Between the graduating classes of 2027 and 2028, 88 students identify as Asian, 71 as Latino, 41 as white, 40 as Black and 17 as MENA.
The average GPA for admitted students was approximately 3.73 for the class of 2027 and 3.72 for the class of 2028. Both classes also had an average MCAT score of 509.
The DOJ’s report also examined UC Davis enrollment data for professional doctoral degree programs.
According to fall 2025 enrollment data, UCD’s professional doctoral programs enrolled 14 African American medical students, 23 Latino, seven American Indian, three Pacific Islander, 41 Asian, 41 white, and three students whose race or ethnicity was unknown.
Since 2021, UCD has enrolled approximately 41 African American, 90 Latino, 112 Asian and 174 white students in professional doctoral programs.
“We are disappointed by the report and its conclusions,” a UCD School of Medicine public affairs officer said in a statement. “UC Davis School of Medicine strongly disagrees with any characterization of its admissions practices as discriminatory or inconsistent with applicable law. The report’s findings do not accurately reflect the school’s rigorous, individualized and merit-based admissions process and our firm commitment to complying with applicable federal and state antidiscrimination laws.”
UCD is one of three medical schools to have recently come under scrutiny from the DOJ. The department also is investigating Yale School of Medicine, despite studies showing that the share of admitted applicants from underrepresented backgrounds declined from 24% — before the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard — to 20% in the year afterward.
