University of California Davis
School info
4.1
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.3
Food
3.9
Clubs
4
Facilities
4.2
Internet
3.7
Location
3.9
Opportunities
4.1
Safety
4.3
Social
3.8
Happiness
4.2
Basic Information
Location
- Davis, CA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public land-grant research university
- Established: March 18, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-03-18)(1959 as a general UC campus)
- Founder: Peter J. Shields, George Washington Pierce Jr
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 220 degree courses (102 undergraduate majors and 101 graduate programs)
Key Area
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Bodega Marine Laboratory
- Tahoe Environmental Research Center
- Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Plant and Animal Science
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 40,848 (fall 2023)
- Undergraduates: 31,797 (fall 2023)
- Postgraduates: 7,912 (fall 2023)
- Academic Staff: 2,175 (fall 2023)
Notable Alumni
- Hasan Minhaj
- Adam Duritz
- Tracy Caldwell Dyson
- Anna Escobedo Cabral
- Stephen Robinson
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Good reviews
Overall 5
I love it here so much
Overall 5
I enjoy everything
Overall 5
Nice
Overall 5
Really impressed with this school. Its currently the 3rd top ranked UC just under UCLA and Uc Berkeley (Cal). Plenty of amenities and services, beautiful campus and lots of farm animals and a river .
Overall 5
Very good school
Overall 5
Im honestly so happy at UC Davis Ive had so many amazing opportunities and im so excited to see where the rest of my journey here goes
Overall 5
Everything is wonderful
Overall 5
Remember research comes first here and teaching is second. If you can accept that and the speed of the quarter system you will have no problems. Students are friendly use the tutoring services. Also your grades can be curved so take that into account too. You're in the big leagues so don't complain another bright student could replace you.
Overall 5
UC Davis is a big name school and part of the UC system. Remember very importantly your professors are more interested in their research than your education. That is normal here it should be no shock to anyone. So the teaching usually takes a hit. Make sure you are independent when you come here that you can digest and study information on your own
Overall 5
I appreciated all the teachers and all the resources that the departments have. I enjoyed the environment. Going to college for me was an experience that I could be outside of my environment that I grew up in. UC Davis was an environment that was covered in nature and trees, this was a different feel for me.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
get ready to pay $1000 in parking per year. thanks TAPS!
Overall 1.5
CS department don't care about us getting classes or about our education, they only care about our money :( Rising junior and it's impossible to get a darn CS or STEM class.
Overall 1.6
Worst few years of my life. Everyone who goes here is a rich snob. Teachers aren't accommodating and tend to forget that students have to work and have other classes. Location sucks, social life is dead, classes are useless and you won't learn anything to help you in your career or real life.
Overall 1.7
It is located in a wide spot in the road an highly overrated. Too many of the students are entitled and paying by the semester to waste their time and someone else's money.
Overall 1.8
A few days after graduating it all feels like a really bad dream. Sure, the student experience depends on the opportunites you get, but sometimes you can try your best and nothing pans out. Have a lot to unpack in therapy after this.
Overall 1.8
Not the very best school for a lot of majors except animal science. Keep organizing frequent strikes that affects students and their mental health. I’m a very mentally strong person but Davis showed the ways to the counseling services. If you’re in this university there’s no chance you’re graduating without seeing the therapist.
Overall 1.9
I absolutely hate it here. you are better off going to a cal state school. the social life is dead and it is literally in the middle of nowhere.