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UC Davis Common Data Set 2025-26
CATest policy: Test-blind for admission: C8A is No and C8F is blank, so SAT/ACT are not used in admission decisions; scores are used for academic advising (C8D) and placement (SAT, ACT, AP, institutional exam).Compare with other schoolsAP credit
Acceptance rate
44.3%
45,674 of 102,988
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
—
ACT middle 50%
—
Who got into UC Davis: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 412Waitlisted 110Rejected 84Preview
Self-reported by 606 applicants on Reddit, so it leans toward strong applicants and isn't UC Davis's official data. 15 with lower scores are off the chart but counted in the table. See your chances
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GPA and SAT of 606 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 102,988 |
| AdmittedC1 | 45,674 |
| EnrolledC1 | 6,824 |
| YieldC1 | 14.9% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 17,582 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 9,747 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 3,758 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 38.6% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | — |
| Submitted ACTC9 | — |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 4.03 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 66.1% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 23.1% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 8.4% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 2.4% |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $14,202 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $53,472 |
| Required feesG1 | $3,798 |
| Food and housingG1 | $22,125 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 19.8% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 81.7% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $32,557 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $29,937 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresNot considered
- Application essayImportant
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesImportant
- Talent/abilityImportant
- Character/personal qualitiesImportant
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workImportant
- Work experienceConsidered
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 31,695 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 92.9% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 86% |
Notes on this filing
- C1: enrollee-by-sex rows (2,685 male + 3,952 female + 173 unknown = 6,810) do not sum to the printed enrolled total of 6,824; 6,824 used (matches enrollment-status rows and residency table).
- C2: waitlist counts mapped by position: offered 17,582; accepted place 9,747; admitted 3,758. Labels were cut off. Waitlist ranked: No.
- C8: test policy inferred from C8A (No) and blank C8F; C9 score percentiles and submission percentages are blank, so left null.
- C21/C22: early decision and early action answered No; application counts left null. C22 restrictive-plan question is blank.
- B4-B21: most recent bachelor's cohort is Fall 2019. Filing prints 6-year rate (86.0%) but no 4-year rate, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
- B22: retention rate 92.9% as printed.
- G1: public institution; in-district and in-state tuition both 14,202; out-of-state 53,472; first-year column used. Food and housing 22,125 used as room_and_board.
- H2: first-time full-time first-year column used. pct_need_fully_met = line h (712) / line d (3,602) = 19.8%. Line d is the count awarded any financial aid, not strictly need-based aid, as the instruction names it. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed, so left null.
- H2 line I (81.7%), line J ($32,557) and line K ($29,937) are first-year column values.
Source: UC Davis Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.