| Year |
Students |
Administration |
Classes |
Activities |
| 1907 |
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- Research and teaching in entomology begins
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- First public event, October: State Farmers Institute
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| 1908 |
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- Arthur Cleghorn, Principal (1908-1910)
|
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- First farmer’s short courses in fall.
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| 1909 |
- 18 enrollees;
- 5 University students;
- Short course attendance: 125.
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- January opening of Farm School.
- First Picnic Day, May 22; more than 2,200 people attend.
|
| 1910 |
- Undergraduates: 77
- Graduate: 0
|
- Leroy Anderson, Superintendent (1910-1913)
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- UC President Benjamin Wheeler and Stanford President David Starr Jordan speak at Picnic Day.
|
| 1911 |
- Undergraduate: 110
- Graduate: 1
- Capon Club founded.
- Yearbook, Agricola (later El Rodeo) published.
- First four graduates of the Farm School.
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| 1912 |
- Undergraduate: 168
- Graduate: 0
- Associated Students of University Farm established.
- Estimated school costs for 8 months: $250.
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|
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- Students assume responsibility for Picnic Day.
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| 1913 |
- Undergraduate: 123
- Graduate: 1
- Farm School admission age raised to 18.
- Students build their own track.
- Phi Alpha Iota founded.
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- Hubert Van Norman named director of University Farm (1913-1919).
|
- College of Agriculture reorganized. Dean Thomas Hunt.
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- Ministers’ Week with more than 700 ministers attending.
- First University-owned automobile: Ford Model T bought for Dean’s use.
|
| 1914 |
- Undergraduate: 160
- Graduate: 1
- First women students, spring semester.
- First boys’ Agricultural Club convocation at Davis.
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- Smith-Lever Act establishes Agricultural extension Service.
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| 1915 |
- Undergraduate: 353
- Graduate: 1
- Weekly newspaper, The Weekly Agricola, published (September 29, 1915 to May 10, 1916)
|
|
- Vegetable Crops Department established
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- Opening of all-weather road to Sacramento.
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| 1916 |
- Undergraduate: 181
- Graduate: 1
- The Weekly Agricola renamed University Farm Agricola (September 22, 1916 to November 15, 1922).
- Agricola (yearbook) renamed Farm Rodeo.
|
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- UC takes majority of awards at Chicago International Livestock Show.
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| 1917 |
- Undergraduate: 55
- Graduate: 1
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|
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- America enters WW I in April; enrollments fall precipitously.
- Smith-Hughes Act establishes vocational agricultural education in high schools.
- Harry & I at the University Farm published.
|
| 1918 |
- Undergraduate: 13
- Graduate: 1
- Women admitted to Farm School.
|
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- Food Science & Technology Department established; Beginnings of ag teacher training at Davis.
|
- Major tractor and implement show at the University Farm.
- Flu outbreak on campus.
- Armistice signed, World War I ends.
|
| 1919 |
- Undergraduate: 576
- Graduate: 1
- Disabled veterans receive vocational training at University Farm. Enrollment reaches nearly 600, including Australian soldiers.
- Fraternities founded:
- Kappa Tau (became Alpha Gamma Rho)
- Beta Phi (established in 1919, chartered in 1920)
- Calpha
- Philo Delphos
- Zeta Xi
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- Thomas Tavernetti, Acting Dean (1919-1921)
|
- Courses in winemaking at Berkeley dropped, but viticulture continues at Davis.
|
- Prohibition starts with passage of 18th Amendment.
|
| 1920 |
- Undergraduate: 559
- Graduate:
|
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- College of Agriculture faculty study reorganization of curriculum.
|
- Financial problems at the University.
- Agricultural groups meet with the Regents to appeal for better conditions at the University Farm.
- UC livestock win trophies at Chicago International Livestock Show
|
| 1921 |
- Undergraduate: 431
- Graduate: 2
|
|
- College of Agriculture begins internal reorganization.
|
- Legislature appoints Special Commission on Agricultural Education
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| 1922 |
- Undergraduate: 418
- Graduate: 2
- Four-year degree work initiated at Davis.
- Students officially adopt “Honor Spirit.”
- University Farm Agricola renamed California Aggie.
- Golden Egg Club established.
- Horticultural Round Table established.
- Blue and Gold Dairy Club established.
