University of California, Davis Rankings 2026

US World and News ranked University of California, Davis at rank #33 in the 'National University' category, which is a decline from the last year 2024, as this ranking was #28. From the ranking data in hand, it can be inferred that the rankings for this university have been fluctuating since the year 2023. For the 'Global University' category, this university rank at #89 in the year 2024, which is a decline from its rankings in the year 2023.

For global university category rankings, the U.S. News & World Report ranks the universities according to their performance, which is set across a variety of indicators. These indicators are:

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.

According to the FT rankings comparison, the University of California – Los Angeles ranks the best out of the mentioned universities, on the other hand, the University of California, Davis isn't anywhere near to this university for GMBA program. 

A ranking comparison of University of California, Davis with other similar universities for GMBA programme (2023 rankings) is given below:

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.

QS World University ranking body ranked over 1,500 institutions for the year 2025. The key metrics are academic reputation, citations per faculty, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, and international faculty ratio / international student ratio. The overall score that University of California, Davis has attained in 2025 is 54.4 out of 100.

Given below are the scores mentioned for this university:

The rankings have been provided by THE (Times Higher Education) since the year 2004. The creation of these rankings is done to know and evaluate the university's performance on the global stage and provide a comprehensive ranking report for the students to make an informed higher education decision.

For the year 2025, University of California, Davis is ranked at #62 which is a decline of 3 spots, from the last year ranking of #59. These rankings for this university are fluctuating since 2023.  

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:

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.

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:

Bloomberg Business Week rankings are considered one of the best and the most trusted ranking bodies around the world. Bloomberg Ranking 2024 released its ranking for the criterion of according to which University of California, Davis ranks at #69, which is a decline from the last year as this ranking for the last year was #43. By looking at the rankings, it can be inferred that the Bloomberg rankings for this university are fluctuating. From #57 in 2022, to #43 in 2023, to #69 in 2024.

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: