Editing University of California, Davis (section)

===Rankings===
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{{Infobox US university ranking
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| Forbes_NU     = 43
| USNWR_NU      = 33 <small>(tie)</small>
| Wamo_NU       = 26
| WSJ_NU        = 12
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| QS_W          = 130
| THE_W         = 59
| USNWR_W       = 89 <small>(tie)</small>
| ARWU_W= 101–150
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Davis Aggies|color=white}}" |National Program Rankings<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-california-davis-110644/overall-rankings |title=University of California--Davis - Overall Rankings |date=April 9, 2024 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=August 22, 2024 }}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking
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| Biostatistics || 24 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Business || 57 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Chemistry || 38 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Computer Science || 36 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Earth Sciences || 14 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Economics || 26 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Education || 42 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Engineering || 36 <small>(tie)</small>
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| English || 26 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Fine Arts || 15 <small>(tie)</small>
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| History || 24 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Law || 55 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Mathematics || 30 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Medicine: Primary Care || Tier 1
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| Medicine: Research || Tier 2
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| Nursing: Master's || 24 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Physician Assistant || 40 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Physics || 38 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Political Science || 25 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Psychology || 12 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Public Health || 29 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Sociology || 31 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Statistics || 13 <small>(tie)</small>
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| Veterinary Medicine || 1
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! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Davis Aggies|color=white}}" |Global Program Rankings<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-california-davis-110644#rankings |title=University of California Davis in United States - US News Best Global Universities |date=June 24, 2024 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=August 22, 2024 }}</ref>
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! Program
! Ranking
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| Agricultural Sciences || 13
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| Arts & Humanities || 104{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Biology & Biochemistry || 51
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| Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology || 42
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| Cell Biology || 97
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| Chemistry || 187{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Civil Engineering || 157
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| Clinical Medicine || 143
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| Computer Science || 157{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Ecology || 36{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Economics & Business || 131
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| Electrical & Electronic Engineering || 217{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Endocrinology & Metabolism || 181
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| Engineering || 180{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Environmental Engineering || 193
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| Environment/Ecology || 22
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| Food Science & Technology || 39
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| Geosciences || 99{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Green & Sustainable Science & Technology || 221
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| Immunology || 110
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| Infectious Diseases || 164
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| Marine & Freshwater Biology || 67{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Materials Science || 324{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Mathematics || 174
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| Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences || 87{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Microbiology || 33
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| Molecular Biology & Genetics || 61{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology || 327
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| Neuroscience & Behavior || 105{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Oncology || 145{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Optics || 178
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| Pharmacology & Toxicology || 164
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| Physical Chemistry || 408{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Physics || 154
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| Plant & Animal Science || 2
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| Psychiatry/Psychology || 38
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| Public, Environmental & Occupational Health || 154{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging || 103{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Social Sciences & Public Health || 125{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Space Science || 103{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Surgery || 195{{nbsp}}<small>(tie)</small>
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| Water Resources || 51
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UC Davis is considered to be a "[[Public Ivy]]."<ref name="publicivy">{{cite book |last=Greene |first=Howard R. |title=The public ivies: America's flagship public universities |author2=Greene, Matthew W. |publisher=Cliff Street Books |year=2001 |isbn=978-0060934590 |edition=1st |location=New York}}</ref> In its 2023 edition, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked UC Davis tied for the 6th-best public university in the United States, tied for 28th nationally and tied for 73rd globally.<ref name="USNews">{{cite web |title=U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings: UC-Davis |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-california-davis-1313/overall-rankings |access-date=September 23, 2023|magazine=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked UC Davis 13th in its 2020 National University ranking, based on its contribution to the public good as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2020 National University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020college-guide/national |magazine=Washington Monthly |access-date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' magazine ranked UC Davis 10th in the country out of 739 schools evaluated for its 2020 "Best Colleges for Your Money" edition<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Best Colleges in America, Ranked by Value |url=http://money.com/money/best-colleges/ |magazine=Money |date=August 25, 2020}}</ref> and 4th in its list of the 50 best public schools in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.com/best-colleges/rankings/best-public-colleges/ |title=Best Public Colleges |magazine=Money |date=August 25, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119133143/https://money.com/best-colleges/rankings/best-public-colleges/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2022 ranked UC Davis 23rd overall out of 650 colleges and universities in the U.S., 22nd among research universities, 4th among public university, and 11th for "Best Value".

