Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, CA - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Admissions Prediction
Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017
Admission Overview
Applicants | 48,162 |
Admitted | 14,202 |
Acceptance rate | 29.5% |
Yield rate | 30.6% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Cal Poly.
Cal Poly's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 560 and 660
- Math: 590 and 700
- Writing: 26 and 31
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at Cal Poly.
Cal Poly's average composite ACT score falls between 25 and 33.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
Major | Men | Women | Total |
Accounting | 26 | 29 | 55 |
Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering | 68 | 13 | 81 |
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | 97 | 58 | 155 |
Agricultural Business & Management, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural Communications/Journalism | 6 | 18 | 24 |
Agricultural Mechanization, General | 24 | 3 | 27 |
Agricultural Teacher Education | 7 | 26 | 33 |
Agricultural/Biological Engineering & Bioengineering | 27 | 7 | 34 |
Agriculture, General | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Agronomy & Crop Science | 56 | 18 | 74 |
Animal Sciences, General | 21 | 141 | 162 |
Architectural Engineering | 38 | 23 | 61 |
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) | 69 | 63 | 132 |
Biochemistry | 16 | 23 | 39 |
Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 86 | 140 | 226 |
Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 59 | 33 | 92 |
Business Administration/Management | 246 | 216 | 462 |
Business/Managerial Operations, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemistry, General | 19 | 9 | 28 |
City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning | 15 | 16 | 31 |
Civil Engineering, General | 104 | 30 | 134 |
Communications Studies/Speech Communication & Rhetoric | 14 | 57 | 71 |
Computer Engineering, General | 78 | 8 | 86 |
Computer Science | 104 | 13 | 117 |
Computer Software Engineering | 30 | 9 | 39 |
Construction Engineering | 67 | 12 | 79 |
Dairy Science | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Dietetics/Dietician (RD) | 10 | 74 | 84 |
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Early Childhood Education & Teaching | 2 | 42 | 44 |
Economics, General | 46 | 13 | 59 |
Education, General | 8 | 48 | 56 |
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 112 | 22 | 134 |
Engineering Science | 13 | 3 | 16 |
Engineering, General | 24 | 11 | 35 |
English Language & Literature, General | 12 | 38 | 50 |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 29 | 16 | 45 |
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, & Gender Studies, Other | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Fine/Studio Arts, General | 9 | 38 | 47 |
Fire Protection, Other | 17 | 0 | 17 |
Fire Services Administration | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Food Science | 7 | 27 | 34 |
Foreign Languages/Modern Languages, General | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Forestry, General | 37 | 3 | 40 |
Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other | 22 | 11 | 33 |
Graphic Communications, General | 15 | 64 | 79 |
Health & Physical Education, General | 58 | 87 | 145 |
History, General | 19 | 13 | 32 |
Horticultural Science | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Human Development & Family Studies, General | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Industrial Engineering | 64 | 27 | 91 |
Industrial Management | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Industrial Technology/Technicians | 59 | 10 | 69 |
Journalism | 13 | 40 | 53 |
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) | 25 | 16 | 41 |
Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies & Humanities, Other | 9 | 6 | 15 |
Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies | 4 | 99 | 103 |
Manufacturing Engineering | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Materials Engineering | 34 | 7 | 41 |
Mathematics, General | 44 | 24 | 68 |
Mechanical Engineering | 241 | 59 | 300 |
Microbiology, General | 9 | 14 | 23 |
Music, General | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Natural Resources Management & Policy, Other | 25 | 28 | 53 |
Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ornamental Horticulture | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 24 | 59 | 83 |
Philosophy | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Physics, General | 33 | 5 | 38 |
Political Science & Government, General | 38 | 27 | 65 |
Polymer Chemistry | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Psychology, General | 18 | 68 | 86 |
Public Administration | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Social Sciences, General | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Social Sciences, Other | 9 | 25 | 34 |
Sociology | 18 | 34 | 52 |
Soil Science & Agronomy, General | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Statistics, General | 22 | 13 | 35 |
Total | 2463 | 2092 | 4555 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
Applied | 4503 |
Reported Results | 1284 |
Accepted | 811 (63%) 63,37 |
Rejected | 473 |
Attending | 237 |
Yield Rate | 29% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 3.20 | 3.67 | 3.85 |
SAT I | 1599 | 1950 | 2121 |
Selectivity Index™ | 502 | 696 | 823 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
GPA | 3.01 | 3.39 | 3.60 |
SAT I | 1545 | 1830 | 1976 |
Selectivity Index™ | 451 | 613 | 700 |
Stats last calculated: Sunday 19th of August 2012 08:00:10 PM
Newest applicant: 38 days, 0 hours, and 53 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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