University of California-Davis
UC Davis publishes an acceptance rate of 42% and is test-blind for the 2026-27 cycle.
Acceptance rate
What UC Davis's 42% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits UC Davis reports itself.
Transfer
Transfer admits, profile snapshot "as of Aug. 1, 2025" (UC Davis official admissions page) — Fall 2025 entering class admission cycle · as of August 2026 · 1.3× easier than first-year
Read the transfer analysis →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Blind for 2026-27
- Policy
The University of California is test-blind at all nine campuses: SAT/ACT scores are not considered for admissions or scholarships, systemwide, including for the 2026-27 cycle.
- SAT middle 50%
- Not reported
- ACT middle 50%
- Not reported
- Average HS GPA
- 4.00–4.25 (weighted)Fall 2026 admitted first-year class (UC campus profile, weighted-capped HS GPA) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- —
- Regular decision
- Nov 30, 2026Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 32,253
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $50,974
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- ucdavis.edu
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Sources
- UC Davis test policy (2026-27)
- UC Davis GPA (Fall 2026 admitted first-year class (UC campus profile, weighted-capped HS GPA))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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