Graduate Program

Domestic = US Citizen or US Permanent Resident

Please note: the figures quoted below reflect information available at the time this document was prepared. The information provided below is not meant to be accurate and should be taken only as an indication of the actual figures.

Also, please note that figures differ depending upon whether a student is a California Resident or a Non-Resident of California.

Establishing California residence: It is generally possible for Domestic Students to establish California residency and avoid paying nonresident tuition charges after one year in California if appropriate steps are taken before the Fall quarter of their second year begins. Information can be found on the following web page:
http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/ucdwebcatalog/appendix/residency.html

What are my Chances for Admission and/or Financial Aid?

It will depend on how each applicant’s record compares with those of many other applicants. It is therefore impossible to estimate an individual’s chances until all applications have been received and examined.

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.

The Teaching Assistant Salary = $16,391.00 for the 2007-08 academic year.

It is paid monthly in 9 equal installments ($1,821.22 per month) beginning November 1. Since each quarter = about 3 months, there are 3 payments per quarter, so "per quarter", the salary = $5,463.67)

Teaching Assistants are entitled to reduced In-State Fees (*see fee information, farther below).

In addition, international students (and domestic students who are not California residents), offered a TAship for the entire academic year at 50% time, are entitled to some funding towards the cost of moving to California (this amount varies, depending on mileage). This funding will be paid after arrival in Davis, sometime after the fall quarter begins.

Usually about 12 TAships are offered to new graduate students each year (of nearly 200 applicants, about 80 - 90 are admitted and of those, about 20 – 28 enroll at UC Davis).

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 the online admission application at http://apply.embark.com/grad/ucdavis.

Deadline: All application materials must be received by December 15, 2007. (The GRE must be taken no later than November 2007.

For these UC Davis Fellowships (not NRTF Fellowships as described above) SUBMIT ONLINE along with admission application.:

• Application for UC Davis Fellowship

Other Financial Aid

Domestic students only may request information concerning graduate loans, grants, and work-study employment from Graduate Financial Aid Services, rm. 1100 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.; e mail: gradfinaid@ucdavis.edu. Applications are due in early March. International students are not eligible for these types of aid.

What are the Fees for Domestic Students for the 2007-2008 Academic Year?

The following table summarizes the information detailed below about total fees per year (for the 2007-2008 academic year) depending on whether or not you are a California Resident and whether or not you are a Teaching Assistant.

In-State Fees

All graduate students (international and domestic) must pay "In-State Fees".

Non-Resident Tuition Fee

In addition to In-State Fees, domestic students who are not California residents must pay the "Non-Resident Tuition Fee":

Reduced "In-State Fees" for Teaching Assistants

Teaching Assistants are entitled to a discount ("partial fee remission") on In-State Fees.

Further information about financial aid can be found on the Web in the section about Admission Information at http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/graduates_admission.cfm.

Also, there are some answers to common questions about financial aid on the Web in the FAQ section (Answers to Frequently Asked Questions) at http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/graduates_faq.cfm.