Department of Economics
University of California, Davis
Admission is only to the PhD program
This is a complete list of materials required for admission and financial aid. Questions should be addressed to Marilyn Dexter, Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Economics, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8578.
Email: mldexter@ucdavis.edu; Phone: (530) 752-0743; Fax: (530) 754-6726;
Admission Requirements
A bachelor’s degree, preferably in economics, is required. Students who did not major in economics should have taken at least intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, and two additional upper-division economics courses. Because of the quantitative nature of the first-year theory sequence, prior completion of at least one year of calculus is essential, and a course in linear algebra is highly desirable. Similarly, at least two courses in statistics, including an upper-division course, are very important as preparation for the econometrics courses.
Applicants with GRE verbal scores below the 60th percentile (30th percentile for non-native speakers of English), GRE quantitative below the 70th percentile, or TOEFL scores below 600 (or below 250 if computer based exam or below 68 counting all 4 sections of the iBT exam) will not be considered for admission. While the minimum overall GPA required for admission is 3.25, the entire record (including course work and letters of recommendation) is reviewed in every case.
The following table shows data on the GRE scores of students admitted into the graduate program in the recent past:
| Percentiles |
|
Verbal |
Quantitative |
Analytical
Writing |
| median |
90 |
90 |
67 |
| mean |
83 |
88 |
69 |
On-line Information
- UC Davis Economics Department
- http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/
- UC Davis Campus Home
- http://www.ucdavis.edu/
- Graduate Studies
- http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/
- Graduate Handbook
- http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/graduate_handbook
Application for Admission and Supporting Materials
Applications are accepted for fall quarter only. Admission is only to the PhD program but students have the option of leaving with an MA degree after successfully completing the first year. Please refer to the Graduate Handbook for further details.
Deadline: Applications and all supporting materials must be received by December 15, 2008 to receive full consideration for admission and financial aid. An admission decision will not be made until all materials have been received. Applications received after the deadline will be reviewed until the program becomes full, but will have lower priority for admission and financial aid. No applications will be accepted after March 1, 2009.
The Fall 2009 online application will be available at this website: http://apply.embark.com/grad/ucdavis .
SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS ONLINE ONLY (as directed on the application):
Application for Admission
Personal History Statement
Statement of Purpose
Application fee ($70 for domestic application or $90 for international) The fee may be paid by credit card or by e-check as directed on the application. The fee must be paid before the application will be considered complete and the fee must be paid for each application submitted.
Three letters of recommendation (ask each recommender to upload a letter electronically, as directed on the application. DO NOT submit hard copies of the letters).
C.V. (curriculum vitae or resume)
Note: DO NOT submit writing samples, as they are not required and will not be considered in the application review
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores Arrange for ETS to send the GRE scores to UC Davis ELECTRONICALLY; the codes are: institution code 4834 and department code 1801. Note: If you supply the codes to ETS but forget to ask that scores be sent ELECTRONICALLY, only a paper version of the scores will be sent.
The GRE exam is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), CN 6000, Princeton, NJ 08541-6000; phone: (609) 771-7670. You can contact the ETS directly by email at gre-info@ets.org or see information on the web, at www.gre.orgInternational Students: The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Arrange for ETS to send official paper TOEFL scores to UC Davis; the codes are: institution code 4834 and department code 84.
The TOEFL exam is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), P.O. Box 6151, Princeton, NJ 08541-6151; phone: (609) 771-7100. You can request information by email at toefl@ets.org or see information on the web, at www.toefl.org
SEND TRANSCRIPTS BY MAIL TO:
Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Economics
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8578
Official copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts
- Transcripts should not be sent until AFTER the online admission application has been marked complete and submitted. Submit ONLY ONE transcript from each university or college you have attended. If applying to more than one UC Davis graduate program, send the transcript to only one program (either to the first choice program or to the first one applied for) and that transcript will be made available to each program to which you applied.
NOTE: Only the transcripts should be sent to the Graduate Program Coordinator. Review the instructions above for submitting the other required materials.
Nonresident Tuition Fellowships
All “non-resident” applicants (international applicants and domestic Non-California residents) will be automatically considered “as if” they had applied for a Nonresident Tuition Fellowship (NRTF), so there is no need to submit a fellowship application for this kind of fellowship. NRTF’s provide "partial" funding towards the cost of the Nonresident Tuition fee. NRTF’s and Teaching Assistantships (TAships) are the most common kinds of financial aid that applicants are likely to receive. However, they are offered to only a few of the best applicants each year (approximately 10 – 12), and do not provide full financial aid.
(Note: Domestic students, i.e. US citizens, immigrants and permanent residents, can generally establish California residency and avoid paying nonresident tuition after one year in California if appropriate steps are taken before the Fall quarter begins.)
Fellowships
The University offers several merit based fellowships and scholarships. These are highly competitive and the Department must choose and nominate at most 4 applicants for each of these fellowships; the successful applicants are then chosen through a campuswide competition. Historically, the Department has received fewer than one fellowship per year. Consequently, only those applicants with a GPA greater than 3.7 and GRE scores exceeding the 85th percentile in both Verbal and Quantitative exams should apply. For more information about these fellowships see http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/support/fellinst.html.
Deadline: All application materials must be received by December 15, 2008. (The GRE must be taken no later than November 2008.
For these UC Davis Fellowships (not NRTF Fellowships as described above) SUBMIT ONLINE along with the admission application:
- Application for UC Davis Fellowship
Teaching Assistantships
All applicants will be automatically considered “as if” they had applied for a teaching assistantship, so there is no need to submit a Teaching Assistantship application. For best consideration, all required admission application materials must be received by Dec. 15, 2008.
Research Assistantships
Research Assistantships are not offered to new students of this department, but are reserved for continuing graduate students.
Other Financial Aid
Domestic students only may request information concerning graduate loans, grants, and work-study employment from Graduate Financial Aid Services, Dutton Hall, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8596. Phone: (530) 752-9246 from 10 a.m.-12 noon and 1-4 p.m.; email: gradfinaid@ucdavis.edu. Applications are due in early March. International students are not eligible for these types of aid.
For further information, please also see the FAQ section (Frequently Asked Questions) at http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/graduates_faq.cfm (or click on the back arrow and then click on FAQ).
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