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Alumni Corner

Stay Connected with CBS Alumni

The UC Davis College of Biological Sciences alumni community is more than 48,000 strong, spanning industries, disciplines, and continents. Our graduates are advancing science, driving innovation, and shaping a better future. Explore ways to stay connected, access resources, and support the next generation of Aggies.

About CBS Alumni

Our alumni make an impact around the world—in research labs, hospitals, classrooms, tech companies, government agencies, and beyond.

48,650

Living Alumni

45,476

Bachelor's
Degrees Awarded

1,425

Master's Degrees
Awarded

2,665

Doctoral
Degrees Awarded

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Where Our Alumni Are

  • 36% live in the Bay Area
  • 21% live in the Greater Sacramento Area
  • 13% live in Southern California
  • 7% live in other California regions
  • 18% live in other U.S. states
  • 3% live in 59 non-U.S. countries

Top Employers of CBS Alumni

  • UC Davis and UC Davis Health
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Genentech
  • UCSF
  • State Of California

Alumni by Undergraduate Major

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  • 27.9% Biological Sciences
  • 19.1% Physiology/Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
  • 17.5% Biochemistry/ Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • 7.2% Genetics/ Genetics and Genomics
  • 4.5% Microbiology/Molecular and Medical Microbiology
  • 1.8% Cell Biology
  • 1.7% Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
  • 0.8% Plant Biology
  • 0.3% Other
  • 0.1% Marine and Coastal Science

New Majors

  • 0.5% Human Biology (launched 2021)
  • .01% Systems and Synthetic Biology 
(launched 2022)

Past Majors

  • 5.4% Exercise Science/Exercise Biology (now Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior)
  • 4.7% Zoology 
(now Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity)
  • 1.2% Botany
 (now Plant Biology)
  • 0.7% Bacteriology 
(now Molecular And Medical Microbiology)

Keep in Touch

Stay connected, get involved, and keep your Aggie network strong.

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Grow your professional network.
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Search the UC Davis Directory

Reconnect with your faculty mentors. 
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Attend an Alumni Event

Networking, professional development and regional alumni events. 
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