Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UC Davis

At University of California-Davis, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 42.16%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 42.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.62%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of UC Davis applicants decreased by -0.12% (110 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 42.16%, and this year's acceptance rate is 42.00% at University of California-Davis. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 37.23% and women students' rate is 46.18%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of California-Davis over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	45.21%	41.43%	48.47%
2014-15	40.37% -4.85%	36.13% -5.29%	43.91% -4.56%
2015-16	37.95% -2.42%	33.28% -2.86%	41.90% -2.01%
2016-17	42.28% 4.32%	36.28% 3.01%	47.32% 5.42%
2017-18	43.36% 1.08%	38.68% 2.40%	47.27% -0.05%
2018-19	41.07% -2.28%	35.66% -3.02%	45.35% -1.91%
2019-20	38.87% -2.20%	33.91% -1.74%	43.07% -2.28%
2020-21	46.35% 7.48%	41.24% 7.33%	50.63% 7.56%
2021-22	49.00% 2.65%	45.00% 3.76%	52.00% 1.38%
2022-23	37.34% -11.66%	31.95% -13.05%	42.04% -9.96%
2023-24	42.00% 4.66%	36.00% 4.05%	46.00% 3.96%
Average	42.16%	37.23%	46.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.62% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of California-Davis from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.12%	21.67%	24.18%
2014-15	22.00% -1.12%	19.81% -1.87%	23.51% -0.67%
2015-16	21.90% -0.10%	20.04% 0.24%	23.14% -0.37%
2016-17	19.88% -2.02%	18.41% -1.63%	20.83% -2.31%
2017-18	19.08% -0.81%	18.01% -0.40%	19.81% -1.03%
2018-19	19.95% 0.87%	18.15% 0.14%	21.22% 1.41%
2019-20	19.62% -0.33%	17.55% -0.59%	21.00% -0.22%
2020-21	17.24% -2.39%	15.78% -1.78%	18.23% -2.77%
2021-22	18.00% 0.76%	17.00% 1.23%	18.00% -0.23%
2022-23	18.09% 0.09%	17.67% 0.67%	18.36% 0.36%
2023-24	17.00% -1.09%	16.00% -1.67%	17.00% -1.36%
Average	19.62%	18.19%	20.48%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 74,908, the average number of admitted is 31,554, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,083.

The number of UC Davis applicants decreased by -0.12% (110 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of California-Davis from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	49,820	22,526	5,208
2014-15	60,543 21.52%	24,440 8.50%	5,377 3.25%
2015-16	64,602 6.70%	24,518 0.32%	5,369 -0.15%
2016-17	68,553 6.12%	28,981 18.20%	5,762 7.32%
2017-18	70,952 3.50%	30,762 6.15%	5,868 1.84%
2018-19	78,022 9.96%	32,046 4.17%	6,393 8.95%
2019-20	78,093 0.09%	30,358 -5.27%	5,957 -6.82%
2020-21	76,897 -1.53%	35,645 17.42%	6,144 3.14%
2021-22	87,120 13.29%	42,689 19.76%	7,684 25.07%
2022-23	94,747 8.75%	35,377 -17.13%	6,399 -16.72%
2023-24	94,637 -0.12%	39,748 12.36%	6,757 5.59%
Average	74,908	31,554	6,083

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of California-Davis and similar schools.