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The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. [1] [2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 106 select partner universities in the United States.
UC Davis is classified as "more selective" by U.S. News & World Report, though admissions rates remain high compared to other top-ranked universities. [131] In Fall 2019, UC Davis received 78,093 freshman applications, admitting 30,358 students—resulting in an admission rate of 39.1%.
The UC Davis School of Education administers several programs aimed at preparing K-12 students for postsecondary opportunities. These federally funded initiatives serve middle and high school students across multiple counties, including Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Tehama, and Yolo.
UC Davis saw robust growth in applicants in all categories. The number of first-year applicants increased to 98,834, a 4.4% increase, and transfers grew to 16,515, a 12% rise.
The number of first-time freshmen entering college that fall was 2.90 million, including students at four-year public (1.29 million) and private (0.59 million) institutions, as well as two-year public (0.95 million) and private (0.05 million) colleges. First-time freshman enrollment is projected to rise to 2.96 million by 2028. [6]
The University of California admitted the largest, most diverse class of Californians for fall 2024, with gains in low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students.
High school guidance counsellors and student affairs practitioners work together to provide information, programs, and workshops to high school students such as program prerequisites, post-secondary admission and application requirements, scholarship opportunities and application processes. [6]
Early entrance to college, sometimes called early admission or early enrollment, is the practice of allowing students to be accelerated into college, one or more years before the traditional age of college entrance, and without obtaining a high school diploma. In some cases this is done individually.