Graduate Programs at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Graduate School Overview

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (referred to as Cal Poly) is a Public, 4 years school located in San Luis Obispo, CA. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (4/30/1951 - Current).

Cal Poly Directory Information
School Name	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)
Address	1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Phone	805-756-1111
Web	https://calpoly.edu
Online Application	https://www2.calstate.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://financialaid.calpoly.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo is $11,753 for California residents and $21,257 for out-of-state students. The school has 974 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 22,000 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 132 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$21,257 $11,753 for California Residents
Student Population	974
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	132 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo is $11,753 for California residents and $21,257 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is -$1 for California residents and $266 for out-of-state students.

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo is $11,753 for California residents and $21,257 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.59% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	California Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,176	$4,074	$16,680	$4,074
2019-2020	$7,176	$4,201	$16,680	$4,201
2020-2021	$7,176	$4,329	$16,680	$4,329
2021-2022	$7,176	$4,453	$16,680	$4,453
2022-2023	$7,176	$4,577	$16,680	$4,577

The graduate school tuition & fees of Cal Poly is average compared to public graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the California graduate tuition is $21,752 (public) / $24,037 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	$11,753	$21,257
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
California Graduate Schools	$19,766	$22,527
Public	$11,624	$21,752
Private	$24,037

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,693 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. On-campus living costs are increased by 0.63% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,693. Off-campus living costs are increased by 0.63% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$13,770	$2,775	$13,770	$2,775
2019-2020	$14,208	$2,835	$14,706	$2,835
2020-2021	$15,694	$2,190	$15,694	$2,190
2021-2022	$16,332	$2,244	$16,332	$2,244
2022-2023	$16,449	$2,244	$16,449	$2,244

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $266 at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.76% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$264
2019-2020	$264
2020-2021	$264
2021-2022	$264
2022-2023	$266

Graduate Programs at Cal Poly

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo offers 53 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 526 students have completed their study at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Offered Degrees at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	50	520
Post Bachelor's Degree	3	6
Total	53	526

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Engineering (other) program with 5 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Civil Engineering (other) program with 42 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering (other)	✕	5	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Engineering (other)	✕	0	-
Packaging Science	✕	0	-
Packaging Science	✕	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Civil Engineering (other)	✕	42	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	38	-
Civil Engineering (other)	✕	36	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	36	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	35	-

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo offers 53 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 526 students have completed their graduate studies.

520 students have earned/completed Master's program.
6 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's
Post-Bachelor's

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Agricultural Business and Management	✕	0	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✕	2	-
Dairy Science	✕	0	-
Food Science	✕	3	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	10	-
Forestry	✕	3	-
Architecture [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Architecture	✕	2	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	13	$55,800
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Graphic Communications	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	28	-
Education [+]	✕	78 completers	$51,400
Education	✕	0	$51,400
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	0	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	17	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	9	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	14	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	38	-
Engineering [+]	✕	150 completers	$71,200
Engineering	✕	4	$71,200
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	17	-
Architectural Engineering	✕	8	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	28	-
Civil Engineering	✕	0	$69,000
Civil Engineering (other)	✕	42	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	20	$97,200
Mechanical Engineering	✕	28	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering (other)	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	14	-
Packaging Science	✕	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	19	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	3	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Polymer Chemistry	✕	8	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Psychology	✕	14	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Fire Services Administration	✕	0	-
Fire Protection (other)	✕	16	-
Human Services [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	0	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	12	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	89 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	36	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	0	-
Accounting	✕	23	$66,700
Management Science	✕	19	-
Taxation	✕	11	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	520

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Engineering [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Engineering (other)	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Packaging Science	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	1 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	1	-
	Total	6

Graduate Student Population at Cal Poly

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,103 students enrolled into California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo graduate schools where it has total 22,000 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 816 full-time and 287 part-time graduate students. By gender, 556 male and 547 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,103	556	547
Full-time	816	389	427
Part-tme	287	167	120

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 596 White (54.03%), 14 Black/African American (1.27%), 203 Hispanic (18.40%), 106 Asian (9.61%), and 184 students with other races. 61 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,103	556	547
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	106	57	49
Black/African American	14	7	7
Hispanic	203	92	111
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	596	306	290
Two More	64	29	35
Un-Known	58	31	27
Non-resident Alien	61	33	28

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 60 graduate students (5.44% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 336 graduate students (30.46% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,103
Enrolled Online Exclusively	60
Enrolled Some Online Courses	336
Not in Online Courses	707

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. 736 students are aged 20 to 24 (66.73% of total students), 18 students are aged above 50 (1.63%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,103	556	547
Age 20-21	56	16	40
Age 22-24	680	352	328
Age 25-29	206	106	100
Age 30-34	75	40	35
Age 35-39	39	20	19
Age 40-49	29	13	16
Age 50-64	17	9	8
Over 64	1	0	1

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