University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
University of California-Davis admitted 45,674 of 102,988 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (44.3%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at University of California-Davis
Three things University of California-Davis published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
University of California-Davis reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
3,758 admitted from a waitlist of 17,582.
9,747 students accepted a place on that list, and 3,758 were admitted from it, 38.6% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $14,741 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
44.3%
45,674 admitted of 102,988 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
4.03
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of California-Davis?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of California-Davis says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Test scores
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 17,582
- Accepted the place
- 9,747
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 3,758
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $14,741 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $9,211
- $30k–$48k
- $9,966
- $48k–$75k
- $11,951
- $75k–$110k
- $16,294
- Over $110k
- $31,272
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
8 essay prompts on the application: 4 you would write, 8 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Regular DecisionNovember 30, 2026
Verified July 11, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in California
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Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
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