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School of Education Quick Facts
2011-2012

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Founded

2002

Associations

  • Association of American Universities: One of 61 North American universities admitted into this prestigious group.
  • American Educational Research Association: The most prominent international professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application.

US News & World Report Rankings

  • Overall among Schools of Education: 58
  • Top 23% overall of ranked schools of education nationally
  • Top 14% in best overall reputation of ranked schools of education nationally
  • Top 12% in non-academic reputation of ranked schools of education nationally
  • Top 16% in academic reputation of ranked schools of education nationally
  • Top 27% in research expenditures per faculty member of ranked schools of education nationally
  • Top 24% in competitive acceptance rate of ranked schools of education nationally

Programs

  • Undergraduate: Minor in Education
  • Teacher Credential/Master of Arts
  • Master of Arts (MA)
  • Doctorate in Education (EdD)
  • Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD)

People

Students

Enrollment: 583

  • Undergraduate Minor: 160
  • Teacher Credential/Master of Arts: 268
  • MA: 3
  • EdD: 74
  • PhD: 78

Gender

  • Teacher Credential/Master of Arts: 75% Women, 25% Men
  • MA: 100% Women
  • EdD: 62% Women, 28% Men
  • PhD: 69% Women, 21% Men

GPA

  • Mean Undergraduate GPA for Entering Graduate Students (Fall, 2011): 3.33

Ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino: 14%
  • Black or African-American: 6%
  • White: 57%
  • American Indian or Alaskan Native: 2%
  • Asian: 16%
  • Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 1%
  • Unknown: 4%

Tuition (2011-2012, per year):

  • Undergraduate: Full-time, In-state: $15,124, Full-time, Out-of-state: $38,002; Part-time, In-state: $9,514, Part-time, Out-of-state: $20,953
  • Graduate: Full-time, In-state: $15,272, Full-time, Out-of-state: $30,374; Part-time, In-state: $9,662, Part-time, Out-of-state: $17,213

Scholarships, Assistantships and Aid

  • Percentage of Graduate Students Receiving Grants and/or Scholarships: 34%
  • Percentage of Doctoral-Level Students with Appointments (e.g., Teaching Assistants): 50%

Faculty (Fall, 2011)

  • Full-time: 30; 93% with a doctoral degree
  • Part-time: 5
  • Women: 60%; Men: 40%
  • Percentage of Full-time faculty involved in externally funded research projects: 49%

Staff (Fall, 2011): 70

Alumni

  • Graduates (2011): 316
  • Living alumni with degrees (March, 2012): 7,008
  • Percentage of alumni residing in CA: 83%

Research Expenditures (2010-2011)

$5.2M

About UC Davis

Colleges/schools/divisions

  • Four colleges (Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, Letters and Science)
  • Six professional schools (Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing)

Student enrollment: 32,290 (Fall 2010)

Living alumni with degrees: 205,755

Undergraduate majors: 102

Graduate programs: 88

Campus acreage: 5,300 acres (largest UC campus)

Rankings

  • Ninth among public research universities nationwide and 38th among public and private research universities (U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 “America’s Best Colleges”).
  • Fourteenth in the 50 top U.S. universities evaluated in best return on tuition investment (Smart
Money 2009).
  • Tenth in research funding: UC Davis received $678.6 million in research awards in 2009-10, a record for the campus and the sixth consecutive year that research funds have topped a half-billion dollars.

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