- Golden Hoof Club established.
|
- Claude Hutchison, Director (1922-1925)
- Faculty doubles in size.
|
- University Farm becomes Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture, 4-year undergraduate program offered
- Farm School starts 2-year nondegree curriculum
- Landscape Horticulture Department established
|
- UC livestock Judging team successfully competes at Portland International Livestock Show.
|
| 1923 |
- Undergraduate: 315
- Graduate: 6
- Cosmopolitan Club established (later called International Forum).
|
|
|
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| 1924 |
- Undergraduate: 254
- Graduate: 4
|
|
- Departments of Botany and Chemistry established.
- Library: collection contained 2,000 volumes.
|
|
| 1925 |
- Undergraduate: 270
- Graduate: 12
- The name Mustangs is associated with the football team (California Aggie, October 21).
|
- Walter Howard becomes director(1925-1937)
|
- Military Science Department established
|
- Graduate instruction begins with 12 students working in conjunction with Berkeley.
- Far West Conference organized for intercollegiate sports.
|
| 1926 |
- Undergraduate: 267
- Graduate: 19
|
|
- Agricultural Engineering program established; Zoology Department established
|
|
| 1927 |
- Undergraduate: 260
- Graduate: 26
|
- Frederick L. Griffin becomes superintendent of nondegree instruction (1925-1954).
|
- Mathematics and Physics Department established
- Plant pathology Department established
|
|
| 1928 |
- Undergraduate: 335
- Graduate: 15
- Farm Rodeo (yearbook) renamed El Rodeo.
|
- Celeste Turner (Wright) becomes first regular woman faculty member and first Ph.D. in humanities at Davis.
|
|
|
| 1929 |
- Undergraduate: 415
- Graduate: 21
- Marching band formed (Paul Dozier-President, Embert Bond-vice president, George Winters-librarian, Martin Liljedahl-secretary, Leon Milsner-business manager.
- Football team wins Far Western Championship
|
|
|
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| 1930 |
- Undergraduate: 440
- Graduate: 27
- Sorority established: Tau Kappa
|
- Director Howard goes to England
|
- Robert Sproul becomes UC President
|
- Snowstorm blankets campus; first snow since 1916.
- Aggie Judging Team takes first place at Pacific International Livestock Show in Portland.
|
| 1931 |
- Undergraduate: 417
- Graduate: 24
|
|
|
|
| 1932 |
- Undergraduate: 397
- Graduate: 49
|
|
|
|
| 1933 |
- Undergraduate: 354
- Graduate: 34
- Boxing team wins Pacific Coast Intercollegiate competition (coached by ranch foreman, Heine Sevier).
- Marching band: Dick Jones-Librarian
|
|
- Pomology Department moved from Berkeley to Davis
|
|
| 1934 |
- Undergraduate: 475
- Graduate: 32
- Female students on campus organize the Cal Aggie Women’s Association.
|
|
|
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| 1935 |
- Undergraduate: 722
- Graduate: 50
|
|
- Viticulture & Enology moved to Davis
|
|
| 1936 |
- Undergraduate: 902
- Graduate: 47
|
|
|
|
| 1937 |
- Undergraduate: 923
- Graduate: 44
|
|
- Knowles Ryerson (1937-1952) becomes Director
|
|
| 1938 |
- Undergraduate: 1,006
- Graduate: 72
- Cal Aggie Mustangs basketball team wins Far Western Conference Championship.
- Marching band: Perry Miller became first drum major.
|
- I.F. “Crip” Toomey, former football coach, appointed first athletic director.
|
|
- Campus renamed the College of Agriculture at Davis, and is organized into four major programs:
Animal Production, Plant Production, Dairy Industry, and Home Economics.
|
| 1939 |
- Undergraduate: 1,107
- Graduate: 75
- Women students increase to 168.
- Davis football team defeats Berkeley varsity team.
- Basketball team again wins Far Western Conference Championship.
- Marching band: Mary Jeanne Gilhooly-drum major, Bing Taylor-manager
|
|
|
|
| 1940 |
- Undergraduate: 1054
- Graduate: 67
- Marching band: Mary Jeanne Gilhooly-drum major, Martin Glashoff-manager
|
|
- Division of Chemistry holds first patents for entire University.
|
|
| 1941 |
- Undergraduate: 873
- Graduate: 64
- Marching band: Mary Jeanne Gilhooly-drum major
|
|
- California Legislature authorizes the establishment of a school of veterinary medicine.
|
|
| 1942 |
- Undergraduate: 298
- Graduate: 17
- Marching band: Mary Jeanne Gilhooly-drum major
|
- First Faculty Research Lecture Award.
|
- Four-year degree program offered in Home Economics.
|
|
| 1943 |
- Undergraduate: 2
- Graduate: 5
|
|
|
- Instruction discontinued, campus becomes training school for Army Signal Corps (Camp Kohler).
|
| 1944 |
- Undergraduate: 27
- Graduate: 5
|
|
- Animal Breeding Genetics established
|
|
| 1945 |
- Undergraduate: 544
- Graduate: 37
|
|
|
- Non-degree courses resume in March; degree programs resume in October.
|
| 1946 |
- Undergraduate: 1,516
- Graduate: 87
- Veterans flock back to college.
