University Of California-Davis

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

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.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science, agricultural science and management, therapy and counseling, mathematics, design, liberal arts, religion and philosophy, and engineering.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

UC Davis participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 70% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 30,568 in 2009-2010 (29,651 full-time equivalent).

About 42% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 58% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students, graduate students are 15%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

UC Davis provides on-campus housing for 6,026 of its 29,651 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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) .

Graduate School Focus

UC Davis offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (467 awarded)

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

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (142 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (112 awarded)

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

ART STUDIES (6 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (143 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (129 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (100 awarded)

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

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (21 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (126 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (44 awarded)

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

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (239 awarded)

• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

ENGINEERING (602 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 (216 awarded)

• Human Development and Family Studies
• Human Nutrition

FINE ARTS (85 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
• Fine/Studio Arts

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (28 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Plant Sciences
• Soil Science and Agronomy
• Soil Sciences

LAW (208 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (1,742 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
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (115 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Computational Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (202 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (8 awarded)

• Environmental Health
• Medical Informatics

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (24 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (252 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 (18 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (38 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (138 awarded)

• Nutrition Sciences

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (11 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (55 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (1,745 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
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
• Population Biology
• Science, Technology and Society
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (21 awarded)

• Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (611 awarded)

• Psychology