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The ������Ƶ, Davis, is one of the nation’s top five universities, according to Money Magazine’s 2019 “Best Colleges” ranking released today (Aug. 12).

������Ƶ is fourth among public universities nationally, and fifth overall, among the 744 schools that the magazine examined. The publication ranked each school using 26 factors in three categories: quality of education, affordability and outcomes.

The campus moved up from eighth among public universities and 11th overall in last year’s ranking of slightly fewer schools.

“������Ƶ continues to move forward boldly, and this ranking reflects the fact that ������Ƶ offers a world-class education to students from all backgrounds,” said Chancellor Gary S. May. “Most importantly, it looks at outcomes for our students, our most essential mission, and shows that we continue to find more and more ways to help our students thrive when they enter the global workforce.”

Sister campuses UC Irvine (No. 1) and UCLA (No. 4) were the only California universities to rank higher that ������Ƶ. Other California campuses in the top 10 were Stanford University (No. 6) and UC San Diego (No. 9).

The quality measures highlighted two of ������Ƶ’ strengths: They included the transfer student population and, as a way to measure how well schools support their low-income students, the graduation rates of students receiving the federal Pell Grant.

������Ƶ is a leader in educating transfer students. One in four undergraduates started as a transfer student, with most coming from a California community college.

The campus also has a high percentage of undergraduates who receive Pell grants. About 85.3 percent of freshmen recipients graduate within six years, and 84.5 percent of transfer recipients graduate within three years.

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Other recent rankings

• Last week, the Center for World University Rankings, or CWR, listed ������Ƶ as No. 50 out of 20,000 universities worldwide and No. 34 nationally in its .
• Last month, ranked the No. 1 in Sacramento and No. 6 in California. It is also ranked among the nation’s top 50 hospitals in 10 adult medical specialties.
• Also in July, placed ������Ƶ 48th in the world.
• In June, the QS World University Rankings placed ������Ƶ 104th among 1,001 universities ranked.