UC Davis: Rankings highlights
Rankings: highlights
Cool Schools 2012
Produced by Sierra magazine
UC Davis ranks high across the board, according to many outside measures that assess university reputation. Take a closer look at our stellar student body, our faculty’s productivity and national and international rankings for the academic disciplines.
- 1st among 96 of “America's Coolest Schools” 2012, Sierra magazine's sixth annual ranking of the greenest universities (a publication of the Sierra Club)
- 1st among national universities in number of faculty papers written in the field of ecology and the environment, agriculture, entomology, food science and nutrition, and plant and animal sciences (ScienceWatch)
- Tied for 1st among research universities (with UC Berkeley and Penn State) as the top producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars, 2012-13
- 5th among U.S. universities in the number of international scholars (“Open Doors 2010 Report on International Educational Exchange”)
- 7th among public universities and 27th among public and private universities ((The Best Colleges' Top 50 Colleges and Universities in America for 2013)
- 7th among the 20th Best Colleges for Socially Conscious Students (2012)
- 8th among public research universities nationwide and 38th among public and private research universities (U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 “America’s Best Colleges”)
- 8th among U.S. universities based on our contributions to society (Washington Monthly 2011)
- 10th happiest U.S. college campus (NewsWeek College Rankings 2011)
- 14th in research funding among U.S. ranked public universities and 22nd for public and private universities (National Science Foundation 2011 R&D Expenditures)
