UC Davis has secured a place in Money's list of top 10 colleges in the country and the college's campus has got the 6th place in 50 universities in the “Best in the West” category. The Money rankings divide colleges into two categories : a main list that has 623 universities and the other list which has country's 48 selected schools. The rankings took 24 data points comparison while ranking. It assessed Prioritizing affordability, it calculated the net price of a degree and emphasized graduation rates. The ranking also estimated a college’s “added value” by calculating its performance after adjusting for the economic and academic backgrounds of admitted students.