Offered Programs at Cal Poly
Offered Degrees/Programs
BS, MS, Post-Grad.
Total Number of Programs
132
Total Number of Completers
5,559
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo offers 132 programs through Bachelor's, Master's, and Post Graduate Certificate. By degree types, it offers 79 Bachelor's, 50 Master's, 3 Post-BS Certificate programs.
For the academic year 2022-2023, total 5,559 students have completed their degree/programs and graduated from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
Number of Programs with Completers
The following table summarizes the offered degrees and programs with number of programs and number of completers.
By degrees/certificates, 4,931 Bachelor's, 626 Master's, and 2 Post-BS Certificate were awareded by Cal Poly.
Number of Programs | Number of Online Programs | Number of Completers | |
---|---|---|---|
Bachelor's | 79 | 0 | 4,931 |
Master's | 50 | 0 | 626 |
Post-BS Certificate | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 132 | 0 | 5,559 |
Best Major Programs (Ranked in U.S. Colleges)
The following table shows the best programs at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo based on earning after completing the program by degree types.
Field of Study | Median Earning after Graduation |
---|---|
Computer Engineering | $88,200 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | $73,800 |
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | $71,600 |
Mechanical Engineering | $71,600 |
Industrial Engineering | $69,100 |
Field of Study | Median Earning after Graduation |
---|---|
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | $97,200 |
Engineering | $71,200 |
Civil Engineering | $69,000 |
Accounting | $66,700 |
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | $55,800 |
Popular Programs with Most Completers
The following table lists the popular programs at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo based on number of completers for each offered programs in 2022-2023.
Program Name | Completers | Earning after Graduation |
---|---|---|
Business Administration and Management | 766 | $59,800 |
Civil Engineering | 172 | $68,100 |
Animal Sciences | 168 | $29,100 |
Psychology | 155 | $31,400 |
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology | 154 | - |
Program Name | Completers | Earning after Graduation |
---|---|---|
Civil Engineering (other) | 42 | - |
Major Programs by Offered Degree
The follwing tabs shows all major programs offered at Cal Poly by awared level. You can check online avaiability, number of completers, and average earning after graduation for each major by expanding the major program.
Agriculture
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Agriculture | ✕ | 446 completers | $54,700 |
Agricultural Business and Management | ✕ | 0 | $54,700 |
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | ✕ | 120 | - |
Agricultural Mechanization | ✕ | 40 | - |
Ornamental Horticulture | ✕ | 1 | - |
Agricultural Communication/Journalism | ✕ | 32 | - |
Animal Sciences | ✕ | 149 | $29,100 |
Dairy Science | ✕ | 16 | - |
Food Science | ✕ | 39 | $43,800 |
Agronomy and Crop Science | ✕ | 49 | - |
Horticultural Science | ✕ | 0 | - |
Soil Science and Agronomy | ✕ | 0 | - |
Natural Resources and Conservation
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Natural Resources and Conservation | ✕ | 163 completers | $56,300 |
Natural Resources/Conservation | ✕ | 0 | $56,300 |
Natural Resources Management and Policy (other) | ✕ | 125 | - |
Forestry | ✕ | 38 | $39,900 |
Architecture
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Architecture | ✕ | 243 completers | - |
Architecture | ✕ | 0 | $52,900 |
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | ✕ | 36 | - |
Landscape Architecture | ✕ | 27 | $44,300 |
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology | ✕ | 180 | - |
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies | ✕ | 12 completers | - |
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other) | ✕ | 12 | - |
Communication and Journalism
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Communication and Journalism | ✕ | 135 completers | $38,400 |
Speech Communication and Rhetoric | ✕ | 77 | $38,400 |
Journalism | ✕ | 58 | $31,600 |
Communications Technologies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Communications Technologies | ✕ | 83 completers | - |
Graphic Communications | ✕ | 83 | $50,100 |
Computer and Information Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 159 completers | $115,000 |
Computer Science | ✕ | 159 | - |
Education
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Education | ✕ | 57 completers | - |
