5 THE CAL POLY EXPERIENCE
DEGREE PROGRAMS
FACTS, FIGURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS • During the last survey conducted among those students who graduated during the 2009-10 academic year, 82 percent of Cal Poly students reported working full time or attending graduate school within one year of receiving an undergraduate degree. Breaking down the figures, 65 percent of Cal Poly graduates were working full time within one year of graduation, 17 percent were attending graduate school and 6 percent were at least employed part time. Additionally, 94 percent of those employed were in fields related to their college degree.
6 in agriculture degrees to Asian students; No. 7 in agriculture degrees to students of all minority groups and No. 8 in engineering degrees to Hispanic students. Overall, Cal Poly ranked No. 12 in granting degrees to all minorities. • Hundreds of firms recruit and employ Cal Poly grads each year. Cal Poly annually hosts between 300 and 600 employers through an on-campus recruiting program and career fairs.
• Measuring 203,605 square feet, Robert E. Kennedy Library contains approximately • The median starting salary for those Cal Poly stu- 2,576,300 items. This collection features more dents graduating during the 2009-10 academic than 620,000 books, 107,000 bound periodicals year was $50,000. and an extensive collection of government documents and exclusive collections. • Cal Poly’s admissions process is highly competitive. A total of 40,402 freshman applications were • In 2009, prominent architectural and engineering receoved for the Fall 2013 term and 13,939 were journal DesignIntelligence rated Cal Poly’s archiselected, with about 6,000 expected to enroll. tecture program as the third-strongest curriculum Freshmen selected for the Fall 2013 term had an in the United States. The architecture department average high school GPAof 3.96, an average ACT received a $60 million pledge from an anonymous score of 29 and an average SAT score of 1,311. donor in 2007. At the time, it marked the largest Among 8,099 transfer applicants, 1,965 were single gift ever made to a campus in the CSU sysselected with an average GPA of 3.33. tem. • Cal Poly has more than 125,000 alumni living and working across the globe. San Luis Obispo County features the largest concentration of Cal Poly alumni (14,479), followed by Santa Clara County (8,480) and Los Angeles County (8,454).
• Recognized as a leading source of accounting graduates, Cal Poly’s Orfalea College of Business is one of only two public universities in California (along with the University of California) to be recognized by Business Week magazine as one of the top 100 undergraduate business programs in • Cal Poly’s main campus features more than the nation. 1,300 acres. Off-site acreage includes the adjacent San Luis Creek Ranches (1,614 acres), non- • As part of developing a comprehensive curricuadjacent Western Ranches (3,043), Swanton lum for a degree in wine and viticulture, Cal Poly Pacific Ranch in Santa Cruz County (3,200) and and E&J Gallo Winery have established a state-ofthe Valencia Property (500), also located in Santa the-art vineyard on campus. Cruz County. Cal Poly is the second-largest landholding institution in the state, ranking behind the • The National Science Foundation has recogUniversity of California. Cal Poly, however, uses all nized Cal Poly’s science programs as among the of its holdings in active support of education. most innovative undergraduate curriculums in the United States. A new 190,000-square foot Center • Cal Poly annually remains among the top-10 for Science and Mathematics is expected to be schools in the United States in granting degrees to completed by Fall 2013. Hispanic, Asian and other minority students in the fields of agriculture, architecture and engineering. • The College of Agriculture, Food and With information compiled by Diverse Issues in Environmental Sciences is the nation’s fourthHigher Education magazine, Cal Poly ranked No. largest undergraduate agricultural program at 4 nationally in granting agriculture degrees to approximately 3,832 students, as of the Fall 2008 Hispanic students; No. 5 in architecture degrees to term. The college was recently awarded $7.6 milstudents of all minority groups and architecture lion in research grants from the California degrees to both Asian and Hispanic students; No. Agricultural Research Initiative.
