Undergraduate Admissions

The UC Davis Office of Undergraduate Admissions, a department of Student Affairs evaluates freshmen and transfer student applications for admission to UC Davis. Additionally, the department provides outreach and recruiting services to high schools and community colleges around the state of California.

Undergraduate Admissions can be contacted using this form or through Instagram @ucdavisadmissions.

Freshmen

• UC Davis selection criteria for freshmen can be found here.
• Admission requirements can be found here.

Transfers

• UC Davis selection criteria for transfers can be found here.
• Admission requirements can be found here.

Students applying as Juniors from California Community Colleges receive priority consideration. A comprehensive list of articulation agreements between all California Community Colleges and UC Davis can be found here

Filing Deadlines

All are the year prior to matriculation

Fall Quarter: November 1 - 30 Winter Quarter: July 1 - 31 Spring Quarter: October 1 - 31

Apply to UC Davis online here

Statistics

Systemwide and UC Davis-specific Admission statistics for Fall 1994-2022 freshmen and transfers can be found here. UC Davis News & Information Service wrote an article analyzing Fall 2023 numbers here.

Selected Fall 2022 Stats

Freshmen and Transfer Totals

• Applications: 94,748 freshmen, 15,533 transfers
• Admits: 35,377 freshman, 9,045 transfers
• Admission Rate: 37.3% freshmen, 58.2% transfers

Average Entering Freshmen GPA

• 3.82-4.0 unweighted, 4.03-4.27 weighted

Admission Offers by Ethnicity (Freshmen)

• Total Freshmen Admitted: 35,377
  • American Indian: 168 or 0.5%
  • African American: 1,174 or 3.3%
  • Asian American: 12,056 or 34.1%
  • Chicano/Latino: 6,273 or 17.7%
  • Caucasian: 6,693 or 18.9%
  • Pacific Islander: 78 or 0.2%
  • Unknown: 1,086 or 3.1%
  • International: 7,849 or 22.1%