by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo came in at #170 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 15% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. For this achievement, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also ranked #27 for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 48.1% of the total graduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are women and 51.9% are men.
About 32.6% of the graduate students who attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Around 3.6% of graduate students are international. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,176 | $16,680 |
| Fees | $4,453 | $4,453 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $72,275. That's about 24% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.
Contact details for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 |
| Phone: | 805-756-1111 |
| Website: | calpoly.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaPolytechnic |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/calpoly |
About 35.9% of the graduate students at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 5.4% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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