CAL POLY STUDENT BREAKDOWN* • Male: 10,400 (55.4% of population); Female: 8,362 (44.6%) • Average Age: 20.2 • Approximate Geographic Undergraduate Origin: San Francisco Bay Area 29%, Los Angeles/Orange/Ventura Counties 23%, San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara/MontereySan Benito Counties 8%, San Diego County 9%, San Joaquin Valley 7%, Sacramento area 7%, remaining California Counties 5%, remaining United States 10%, International 0.5% • Applications for 2011 Fall Term: First-time freshmen 33,001 (4,316 enrolled); Transfers 6,834 (808 enrolled); Post-Baccalaureate 131 (78 enrolled); Graduate 1,086 (367 enrolled) • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School GPA: 3.84 • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School SAT Reading Score: 593 • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School SAT Math Score: 633 • First-Time Freshman Student Average High School ACT Score: 27 • Average Transfer Student GPA: 3.35 *All figures taken from Fall Quarter 2011
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES • Agriculture and Environmental Plant Science* (BS) • Agricultural Business (BS) • Agricultural Communications (BS) • Agricultural Science (BS) • Agricultural Systems Management* (BS) • Animal Science (BS) • BioResource and Agricultural Engineering* (BS) • Dairy Science* (BS, Minor) • Earth Science (BS) • Environmental Management and Protection (BS) • Food Science (BS, Minor) • Forestry and Natural Resources (BS) • Nutrition (BS, Minor) • Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration (BS) • Soil Science* (BS, Minor) • Wine and Viticulture (BS, Minor) COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN • Architecture (BArch) • Architectural Engineering* (BS, Minor) • City and Regional Planning (BS, MCRP, Minor) • Construction Management (BS, Minor) • Landscape Architecture (BLA) • • • • • • • • • • • • •
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Aerospace Engineering (BS) Biomedical Engineering* (BS) Civil Engineering (BS) Computer Engineering (BS) Computer Science (BS, Minor) Electrical Engineering (BS) Environmental Engineering (BS) General Engineering (BS) Industrial Engineering (BS) Manufacturing Engineering (BS) Materials Engineering (BS) Mechanical Engineering (BS) Software Engineering (BS)
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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Anthropology and Geography (BA) Art and Design (BA) Child Development (BS, Minor) Communication Studies (BA, Minor) Comparative Ethnic Studies (BA) English (BA, Minor) Graphic Communication (BS, Minor) History (BA, Minor) Journalism (BS) Modern Languages and Literatures (BA) Music (BA, Minor) Philosophy (BA, Minor) Political Science (BA) Psychology (BS, Minor) Sociology (BA, minor) Theatre Arts (BA, Minor)
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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Biochemistry (BS) Biological Sciences (BS) Chemistry (BS) Kinesiology (BS) Liberal Studies (BS/BA) Mathematics (BS, Minor) Microbiology (BS, Minor) Physics (BS, BA, Minor) Statistics (BS, Minor)
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Gerontology Global Politics Integrated Project Delivery Land Rehabilitation Landscape Horticulture Latin American Studies Law and Society Linguistics Meat Science and Processing Military Science Multidisciplinary Design Ornamental Plant Production Packaging Photography Plant Protection Science Poultry Management Rangeland Resources Real Property Development Religious Studies Spanish Studio Art Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Environments Values, Technology and Society Water Science Western Intellectual Tradition Women's and Gender Studies MASTER’S PROGRAMS Accounting-Taxation (MS) Aerospace Engineering (MS) Agribusiness (MS, MBA) Agriculture (MS), with specializations in Agricultural Education; Agricultural Engineering Technology; Animal Science; Crop Science; Dairy Products Technology; Environmental Horticulture Science; Food Science and Nutrition; Irrigation; Plant Protection Science; Recreation, Parks and Tourism Management and Soil Science. Architecture (dual MBA-BArch) Biological Sciences (MS, MA) Business and Technology (MS) City and Regional Planning (MCRP/MS) Civil and Environmental Engineering (MS) Computer Science (MS) Economics (MS) Education (MA) Electrical Engineering (MS) Engineering (MS), with specializations in Biochemical Engineering; Bioengineering; Biomedical Engineering; Integrated Technology Management; Materials Engineering and Water Engineering Engineering Management (dual MBAMS) English (MA) Forestry Sciences (MS) General Management (MBA) Graphic Communication Document Systems Management (MBA) History (MA) Industrial and Technical Studies (dual MBA-MS) Industrial Engineering (MS) Kinesiology (MS) Landscape Architecture (dual MBA-BLA) Mathematics (MS) Mechanical Engineering (MS) Polymers and Coatings Science (MS) Psychology (MS) Public Policy (MPP) Transportation Planning (MCRP/MS)
ORFALEA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS • Business Administration (BS) • Economics (BS, Minor) • Industrial Technology (BS, Minor)
DOCTORATE • Education (through College of Education and in conjunction with UC Santa Barbara)
SEPARATE MINOR PROGRAMS Agricultural Communication Agribusiness Anthropology/Geography Art History Asian Studies Astronomy Biology Biotechnology Business Dance Disaster Management and Homeland Security Environmental Studies Equine Science Ethnic Studies French Geographic Information Systems Geology German
CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS • Administrative Services • Agriculture Specialist • Education Specialist (Mild/Moderate Disabilities) • Single Subject, including Agriculture Instruction; Biological Science Instruction; Chemistry Instruction; English Instruction; Mathematics Instruction; Social Science Instruction; Physical Education Instruction; Physics Instruction • Multiple Subject Instruction • Multiple Subject; Bilingual CrossCultural Language and Academic Development Emphasis
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* Among California State University system’s 23 campuses, major course of study exclusive to Cal Poly.