MBA 

at UC Davis, Davis

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, the University of California Davis is placed among the Top 20 Public full-time MBA in 2023-24. Additionally, this university is among the Top 10 Business Schools to Watch as per Poets & Quants. The average starting salary of this university's graduates is USD 98k+ for the Class of 2024. UC Davis MBA is a 2-year STEM-Designated program. As per the details of Class of 2024, 79% of the students received job offers three months post-graduation. A few of the hiring companies Amazon, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Beazer Homes, Keysight Technologies, etc.

According to the table given below, the University of California – Los Angeles ranks better than all the other similarly ranked universities mentioned in the table. Additionally, THE rankings for this university are constant form the last year and it showed an improvement too, on the other hand the University of California – Davis has fluctuating rankings. Most of the universities mentioned have been fluctuating.

The table below shows the comparison of the universities of various similarly ranked universities in the USA:

Ranked at #27 by Shiksha Popularity Rankings, University of California, Davis is also ranked at #31 for MS in MS in the USA, this ranking is #87 for MBA/PGDM, and #44 for B.E./B.Tech. Looking at these Shiksha Popularity Rankings, most of the University of California, Davis courses are between the ranks of #31 and #87

Moving on, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, University of California, Davis ranks #130, which is improving in comparison to its last year's ranking, i.e., #132 in 2024. University of California, Davis also ranks #59 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, University of California, Davis witnessed a decline trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #59 in 2024. Additionally, University of California, Davis ranks #33 in US News 'National University' category in 2025.

QS World University Rankings are one of the most comprehensive rankings that have offered World University Rankings since 2004. For the year 2025, the University of California, Davis QS ranking is #130 in the 'World University' category which is an improvement from the last year as the ranking for 2024 was #132. The rankings for this university have been fluctuating since 2023.

Based on the rankings comparison given below, it can be inferred the University of California – Davis ranks lower than the University of California - Los Angeles. The difference for this university in Bloomberg 'Best Business School USA' category rankings is significant. 

A comparison of The University of Texas at Austin with other UK Universities is given below:

As an Indian student, if you're planning to study in the US, there are not many universities better than UC Davis. Popular university ranking publication US News has ranked it #33 in the country and #96 in the world for the year 2025.

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the ARWU ranking, University of California, Davis ranks at #101 in 2024, which is constant since the year 2022.

Ranked at #27 by Shiksha Popularity Rankings, University of California, Davis is also ranked at #31 for MS in MS in the USA, this ranking is #87 for MBA/PGDM, and #44 for B.E./B.Tech. Looking at these Shiksha Popularity Rankings, most of the University of California, Davis courses are between the ranks of #31 and #87

Yes, this university is considered good by the students studying here. In Shiskha reviews, it receives 4.0 overall rating on a scale of 5.0. The students have given 4.4 to the quality of faculty and student life at this university. 

The ranking parameters of ARWU are quality of education, quality of faculty, research output and per capita performance. The weightage that each parameter carries is given below:

Financial Times Ranking is one of the dependable rankings when talking of MBA or Business Schools rankings. This ranking body has been publishing rankings for the Business and Management programs since 1999. For GMBA, Financial Times (FT) ranks #99 in the year 2023 offered by the University of California – Davis.