Applying to UC Davis

University of California-Davis's acceptance rate is 42.00% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 94,637 students applied and 39,748 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is around the national average.

UC Davis's acceptance rate places 22nd out of 119 California colleges with competitive admission.

To apply to UC Davis, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not considered for admission at University of California-Davis.

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of California-Davis is 42.00% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 17.00%. 44,497 men and 50,140 women applied to UC Davis and 16,019 men and 23,064 women students were accepted.

Among them, 2,563 men and 3,921 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2023). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at UC Davis.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at UC Davis
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	94,637	44,497	50,140	0	0
Admitted	39,748	16,019	23,064	0	0
Enrolled	6,757	2,563	3,921	0	0
Acceptance Rate	42.00%	36.00%	46.00%	-	-
Yield	17.00%	16.00%	17.00%	-	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

University of California-Davis 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not considered in admission process at UC Davis. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply University of California-Davis.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

UC Davis Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Not Considered
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Required
Recommendations	Not Considered
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Not Considered
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Considered, if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not Considered

General Admissions Information

The application fee is $80 for undergraduate schools and $135 for graduate schools of University of California-Davis. The next table provides general admission information for applying to UC Davis.

Admission Information for Applying to UC Davis
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$80
Graduate Application Fees	$135
Admission Information	ucdavis.edu/admissions/
Online Application	admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Calendar System	Quarter
Course for High School Students	Not Offered
Credits Accepted	Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Post-Master Certificate, Doctoral (Research), Doctoral (Professional Practice)

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