- Marching band: Evelyn Rowe-drum major
|
|
- School of Veterinary Medicine established.
- Plant Pathology major introduced.
- Library: became State documents selective repository.
|
|
| 1947 |
- Undergraduate: 1,601
- Graduate: 85
- Two-thirds of the students are war veterans.
- Memorial Union fund drive launched.
- Marching band: Evelyn Rowe-drum major
|
|
- Division of Physical Education created with five instructors.
|
- Committee on Scholarships and Prizes appointed.
|
| 1948 |
- Undergraduate: 1,486
- Graduate: 111
- First four-year graduation ceremonies at Davis, 300 receive degrees.
- Marching band: Don Verrue-president, Hap Reeves-secretary, Ric Pearson-manager, Evelyn Rowe-drum major
|
|
- Groundbreaking for Veterinary Medicine building in April; 42 students enter in the fall.
|
- Bixby Work-Learn Program begins with $250,000 grant.
- The Strayer Report on higher education in California completed.
- The Walker Report details the expansion of Davis and Riverside.
|
| 1949 |
- Undergraduate: 1,518
- Graduate: 152
- Aggie Mustangs win triple crown in the Spring Far Western Conference, taking championships in
swimming, boxing and track.
- Marching band: Henry Metsler-manager, Evelyn Rowe-drum major
|
|
|
|
| 1950 |
- Undergraduate: 1,289
- Graduate: 236
- First Ph.D. in Botany conferred.
- Marching band: Don McClure-first student director, Curt Storr-drum major
|
|
- Genetics Department established
|
- Population of City of Davis is 3,557.
|
| 1951 |
- Undergraduate: 1,029
- Graduate: 314
- University Chorus formed.
|
|
- College of Letters and Science established with five departments offering bachelor’s degree.
- College of Agriculture established independent of Berkeley.
- Mathematics Department established.
- Poultry Department moved to Davis.
- 80,000 volumes in the Library.
|
|
| 1952 |
- Undergraduate: 1,068
- Graduate: 323
- University Concert Band formed.
- First Vet. Med. graduates.
|
- Stanley Freeborn (1952-1958) named Provost of Davis campus.
- First faculty appointments in L&S.
|
- Geology Department established
- History Department established
- Physics Department established
- Agricultural Economics Department established
|
|
| 1953 |
- Undergraduate: 1,122
- Graduate: 349
- First graduate degrees awarded at Davis awarded.
|
|
- First Masters program in water science and engineering in the nation.
|
|
| 1954 |
- Undergraduate: 1,220
- Graduate: 379
|
|
|
|
| 1955 |
- Undergraduate: 1,492
- Graduate: 407
|
|
- Soils and plant nutrition programs moved from Berkeley to Davis.
|
|
| 1956 |
- Undergraduate: 1,663
- Graduate: 453
|
|
- Economics Department established.
|
- Regents approve master plan for UCD growth to 5,000 students.
|
| 1957 |
- Undergraduate: 1,810
- Graduate: 474
|
|
- Graduate degrees offered in Home Economics
|
|
| 1958 |
- Undergraduate: 1,791
- Graduate: 552
- University Symphony founded.
|
- Provost Freeborn (1958-1959) named first Chancellor.
|
- Departments of Art and Music established.
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics established.
- Philosophy and Sociology Departments established.
|
|
| 1959 |
- Undergraduate: 1,813
- Graduate: 609
|
- Emil Mrak (1959-1969) named second Chancellor.
|
- Electron microscope laboratory established
|
- Regents declare UC Davis is a general campus with authority to add new majors, schools
and colleges and expand its graduate programs.
|
| 1960 |
- Undergraduate: 2,157
- Graduate: 719
|
|
- Education Department established
- Political Science Department established
- University Arboretum established
|
|
| 1961 |
- Undergraduate: 2,606
- Graduate: 853
|
|
- Graduate Division established
- Dramatic Art and Speech Department established
- College of Engineering established
|
|
| 1962 |
- Undergraduate: 3,107
- Graduate: 951
|
|
- Institute of Governmental Affairs established
- Agricultural Toxicology Laboratory established
- National Center for Primate Biology established.
