Rankings
Our rankings
How we rank
UC Davis is highly ranked in the nation and the world, according to influential university ranking publications like U.S. News & World Report (national and global), QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and The Princeton Review.
The Wall Street Journal recognized UC Davis as the fifth-best public university in the United States in its 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.
Washington Monthly magazine ranked UC Davis second nationally among Affordable Elite Colleges in 2019.
World’s No. 2 in veterinary science
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
2nd nationally in ecology and evolutionary biology
U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 “America’s Best Graduate Schools”
3rd nationally in biological and agricultural engineering
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022
3rd nationally in medical school diverse student body
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
World’s No. 6 in environmental engineering
ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021 — Environmental Science & Engineering
Ranked 5th nationally in family medicine
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 6th nationally in primary care
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 9th nationally in developmental psychology
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 11th nationally in cognitive psychology
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 12th nationally in psychology
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 13th nationally in statistics
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 9th nationally in civil engineering
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 15th nationally in fine arts
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 17th nationally in biological sciences
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 14th nationally in earth sciences
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022
Ranked 29th nationally in public health
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 24th nationally in master's nursing programs
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024
Ranked 25th nationally in political science
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Political Science Schools” 2024
Ranked 19th nationally in constitutional law
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2024