The university has several distinguished graduate programs ranked in the top 10 in their fields by the [[United States National Research Council]]; most notable are its programs in [[agricultural economics]], [[entomology]], [[evolutionary biology]], [[plant biology]], and [[ecology]]. Additionally, the NRC placed more than a third of UC Davis graduate programs in the top 25% of their respective fields.<ref>{{cite web | title = UC Davis Office of Graduate Studies: A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States | url = http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/nrc/NRC-UCD-Brief-Report.pdf | year = 2010 | publisher = University of California, Davis | access-date = June 7, 2011 | archive-date = October 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004124438/http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/nrc/NRC-UCD-Brief-Report.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2016, ''U.S. News & World Report'' rated UC Davis 2nd globally in Agricultural Sciences, 1st in Plant and Animal Science, 4th in Environment/Ecology, and 1st nationally in Veterinary Medicine, 3rd in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 7th (tie) in Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 9th in U.S. Colonial History, 15th in Comparative Politics, 19th in Biological Sciences, 20th in Earth Sciences and 21st in Psychology.<ref name="USNews" /> The Economics department of UC Davis was also ranked 6th among public universities and 20th nationally according to the RePec (Research Papers in Economics) Rankings in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://econ.dss.ucdavis.edu/news/economics-department-ranked-number-6-among-public-u.s.-universities-and-ranked-in-the-top-20-among-public-and-private-u.s.-universities |title=Economics department ranked number 6 among public U.S. universities and ranked in the top 20 among public and private U.S. universities. — Economics at UCDavis |publisher=Econ.dss.ucdavis.edu |access-date=August 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205160335/http://econ.dss.ucdavis.edu/news/economics-department-ranked-number-6-among-public-u.s.-universities-and-ranked-in-the-top-20-among-public-and-private-u.s.-universities |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, ''[[The Economist]]'' placed UC Davis Graduate School of Management in the top 8% accredited MBA programs in the United States (ranked 37th nationally and 65th globally).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gsm.ucdavis.edu/economist-ucd-mba-number-1-recruiter-diversity |title=The Economist Ranks UC Davis MBA in the World's Top Tier – UC Davis Graduate School of Management |publisher=Gsm.ucdavis.edu |access-date=August 17, 2014 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819041736/http://gsm.ucdavis.edu/economist-ucd-mba-number-1-recruiter-diversity |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'' placed UC Davis 40th nationally and 90th globally for 2019.<ref name="ShanghaiRanking.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2019.html|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2019|publisher=ShanghaiRanking Consultancy|access-date=September 9, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815195442/http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2019.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In its 2019 rankings, ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked it tied for 59th in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/2/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title=World University Rankings 2019 |date=September 26, 2018 |publisher=THE Education Ltd.}}</ref> The ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked it tied for 104th globally for its 2020 ratings, with Veterinary Science ranked 2nd in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-california-davis#wurs|title=QS World University Rankings 2020: University of California, Davis |date=July 16, 2015 |publisher=QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. |access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref>

In 2016, ''[[Sierra Club|Sierra Magazine]]'' ranked UC Davis 8th in its "Greenest Schools" in America list for campus sustainability and climate change efforts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sierraclub.org/sierra/2016-5-september-october/cool-schools-2016/top-20 |title=America's Greenest Universities – The Top 20 |last=Andrews |first=Avital |publisher=Sierra Club |date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>