UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, California · allopathic (MD) medical school, known as UCD
UC Davis School of Medicine admissions statistics
- Median or average MCAT
- 509Average
- Median or average GPA
- 3.72Average
- Applications received
- 8,2942025-2026
- Entering class
- 1392025-2026
- Applications per seat
- 59.72025-2026
- In-state share of applications
- 65%2025-2026
- In-state share of the class
- 97.1%2025-2026
Applications received for each seat in the entering class. Not an acceptance rate: neither source publishes the number of offers made.
UC Davis School of Medicine MCAT and GPA
UC Davis School of Medicine reports average MCAT of 509 and average undergraduate GPA of 3.72 for its entering class.
- MCAT509 against a median of 512 across the 152 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 20th percentile of those programs.
- GPA3.72 against a median of 3.8 across the 155 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 22nd percentile of those programs.
- Out-of-state tuition$60,520 against a median of $69,571 across the 154 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 27th percentile of those programs.
- Entering class size139 against a median of 139 across the 160 MD programs that report it, which puts it around the 50th percentile of those programs.
A percentile here is against the programs that report the figure, not against every medical school and not against applicants. It says where the school sits among its reporting peers and nothing else.
UC Davis School of Medicine acceptance rate
PreMD does not publish an acceptance rate for individual schools. The free national sources publish applications and matriculants, not the number of offers a school made, so an acceptance rate cannot be calculated from them without inventing the missing number.
What can be published from those figures is the ratio: UC Davis School of Medicine received 8,294 applications for 139 seats in the entering class, or about 59.7 applications per seat.
Who UC Davis School of Medicine accepts applications from
| Applicant group | Policy |
|---|---|
| Out-of-state Applicants | Recommend strong ties to California |
| Canadian Applicants | Recommend strong ties to California |
| International Applicants | Recommend strong ties to California |
| DACA Status Applicants | We do not consider immigration status in the evaluation of applicants for our pathway programs or medical school admissions. |
- DACA applicants
- We do not consider immigration status in the evaluation of applicants for our pathway programs or medical school admissions.
Community college coursework: All community college coursework will be accepted and reviewed as part of the holistic admissions process.
UC Davis School of Medicine tuition and cost
- In-state tuition and fees
- $48,275
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $60,520
- In-state cost of attendance
- $87,708
- Out-of-state cost of attendance
- $99,953
- In-state health insurance
- $8,000
- Out-of-state health insurance
- $8,000
- Students receiving aid
- 98%
- Average graduating debt
- $157,975
A blank figure here means the school did not report it to the source PreMD tracks, never that it costs nothing. Check the school's own financial aid page before budgeting against it.
UC Davis School of Medicine application requirements
- Secondary fee
- $120
- Latest MCAT accepted
- September 30, 2026
- Oldest MCAT accepted
- October 2023
- Committee letter
- Accepted
- Letter packets
- Accepted
- Individual letters
- Accepted
- AAMC PREview
- We are requiring applicants to submit PREview scores
Who receives a secondary: Screened applicants
Prerequisite coursework
| Subject | Required or recommended | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | Required | 8 | Organic Chemistry (full year) or a combination of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry to meet the minimum credit hour requirement. |
| Biology | Required | 8 | General Biology coursework |
| Chemistry | Required | 8 | General chemistry coursework |
UC Davis School of Medicine interview
Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI)
PreMD reads that as an MMI, and sets up its interview practice for this school accordingly.
July
Interviews are held on Fridays (and potential other days of the week) beginning in August and ends March/April. The interview day consist of an orientation, the multiple mini interview, and session with medical students.
- Regional interviews
- Regional interviews are not available.
- Video interview
- Yes, all interviews for the 2027 Admissions Cycle will be on a virtual platform.
UC Davis School of Medicine waitlist
- Typical positions offered
- 100-150
The number of offers from the wait list varies year to year. Offers from the wait list begin in May.
UC Davis School of Medicine mission
Transforming lives by improving health through the combined power of education, research, clinical care, and community. Here our some ways we put our mission into ACTION: Admissions Practices/Priorities-The Office of Admissions conducts holistic training for all individuals involved in admissions, emphasizing their responsibilities, need for confidentiality and other topics including implicit association (bias) and other key factors influencing admissions decisions. All participants take a university provided training related to diversity and inclusion, implicit bias, and anti-racism. UC Davis utilizes a socio- economic disadvantaged score, based on AMCAS information, to attach a numeric value to each applicant’s perseverance, grit, and distance traveled, which becomes part of the holistic admission evaluation. Beginning in 2009, UC Davis has implemented several successful strategies to support enrollment of students from traditionally underrepresented in medicine groups and those who plan to work in medically underserved areas. Students can apply to enroll in: Accelerated Competency-based Education in Primary Care (ACE- PC), a three-year M.D. program designed with Kaiser Permanente to bolster the primary care workforce in California; TEACH-MS, Transforming Education and Community Health for Medical Students, geared for students who want to work in urban underserved areas; REACH, or Reimagining Education to Advance central California Health, for students aspiring to work in the Central Valley; the Rural Program in Medical Education focusing on closing workforce shortages in rural areas of northern California; and Tribal Health PRIME, designed to provide students with the appropriate knowledge and skills to practice medicine in California’s urban and rural tribal communities. COMPADRE or California Oregon Medical Partnership to Address Disparities in Rural Education is a bold partnership to address workforce shortages in Oregon and Northern California by connecting students from underserved tribal, rural and urban communities to rewarding medical school and residency experiences throughout the region. Mission-focused Graduates-Over the past 10 years, over 75% of CHS graduates have matched into primary care residencies. In 2024, US News and World Report ranked UC Davis #4 in the U.S. for Diversity and Tier 1 for Primary Care. Student Life/Support Services-The Office of Student and Resident Diversity supports all students with a focus on groups historically underrepresented in medicine, working to cultivate a safe learning environment in which diversity can be nurtured in an inclusive, accepting and productive manner. This unit is lead by our newly appointed Associate Dean for Diverse and Inclusive Education and Associate Dean for Diverse and Inclusive Learning Communities. The Office of Student Learning and Educational Resources is a comprehensive academic support unit providing assistance to students in developing learning strategies that support their academic success and promote life-long learning. The Office of Student Wellness develops and implements medical student wellness initiatives, fostering collaborations that will lead to a culture of excellence and well-being. The Academic Coaching Program utilizes clinical faculty to anchor and guide students throughout their medical school journey. Coaches help students understand the culture of medicine, their contribution to it, and how to identify and achieve their goals.
UC Davis School of Medicine rankings
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What this page publishes instead is the comparison above: where the school's own reported figures sit among the MD programs that report the same figure, with the count of reporting programs stated so the comparison can be judged.
UC Davis School of Medicine admissions contact
Sacramento, CA 95817 USA(916) 734-4800 · [email protected]
Where this came from
- AAMC MSAR public school report
- AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
- calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
Figures on this page were last reviewed on 2026-08-04.
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