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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

5th nationally in medical school diverse student body
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

World’s No. 6 in environmental engineering
ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2021 — Environmental Science & Engineering

Ranked 7th nationally in family nurse practitioner master's programs
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 7th nationally in family medicine
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 8th nationally in primary care
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 8th nationally in environmental sciences
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 9th nationally in developmental psychology
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 11th nationally in cognitive psychology
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 12th nationally in psychology
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 13th nationally in statistics
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 13th nationally in civil engineering
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 15th nationally in fine arts
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2020

Ranked 17th nationally in biological sciences
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 19th nationally in earth sciences
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 20th nationally in public health
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 20th globally in environmental sciences
QS World University Rankings 2022

Ranked 23rd nationally in master's nursing programs
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 24th nationally in biostatistics
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 25th nationally in political science
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2021

Ranked 25th nationally in environmental, constitutional, criminal and business-corporate law
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022

Ranked 25th nationally in geochemistry
U.S. News & World Report’s “America's Best Graduate Schools” 2022