Can out-of-state students get the Regents Scholarship at UC Davis?

Yes. The Regents Scholarship is open to both California residents and non-residents. The $7,500 amount is the same regardless of residency. Non-residents should note this does not offset the OOS supplemental tuition, which is roughly $35,000+ on top of in-state tuition — Regents alone is not enough to close the residency gap.

When is the UC Davis scholarship application deadline?

Entering students are auto-considered through the UC Application (November 30 priority). Continuing students apply through the Undergraduate Scholarship Application, which opens October 1 and closes January 7 with at least one letter of recommendation for the following academic year. California residents must also file FAFSA or CADAA by March 2 to be eligible for need-based grants and Cal Grant.

UC Davis award rules

Will the scholarship last four years at UC Davis?

We pulled the school’s grade, credit, and time limits into one place so you can see what it takes to keep the award.

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The short answer

2 of 3 published awards are listed as renewable.

The exact rule can change by award. Check the award your student may receive before you count on the same amount every year.

What to do

Find the award name in the full research below. Save its grade, credit, and deadline rules with your college plan.

See every award rule, common mistake, and source

At a glance

Renewable tiers: 2 of 3
One-time tiers: 1
Tiers with published renewal terms: 1
Renewal risk profile: moderate

Renewal risk profile

UC Davis's renewal bar is achievable for steady students but isn't generous. Most awards require a cumulative GPA in the 3.0–3.4 band plus full-time enrollment. Audit the strictest tier on this school's list before assuming the four-year value is locked in.

Regents Scholarship: 3.25 GPA

Renewal terms by tier

Regents Scholarship
$7,500 per year
To keep it: Renewable up to 4 years (or remaining undergraduate terms for transfers) with a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA and continued full-time good academic standing.
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20251016125457/https://financialaid.ucdavis.edu/scholarships/campus/awards/regents

How families lose this aid

Counting on the Regents Scholarship to close the out-of-state COA gap.
The Regents Scholarship is $7,500 per year. The UC out-of-state supplemental tuition is roughly $35,000+ on top of in-state tuition. Even a Regents recipient still pays substantially more out-of-pocket as a non-resident than as a resident. Non-resident families should model UC Davis on the full out-of-state COA minus $7,500, not on the in-state number.
Missing the January 7 continuing scholarship application.
UC Davis campus scholarships are mostly one-year awards. Continuing students must reapply annually starting October 1, with a January 7 deadline (including at least one letter of recommendation) for the next academic year's awards. Many recipients miss this window after freshman year and lose access to the campus pool entirely.
Treating UC Davis scholarships as 4-year guarantees.
Only the Regents Scholarship is structured as a multi-year renewable award (with 3.25 GPA renewal). The majority of UC Davis campus scholarships are one-year awards. Build the four-year budget around the Regents (if offered), in-state Cal Grant/Pell if eligible, and the assumption that the campus pool may or may not repeat year over year.

Renewal questions families ask

Can out-of-state students get the Regents Scholarship at UC Davis?: Yes. The Regents Scholarship is open to both California residents and non-residents. The $7,500 amount is the same regardless of residency. Non-residents should note this does not offset the OOS supplemental tuition, which is roughly $35,000+ on top of in-state tuition — Regents alone is not enough to close the residency gap.
When is the UC Davis scholarship application deadline?: Entering students are auto-considered through the UC Application (November 30 priority). Continuing students apply through the Undergraduate Scholarship Application, which opens October 1 and closes January 7 with at least one letter of recommendation for the following academic year. California residents must also file FAFSA or CADAA by March 2 to be eligible for need-based grants and Cal Grant.

Rules that bite at UC Davis

The renewal trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook, derived from UC Davis's own tier rules and not generic advice.

renewalRegents Scholarship: renewal floor that quietly knocks awards out
Renewable up to 4 years (or remaining undergraduate terms for transfers) with a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA and continued full-time good academic standing. A single rough term can end a four-year award here without warning if the GPA floor isn't met cumulatively.

How UC Davis compares across our verified dataset

667 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
UC Davis is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every renewal claim is checked against UC Davis’s own published materials.

policyUC Davis stacking policy
coaUC Davis cost-of-attendance worksheet
tierRegents Scholarship
tierProvost Award