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UC Davis acceptance rate

University of California, Davis · Davis, California · Public · 32,253 undergraduates

41.8%
accepted, fall 2024
98,864
applications
41,353
offers of admission
6,767
enrolled (16% of those admitted)

Women applying for fall 2024 had better odds than men: 46% were admitted, against 40% of men. Most four-year colleges are easier to get into: 1,396 of the 1,579 that report a rate admit a larger share. San Diego State is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to UC Davis in size and selectivity (36%); University of Maryland, College Park is the easiest (45%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 63%2002 63%2003 63%2004 57%2005 55%2006 61%2007 68%2008 59%2009 53%2010 47%2011 46%2012 48%2013 45%2014 40%2015 38%2016 42%2017 43%2018 41%2019 39%2020 46%2021 49%2022 37%2023 42%2024 42%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202498,86441,35341.8%6,767
202394,63739,40041.6%6,578
202294,74735,37737.3%6,399
202187,12042,47548.8%7,482
202076,89735,64546.4%6,144
201978,09330,35838.9%5,957
201878,02232,04641.1%6,393
201770,95230,76243.4%5,868
201668,55328,98142.3%5,762
201564,60224,51838.0%5,369
201460,54324,44040.4%5,377
201349,82022,52645.2%5,208
201246,21522,30348.3%4,705
201143,31320,04246.3%4,501
201042,38820,07847.4%4,414
200940,62521,35752.6%4,972
200835,14720,59858.6%4,955
200732,64322,14367.8%5,511
200630,06318,26460.8%4,379
200531,57517,34854.9%4,268
200432,53018,46456.8%4,786
200328,78118,10662.9%4,673
200227,96017,57062.8%4,403
200125,27015,97963.2%4,309

Applications and offers

025k50k75k100k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 25k Admitted: 16k2002 Applied: 28k Admitted: 18k2003 Applied: 29k Admitted: 18k2004 Applied: 33k Admitted: 18k2005 Applied: 32k Admitted: 17k2006 Applied: 30k Admitted: 18k2007 Applied: 33k Admitted: 22k2008 Applied: 35k Admitted: 21k2009 Applied: 41k Admitted: 21k2010 Applied: 42k Admitted: 20k2011 Applied: 43k Admitted: 20k2012 Applied: 46k Admitted: 22k2013 Applied: 50k Admitted: 23k2014 Applied: 61k Admitted: 24k2015 Applied: 65k Admitted: 25k2016 Applied: 69k Admitted: 29k2017 Applied: 71k Admitted: 31k2018 Applied: 78k Admitted: 32k2019 Applied: 78k Admitted: 30k2020 Applied: 77k Admitted: 36k2021 Applied: 87k Admitted: 42k2022 Applied: 95k Admitted: 35k2023 Applied: 95k Admitted: 39k2024 Applied: 99k Admitted: 41k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women52,51624,13646.0%
Men43,34817,21739.7%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Not considered (test-blind)
Score ranges
Not published for this entering class

Colleges similar to UC Davis

The six public four-year colleges closest to UC Davis in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Washington
Seattle, WA		39%31,942$13,663$83,105
University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign
Champaign, IL		42%36,258$13,042$87,599
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD		45%30,760$14,296$89,228
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC		42%27,371$16,486$77,810
University of Georgia
Athens, GA		38%32,137$13,636$77,246
San Diego State
San Diego, CA		36%35,377$13,243$73,494

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by UC Davis to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · UC Davis on College Scorecard