Many students use bicycles to get around the 7000-acre campus.

University of California-Davis

Davis, California
Many students use bicycles to get around the 7000-acre campus. credit: Shea
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Overview
Public
30,186 Undergraduates
46% Admissions Rate
Suburb: Small
Public
Region: West
Division 1
Size: Big
Doctoral
University of California-Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California
95616-8678
(530) 752-1011
ucdavis.edu/

The University of California, Davis, or UC Davis, is one of the top 50 colleges in the U.S., as well as a public research, land-grant and space-grant university. Located west of Sacramento in Davis, California, it was originally called University Farm and established by the State Legislature in 1905. The campus size is 5,300 acres, making it the biggest UC campus, and it has the third largest student body out of all the UC schools. Its official motto is “Fiat lux” or “Let there be light.” UC Davis alumni and faculty members have been award Nobel Prizes, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the MacArthur Fellowship and the National Medal of Science. Notable alumni include astronauts Stephen Robinson and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Chief Justice of California Tani Cantil-Sakauye, chef Martin Yan, mayor of Sacramento Darrell Steinberg and American mixed martial artist Urijah Faber. The school’s colors are Aggie blue and gold, and its mascot is Gunrock the Mustang. Its sporting affiliation is NCAA Division I FCS – Big West, and varsity sports offered there include men’s baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer, football and cross country, and women’s golf, lacrosse, basketball, beach volleyball, water polo and equestrian.

Location

Davis, formerly known as Davisville, is a city in the U.S. state of California and the most populous city in Yolo County. It had a population of 65,622 in 2010, not including the on-campus population of the University of California, Davis, which was over 9,400 in 2016. As of 2016, there were 35,186 students enrolled at the university. More from Wikipedia...

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coffee score

91

restaurants score

Students
39%

Men

61%

Women

21

Average Age of Entering Students

2998

New Transfer Students

Admissions
46%

Acceptance Rate

17%

Enrollment Yield

1160-1400

SAT Range

76,897

Applicants in 2020

Costs
$17,026

Typical Cost

$44,351

Out-Of-State (published)

$14,597

In-State (published)

74%

Recieve Financial Aid

76%

Have Loans

$12,500

Median Debt

Academics
20 to 1

Student to Faculty Ratio

Doctoral

Highest Degree Offered

553

Doctorates Awareded

"Research and Experimental Psychology

Top Major

12

Faculty Awards

45

National Academy Members

765

Post Docs Employed

Campus Life

Dorm Food:

Standard

Clubs & Extracurriculars:

Important, more than 750 clubs to join

Greek Life:

Important, 68 chapters at the school

Party Scene:

Standard, mostly on the weekends
Athletics
Football Conference:

Big Sky Conference

Basketball Conference:

Big West Conference

Track & Field Conference:

Big West Conference

Football Division:

1

Basketball Division:

1

Track Division:

1

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