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San Luis Obispo, CA · Engineering (all)

Engineering (all) at Cal Poly SLO

Cal Poly SLO graduates about 1,151 engineering majors a year, 23% of its graduating class. That puts it 72nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 80 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $113,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $7 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

80/100Standout#72 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year1,15123% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$113,0001.19× the same major nationally
Research in the field$7Ma year, NSF
Admit rate30%whole school

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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering East, Dairy Products Technology Center, Technology Park, Engineering, Engineering West Addition, Advanced Technologies Laboratory, Engineering IV, Brown Engineering, Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering, Engineering South, Construction Innovations Center, Engineering West: City and Regional Planning.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 108 · Dorm 49 · Athletics 8 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Dining 4.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. University of Colorado Boulder 82
  2. University of Connecticut 82
  3. Tulane University of Louisiana 82
  4. University of Pittsburgh 81
  5. University of Minnesota–Twin Cities 80
  6. Drexel University 80
  7. Rochester Institute of Technology 80
  8. Wake Forest University 80

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Cal Poly SLO with every school we score in engineering. 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.

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