Health & pre-med fields at Cal Poly SLO
Cal Poly SLO graduates about 62 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 161st of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a strong program at 69 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Cal Poly SLO
Where pre-med & health fields happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: 48- Environmental Horitcultural Science, Dairy Science, Dairy Science Cow Shelter, Dairy Science Judging Pavilion, 18E- Dairy Science Bull Barn, 18B- Dairy Science Physiology Lab, Crop Science Building, Science North, Agricultural Sciences, Clyde P. Fisher Science, 48Q- EHS Environmental Horticultural Science D&P, Mathematics and Science (38).
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 108 · Dorm 49 · Athletics 8 · Student housing 8 · Arts 7 · Dining 4.
Nearby in the pre-med & health fields 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
- Mechanical engineering 76 · #52
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Cal Poly SLO with every school we score in pre-med & health fields. 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.