University Of California-Davis

The University of California is a public, coeducational university located in Davis, California. The university was established in 1905 on a huge campus that currently stretches over an area of 5,300 acres of rural land.

The university has the following schools and colleges under it:

Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
UC Davis College of Biological Sciences
UC Davis College of Engineering
UC Davis College of Letters and Science
UC Davis Graduate School of Management
UC Davis School of Education
UC Davis School of Law
UC Davis School of Medicine
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

The fraternities and sororities of the University of California Davis have existed since 1923. Around 8% of the university's undergraduate students are members of the school's fraternities and sororities.

Campus Location

One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8678
USA
Main Tel: (530) 752-1011
Web Site

The campus is in a small suburb.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in science, therapy and counseling, agricultural science and management, liberal arts, engineering, design, and religion and philosophy.
Large number of programs of study offered.
Large number of students.
High faculty salary.
Numerous part-time students.
Racially diverse student body.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
On-campus hospital
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	5,785	93
Master	873	78
Doctorale	500	62
First-professional degree	400	3
Postbaccalaureate certificate	133	2

Students

Student enrollment was 29,796 in 2007-2008 (28,764 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 59% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students, graduate students are 16%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

About 2% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 98% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 8,635
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 29,243
Room and board	$ 11,978
Books and supplies	$ 1,544
Other	$ 2,854

Financial Aid: UC Davis participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to UC Davis:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	Texas A & M University	College Station, TX	46,542
2	University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	15,825
3	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	46,045
4	University of Colorado at Boulder	Boulder, CO	31,796
5	Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	34,174
6	Iowa State University	Ames, IA	26,160
7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Seattle, WA	40,218
8	Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	11,932
9	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	27,569
10	University of Oregon	Eugene, OR	20,332

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		1,151
Without tenure; working toward tenure		272
Without tenure; tenure not available		669

Housing and Meals

UC Davis provides on-campus housing for 6,026 of its 28,764 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

Athletics

School sports include football (Other), basketball (Big West Conference), baseball (Big West Conference), and track (Big West Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 183 male students received the aid (men were 48% of those receiving aid) and 202 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 52% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	55%
Women	61%
All	59%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	490-630
Math	540-660
Writing	500-630

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (456 awarded)

Agricultural Business and Management
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
Agriculture
Food Science
International Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (124 awarded)

Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (118 awarded)

City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Environmental Design/Architecture
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (151 awarded)

Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (129 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (73 awarded)

Environmental Studies
Natural Resources and Conservation
Natural Resources/Conservation
Urban Forestry

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (32 awarded)

Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (126 awarded)

Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (48 awarded)

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (228 awarded)

Education
Educational Leadership and Administration
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

ENGINEERING (658 awarded)

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (208 awarded)

Human Development and Family Studies
Human Nutrition

FINE ARTS (94 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (32 awarded)

Agronomy and Crop Science
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
Plant Sciences
Soil Science and Agronomy
Soil Sciences

LAW (212 awarded)

Law (LLB, JD)
Legal Professions and Studies
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS (1,832 awarded)

American Indian/Native American Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
Asian-American Studies
Chinese Language and Literature
Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies & Archaeology
Comparative Literature
East Asian Studies
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
Geography
German Language and Literature
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
History
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
Japanese Language and Literature
Linguistics
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Political Science and Government
Russian Language and Literature
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (118 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (216 awarded)

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (255 awarded)

Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Pre-Veterinary Studies
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (37 awarded)

Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (28 awarded)

Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (146 awarded)

Nutrition Sciences

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (13 awarded)

Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (53 awarded)

Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (1,678 awarded)

Animal Behavior and Ethology
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Biochemistry
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Biostatistics
Biotechnology
Botany/Plant Biology
Cell Physiology
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
Chemistry
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
Entomology
Environmental Toxicology
Epidemiology
Exercise Physiology
Genetics
Geology/Earth Science
Hydrology and Water Resources Science
Immunology
Microbiology
Molecular Biochemistry
Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physiology
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
Population Biology
Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (13 awarded)

Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (611 awarded)

Psychology