|
|
| 1963 |
- Undergraduate: 3,567
- Graduate: 1,284
|
|
|
|
| 1964 |
- Undergraduate: 4,789
- Graduate: 1,551
|
|
- School of Law established
- Anthropology Department established
- Geography Department established
- Soils & Plant Nutrition Department established separately at Davis
- Agricultural History Center established
- Computer Center established
- Fine Arts & Museology Laboratory established
- Food Protection & Toxicology Center established
- International Agriculture Center established
|
|
| 1965 |
- Undergraduate: 5,901
- Graduate: 1,822
|
|
- Crocker Nuclear Laboratory established
- Institute of Ecology established
- Radiobiology Laboratory established
- French and Italian Department established
- German & Russian Department established
- Spanish & Classics Department established
|
|
| 1966 |
- Undergraduate: 6,681
- Graduate: 2,225
|
|
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| 1967 |
- Undergraduate: 7,363
- Graduate: 2,547
|
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| 1968 |
- Undergraduate: 8, 296
- Graduate: 2,884
|
|
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| 1969 |
- Undergraduate: 9,081
- Graduate: 3,239
|
|
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| 1970 |
- Undergraduate: 9,641
- Graduate: 3,300
|
|
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| 1971 |
- Undergraduate: 10,055
- Graduate: 3,666
|
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| 1972 |
- Undergraduate: 10, 924
- Graduate: 3,894
|
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| 1973 |
- Undergraduate: 11,292
- Graduate: 4,076
|
|
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| 1974 |
- Undergraduate: 11,659
- Graduate: 4,334
|
|
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| 1975 |
- Undergraduate: 12,224
- Graduate: 4,637
|
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| 1976 |
- Undergraduate: 12,225
- Graduate: 4,769
|
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| 1977 |
- Undergraduate: 12,042
- Graduate: 4,794
|
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| 1978 |
- Undergraduate: 12,111
- Graduate: 4,836
|
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| 1979 |
- Undergraduate: 12,581
- Graduate: 4,965
|
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| 1980 |
- Undergraduate: 13,262
- Graduate: 5,108
|
|
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| 1981 |
- Undergraduate: 13,460
- Graduate: 5,436
|
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| 1982 |
- Undergraduate: 13,556
- Graduate: 5,222
|
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| 1983 |
- Undergraduate: 13,434
- Graduate: 4,999
|
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| 1984 |
- Undergraduate: 13,916
- Graduate: 5,104
|
|
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| 1985 |
- Undergraduate: 14,128
- Graduate: 5,209
|
|
|
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| 1986 |
- Undergraduate: 14,061
- Graduate: 5,338
|
|
|
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| 1987 |
- Undergraduate: 15,140
- Graduate: 5,091
|
|
|
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| 1988 |
- Undergraduate: 16,134
- Graduate: 5,102
|
|
|
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| 1989 |
- Undergraduate: 16,711
- Graduate: 5,209
|
|
|
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| 1990 |
- Undergraduate: 18,022
- Graduate: 5,296
|
|
|
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| 1991 |
- Undergraduate: 17,295
- Graduate: 5,233
|
|
|
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| 1992 |
- Undergraduate: 16,887
- Graduate: 5,198
|
|
|
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| 1993 |
- Undergraduate: 16,502
- Graduate: 5,094
|
|
|
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| 1994 |
- Undergraduate: 16,779
- Graduate: 5,012
|
|
|
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| 1995 |
- Undergraduate: 17,421
- Graduate: 4,951
|
|
|
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| 1996 |
- Undergraduate: 18,183
- Graduate: 5,003
|
|
|
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| 1997 |
- Undergraduate: 18,435
- Graduate: 5,054
|
|
|
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| 1998 |
- Undergraduate: 18,707
- Graduate: 5,136
|
|
|
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| 1999 |
- Undergraduate: 18,815
- Graduate: 5,220
|
|
|
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| 2000 |
- Undergraduate: 19,727
- Graduate: 5,347
|
|
|
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| 2001 |
- Undergraduate: 20,637
- Graduate: 5,539
|
|
|
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| 2002 |
- Undergraduate: 22,079
- Graduate: 5,900
|
|
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| 2003 |
- Undergraduate: 22,603
- Graduate: 6,242
|
|
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| 2004 |
- Undergraduate: 22,161
- Graduate: 6,346
|
|
|
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| 2005 |
- Undergraduate: 21,821
- Graduate: 6,335
|
|
|
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| 2006 |
- Undergraduate: 22,423
- Graduate: 6,395
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