Mechanical engineering at Cal Poly SLO
Cal Poly SLO graduates about 278 mechanical engineering majors a year, 6% of its graduating class. That puts it 52nd of 332 schools we score for mechanical engineering, a strong program at 76 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 101 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 96% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $107,000 four years out, 1.16× what the same major pays nationally.
Around Cal Poly SLO
Where mechanical 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.
Nearby in the mechanical engineering ranking
Other strong majors at Cal Poly SLO
- Environmental science 81 · #72
- Engineering (all) 80 · #72
- Communications & media 80 · #78
- Math & statistics 78 · #94
- Business & finance 78 · #81
- 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 mechanical 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.