Facts and Figures from UC Davis Health

At UC Davis Health we proudly apply the expertise, discoveries and technology of a world-class university to advance health and well-being for people and patients — both here in California and across the nation.

Patient care

Nationally renowned UC Davis Medical Center is a leading referral center for the most seriously injured or ill patients and the most medically complex cases.

• U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Davis Medical Center among the nation’s best in six specialties and the top-ranking hospital in the Sacramento area for 2025-26.
• U.S. News & World Report also ranked UC Davis Children’s Hospital among the nation’s best in five pediatric specialties for 2024-25, including one in conjunction with partner Shriners Children’s Northern California.
• In U.S. News & World Report rankings for common types of care, UC Davis Medical Center rated high-performing in multiple areas in 2025-26.
• UC Davis Medical Center earned the highly prestigious Baby-Friendly designation by Baby-Friendly USA, for adherence to the highest standards of breastfeeding care.
• The medical center is home to a level IV NICU (the highest possible rating), and has been named by Newsweek as one of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2025 and Best Children’s Hospitals 2025.
• The UC Davis Children’s Surgery Center is the West Coast’s first American College of Surgeons-verified level I Children’s Surgery Center.
• Promoting healthier aging, including through multiple designations for age-friendly care practices.
• Building for the future, in Sacramento and beyond:
  • New California Tower, with single rooms and more critical-care adaptability
  • New 48X Surgery Complex, to expand capacity
  • New Folsom Medical Care Clinic, for care closer to home
  • Expanded C Street Clinic, for enhanced behavioral health care
  • New UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, to optimize recovery
  • New Ernest E. Tschannen Eye Institute, with expanded research and care capabilities

Bed count as of summer 2025. Volume statistics for year ending Dec. 31, 2024.

Discovery

UC Davis Health research includes clinical, translational and basic-science studies, with an emphasis on collaboration and improving health for people, communities and entire populations.

• Home to the CuRe Trial, the world’s first stem cell clinical trial in utero for spina bifida.
• The new National Center for Interventional Biophotonic Technologies is advancing UC Davis-developed imaging tools for real-time surgical guidance.
• Home to the first state-funded center for firearm violence research, helping to inform both public policy and clinical practice.
• Home to the School of Nursing’s Family Caregiving Institute, advancing a project to expand and improve California’s Caregiver Resource Centers via service evaluation.
• UC Davis School of Medicine is a key partner in Aggie Square, a 1 million-square-foot center for public-private research.
• Improving health for all through programs such as the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Institute for Regenerative Cures,  MIND Institute, Center for Precision Medicine, Center for Professional Practice of Nursing, Center for Healthcare Policy and Research and the Center for Health and Technology.
• The Clinical and Translational Science Center helps advance lab findings into treatments, engage communities in research, and educate the next generation of clinicians and scientists.

Education

Innovative UC Davis interprofessional education gives the health care workforce of tomorrow the skills and values needed to lead change and improve health for all.

• Innovative training prepares future doctors to treat underserved communities in:
  • urban and rural areas
  • California’s Central Valley
  • California’s tribal communities
  • by closing the primary care gap
• Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Awards from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine for the School of Medicine and School of Nursing.
• First in UC system to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice — Nurse Anesthesia Degree Program to address a workforce challenge in California.
• The Center for Health and Technology offers telehealth education programs for community providers, students and residents, with collaborations around specific conditions.

Faculty, staff and students

All numbers are snapshots in time (calendar 2025 or academic year 2024–2025) and are approximate.

Community Engagement

UC Davis Health actively engages with the diverse communities it serves in Sacramento, Northern California and beyond.

• Innovative partnerships with many Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) provide a comprehensive mix of primary care, specialty care and behavioral health to thousands of underserved patients across the region.
• Expanded virtual care partnerships with many community and regional hospitals increase access to higher levels of care in rural areas.
• National pioneers and leaders in telehealth and electronic medical records integration.
• For more than a decade, a “Most Wired” health system for excellence in using technology to improve care delivery.
• Improving care and access via technology:
  • Using artificial intelligence to enhance disease screening and prediction
  • Medical extended reality and 3D printing to improve complex surgeries
  • Multiple collaborations and programs to advance remote care through wearable devices
  • UC Davis-developed biophotonic imaging tools for real-time surgical guidance
• The UC Davis Health Cancer Care Network unites multiple cancer centers to offer patients leading-edge care in their own communities.
• An enlightened employer:
  • No. 19 on the 2025 Forbes list of America’s Best Large Employers (No. 6 in the Healthcare and Social Services category), and No. 24 on the 2025 Forbes list of California’s best employers (No. 4 in the Healthcare and Social Services category)
  • A Forbes Best Employer for Diversity 2025, and one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025
  • One of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women 2025 for large companies, and a Forbes Best Employer for Women 2025
  • One of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families 2025
  • Perennially named an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader in Healthcare Equality Index rankings, and a Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for LGBTQ+ 2025
  • One of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters 2024
  • One of Forbes’ “America’s Dream Employers” for 2025
• Earned an Emerald Award from Practice Greenhealth in 2025 as a top-20% hospital for environmental sustainability programs and performance.
• Home of the UC Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program, a collaborative between four UC nursing schools to expand mental health care access.
• Youth violence intervention and traffic safety education through our Trauma Prevention and Outreach Program.