the 2008 Times Higher Education QS World University Rankings, which bases its rankings on reviews by academic peers and employers as well as data on citations of faculty members' scholarly publications, staffing levels and the proportions of international faculty and students
• Among the top five in the nation, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Top Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index 2007," these doctoral programs:
  • Soil Science: #1
  • Spanish and Literature: #1
  • Entomology: #1
  • Plant Pathology: #2
  • Evolutionary Biology: #2
  • Agricultural and Resource Economics: #2
  • Animal Biology: #3
  • Horticulture and Agronomy: #3
  • Human Development: #3
  • Mathematics: #4
  • Biological Sciences: #4
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures: #5
• Among the top in the nation, U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Graduate Schools 2010," ranked several doctoral programs:
  * Biological Sciences, #23
  * Biological Sciences: Ecology/Evolutionary Biology, #4
  * Earth Sciences, #21
  * Economics, #34
  * Engineering, #33
  * Engineering: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical, #30
  * Engineering: Chemical, #22
  * Engineering: Computer, #39
  * Engineering: Environmental/Environmental Health, #13
  * Engineering: Materials, #34
  * Engineering: Mechanical, #32
  * English, #26
  * Fine Arts, #21
  * Fine Arts: Ceramics, #13
  * Geology, #18
  * History, #28
  * History: U.S. Colonial History, #14
  * Paleontology, #11
  * Political Science, #24
  * Political Science: American Politics, #19
  * Psychology, #23
  * Sociology, #31
  * Sociology: Sex and Gender, #10
  * Sociology: Sociology of Population, #21
• 17th most racially and ethnically diverse large national research university by 2009 U.S. News & World Report
• The Princeton Review has ranked UC Davis as one of 100 higher education institutions on their "Best Value Colleges for 2009" list (2009)
• 42nd among the top 4000 universities in the world by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, which bases its rankings on a quantitative analysis of internet content specially related to the generation and communication of scientific knowledge (2008)
• For 13 consecutive years, the UC Davis Graduate School of Management has been ranked among the top 50 business schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Read more GSM rankings

Association

One of 62 North American universities admitted into the prestigious Association of American Universities (Since 2004)

Research funding: $586.1 million in 2007–08

Private support: $216.8 million in 2007–08, including a $100 million philanthropic grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Total UC Davis endowment: $652 million

Colleges/schools/divisions:

• 4 colleges (Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, Letters and Science)
• 6 professional schools (Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing)

Health Care: UC Davis Health System covers 33 countries, 65,000 square miles and 6 million people. Includes a 577-bed acute-care teaching hospital in Sacramento and the region’s only Level 1 trauma center. UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital cares for more than 32,000 small and large animals each year.

Student enrollment: 31,426 (fall 2008)

Alumni: 196,834

Undergraduate majors: 102

Graduate programs: 87

Intercollegiate sports: 26 (14 for women, 12 for men)

Campus acreage: 5,300 acres (largest UC campus)

Library: Contains more than 3 million volumes and is ranked among the top research libraries in North America