Art & design at Cal Poly SLO
Cal Poly SLO graduates about 56 art & design majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 84th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $60,000 four years out, 1.32× what the same major pays nationally.
Around Cal Poly SLO
Where art & design happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Architecture and Environmental Design, Graphic Arts, Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 108 · Dorm 49 · Athletics 8 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Dining 4.
Nearby in the art & design ranking
Other strong majors at Cal Poly SLO
- Architecture 93 · #3
- Math & statistics 92 · #29
- English & writing 89 · #35
- Physics & astronomy 89 · #41
- Philosophy & religion 89 · #38
- Computer science 88 · #57
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Cal Poly SLO with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.