Enrollment Trends at UC Davis

The student population at University of California-Davis is 40,065 (32,273 undergraduate and 7,792 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,879 (13.87%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UC Davis is 80.55% which is increased by 4,016 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 863 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 73 in 2015.
336 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,192.31% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 38,440 where 40,065 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 40,065 students in 2025 and was lowest at 35,186 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 35,186 to 40,065 students, a net gain of 4,879 (13.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-Davis since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	35,186	28,257	11,616	16,641	6,929	3,277	3,652
2016-17	36,460 1,274	29,379 1,122	11,960 344	17,419 778	7,081 152	3,257 -20	3,824 172
2017-18	37,380 920	30,066 687	12,230 270	17,836 417	7,314 233	3,338 81	3,976 152
2018-19	38,167 787	30,718 652	12,174 -56	18,544 708	7,449 135	3,365 27	4,084 108
2019-20	38,634 467	30,982 264	12,170 -4	18,812 268	7,652 203	3,376 11	4,276 192
2020-21	39,074 440	31,162 180	12,177 7	18,985 173	7,912 260	3,470 94	4,442 166
2021-22	40,050 976	31,657 495	12,610 433	19,047 62	8,393 481	3,675 205	4,718 276
2022-23	39,679 -371	31,532 -125	12,699 89	18,833 -214	8,147 -246	3,562 -113	4,585 -133
2023-24	39,707 28	31,797 265	12,977 278	18,820 -13	7,910 -237	3,446 -116	4,464 -121
2024-25	40,065 358	32,273 476	13,355 378	18,918 98	7,792 -118	3,443 -3	4,349 -115
Average	38,440	30,782	12,397	18,386	7,658	3,421	4,237

University of California-Davis Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 30,782 where 32,273 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Davis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	28,257	27,453	11,221	16,232	804	395	409
2016-17	29,379	28,564	11,590	16,974	815	370	445
2017-18	30,066	29,284	11,834	17,450	782	396	386
2018-19	30,718	29,967	11,806	18,161	751	368	383
2019-20	30,982	30,171	11,788	18,383	811	382	429
2020-21	31,162	30,186	11,700	18,486	976	477	499
2021-22	31,657	30,782	12,193	18,589	875	417	458
2022-23	31,532	30,673	12,313	18,360	859	386	473
2023-24	31,797	30,929	12,580	18,349	868	397	471
2024-25	32,273	31,484	13,000	18,484	789	355	434
Average	30,782	30,782	12,003	17,947	30,782	394	439

University of California-Davis Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,658 where 7,792 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of California-Davis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,929	6,344	2,997	3,347	585	280	305
2016-17	7,081	6,545	2,999	3,546	536	258	278
2017-18	7,314	6,763	3,083	3,680	551	255	296
2018-19	7,449	6,952	3,126	3,826	497	239	258
2019-20	7,652	7,101	3,121	3,980	551	255	296
2020-21	7,912	7,272	3,160	4,112	640	310	330
2021-22	8,393	7,600	3,319	4,281	793	356	437
2022-23	8,147	7,399	3,208	4,191	748	354	394
2023-24	7,910	7,255	3,149	4,106	655	297	358
2024-25	7,792	7,244	3,190	4,054	548	253	295
Average	7,658	7,658	3,135	3,912	7,658	286	325

University of California-Davis Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.35% and the percentage of black students is 2.07% at University of California-Davis. 28.56% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.12% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 31.91% to 22.35%. Asian enrollment grew from 28.42% to 28.56%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.15% to 2.07%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.86% to 23.12%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8104 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7860 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Davis over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	79	9,999	758	5,933	151	11,228	1,744
2016-17	78	9,840	809	6,642	152	11,000	1,827
2017-18	67	9,538	836	7,210	138	10,777	1,889
2018-19	71	9,450	842	7,735	135	10,359	2,004
2019-20	66	9,653	845	8,101	130	10,152	2,112
2020-21	64	10,016	848	8,454	128	9,847	2,168
2021-22	48	10,717	852	8,620	106	9,907	2,316
2022-23	57	11,138	783	8,760	100	9,551	2,366
2023-24	78	11,279	793	9,009	86	9,202	2,460
2024-25	89	11,443	829	9,262	74	8,954	2,601
Average	70	10,307	820	7,973	120	10,098	2,149

University of California-Davis Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

336 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,192.31% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-Davis from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	35,186	0	56	35,130
2016-17	36,460	0	239	36,221
2017-18	37,380	26	496	36,858
2018-19	38,167	28	1,528	36,611
2019-20	38,634	74	1,782	36,778
2020-21	39,074	26,271	8,964	3,839
2021-22	40,050	706	7,892	31,452
2022-23	39,679	353	1,651	37,675
2023-24	39,707	351	4,851	34,505
2024-25	40,065	336	4,339	35,390
Average	38,440	2,815	3,180	32,446

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Enrollment Trends at UC Davis

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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