Business & finance at Cal Poly SLO
Cal Poly SLO graduates about 839 business & finance majors a year, 17% of its graduating class. That puts it 81st of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 162 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 81% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $112,000 four years out, 1.56× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Cal Poly SLO
Where business & finance happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Orfalea College Of Business Building, Housing Warehouse/Risk Management.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 108 · Dorm 49 · Athletics 8 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Dining 4.
Nearby in the business & finance ranking
Other strong majors at Cal Poly SLO
- Environmental science 81 · #72
- Engineering (all) 80 · #72
- Communications & media 80 · #78
- Math & statistics 78 · #94
- Mechanical engineering 76 · #52
- Computer science 75 · #121
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Cal Poly SLO with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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.