California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Details
- Name: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
- Location: San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 29.75%
- Average SAT Scores No data
- Four Year Completion Rate 61.15% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 85.19% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 86.61% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year61.2%6 Year85.2%8 Year86.6% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $29,918 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $30,995 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $11,075 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $15,396 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $18,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $9,166 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $6,476 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $6,904 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $11,372 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $18,032 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $26,920 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $72,358 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $71,593 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $82,835 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $80,118 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $90,768 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| History | Bachelor's Degree | $34,110 | $24,558 | $27,907 |
| Agricultural Mechanization | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $43,926 | $34,960 | $46,002 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $38,412 | $30,113 | $55,329 |
| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $39,971 | $36,997 | $30,350 |
| Soil Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | $29,855 | No data | $44,172 |
| Graphic Communications | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $38,174 | $49,435 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $39,804 | $91,493 |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,746 |
| Construction Engineering Technologies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $79,656 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $20,936 |
| Agriculture, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,178 |
| Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,272 | $31,009 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | Bachelor's Degree | $41,001 | No data | $53,484 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $23,544 | No data | $40,455 |
| Agricultural Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $67,924 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,140 | $72,381 |
| Engineering Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Construction Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,673 |
| Agricultural Public Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,797 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $39,300 | $29,330 | $50,514 |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | $34,248 | No data | $35,417 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $31,565 | $39,869 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $27,343 | $91,351 |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Architectural Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $52,409 | $54,690 | $69,509 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $59,486 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,952 | $72,643 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $35,254 | No data | $37,312 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,431 |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $36,566 | $28,863 | $52,700 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $36,882 | $31,675 | $29,831 |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,667 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $37,762 | $55,714 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $23,744 | No data |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $39,766 | $34,520 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $57,040 | $54,087 | $74,220 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $46,849 | $72,746 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $39,725 | $79,454 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,219 | $74,806 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,936 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $37,453 | $31,600 | $38,741 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,729 |
| Marine Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $31,418 | $25,736 | $29,831 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,496 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $36,250 | $32,579 | $39,354 |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $58,544 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $88,197 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,879 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $33,240 | $21,777 | $31,386 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $47,037 | $32,589 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,120 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $26,136 | $31,649 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,393 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $44,508 | $40,244 | $51,116 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $37,449 | No data | $39,856 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $40,492 | $36,642 | $63,640 |
| Construction Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $39,846 | $83,616 |