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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public · 21,996 students · mostly bachelor degrees
207th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$16,665
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$32,265
Graduation rate
86%
Admission rate
31%
Median graduate earnings
$90,768
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$18,500
Pell grant recipients
19%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
125 programsComputer Science · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$235,241Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Master's Degree26 grads/yr$158,977Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree202 grads/yr$154,784Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree129 grads/yr$148,950Accounting · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$134,105Astronautical Engineering · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$132,720Management Science · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$131,448Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree40 grads/yr$127,908Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree159 grads/yr$125,240Construction Project Management · Bachelor's Degree150 grads/yr$118,331Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$113,572Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree76 grads/yr$112,797Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree689 grads/yr$110,902Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree71 grads/yr$109,232Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$108,148Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree110 grads/yr$107,498Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree278 grads/yr$106,750Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree41 grads/yr$106,004Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Master's Degree43 grads/yr$104,117Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$102,702Mathematics and Statistics · Bachelor's Degree41 grads/yr$101,353Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree148 grads/yr$101,072Materials Engineering · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$100,599Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$98,927Logic · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$98,592
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.