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | ✕ | 57 | - |
Agricultural Teacher Education | ✕ | 0 | $29,600 |
Engineering
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Engineering | ✕ | 1,139 completers | - |
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | ✕ | 106 | $71,600 |
Agricultural Engineering | ✕ | 18 | - |
Architectural Engineering | ✕ | 39 | $60,400 |
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | ✕ | 104 | $60,800 |
Civil Engineering | ✕ | 130 | $68,100 |
Computer Engineering | ✕ | 95 | $88,200 |
Computer Software Engineering | ✕ | 63 | - |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | ✕ | 135 | $73,800 |
Engineering Science | ✕ | 7 | - |
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | ✕ | 29 | $62,600 |
Materials Engineering | ✕ | 48 | $64,000 |
Mechanical Engineering | ✕ | 271 | $71,600 |
Construction Engineering | ✕ | 0 | - |
Industrial Engineering | ✕ | 72 | $69,100 |
Manufacturing Engineering | ✕ | 22 | - |
Engineering Technology
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Engineering Technology | ✕ | 52 completers | - |
Industrial Technology/Technician | ✕ | 52 | - |
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | ✕ | 5 completers | - |
Foreign Languages and Literatures | ✕ | 2 | - |
Spanish Language and Literature | ✕ | 3 | - |
Work and Family Studies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Work and Family Studies | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Human Development and Family Studies | ✕ | 0 | - |
English Language and Literature
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 58 completers | $32,600 |
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 58 | $32,600 |
Rhetoric and Composition | ✕ | 0 | - |
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities | ✕ | 107 completers | $26,000 |
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | ✕ | 85 | $26,000 |
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other) | ✕ | 22 | - |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Biological and Biomedical Sciences | ✕ | 212 completers | $31,200 |
Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 158 | $31,200 |
Biochemistry | ✕ | 38 | - |
Microbiology | ✕ | 16 | - |
Mathematics and Statistics
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Mathematics and Statistics | ✕ | 95 completers | $46,800 |
Mathematics | ✕ | 55 | $46,800 |
Statistics | ✕ | 40 | - |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies | ✕ | 111 completers | - |
Nutrition Sciences | ✕ | 74 | - |
Marine Sciences | ✕ | 12 | - |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) | ✕ | 25 | - |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies | ✕ | 170 completers | - |
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | ✕ | 95 | - |
Health and Physical Education/Fitness | ✕ | 75 | - |
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Philosophy and Religious Studies | ✕ | 32 completers | - |
Philosophy | ✕ | 32 | - |
Physical Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Physical Sciences | ✕ | 99 completers | - |
Chemistry | ✕ | 26 | - |
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other) | ✕ | 23 | - |
Physics | ✕ | 50 | - |
Psychology
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Psychology | ✕ | 153 completers | $31,400 |
Psychology | ✕ | 153 | $31,400 |
Social Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Social Sciences | ✕ | 242 completers | - |
Social Sciences | ✕ | 0 | - |
Economics | ✕ | 53 | $53,300 |
Political Science and Government | ✕ | 88 | $45,800 |
Sociology | ✕ | 63 | $38,100 |
Social Sciences (other) | ✕ | 38 | $21,400 |
Visual and Performing Arts
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Visual and Performing Arts | ✕ | 75 completers | - |
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts | ✕ | 10 | - |
Art/Art Studies | ✕ | 0 | $41,000 |
Fine/Studio Arts | ✕ | 54 | - |
Music | ✕ | 11 | - |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | ✕ | 60 completers | - |
Public Health | ✕ | 60 | - |
Dietetics/Dietitian | ✕ | 0 | - |
Business
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Business | ✕ | 876 completers | $57,700 |
Business Administration and Management | ✕ | 753 | $59,800 |
Construction Management | ✕ | 123 | - |
History
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
History | ✕ | 58 completers | - |
History | ✕ | 58 | $28,800 |
Total | 4,931 |
Agriculture
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Agriculture | ✕ | 7 completers | - |
Agricultural Business and Management | ✕ | 0 | - |
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | ✕ | 0 | - |
Dairy Science | ✕ | 0 | - |
Food Science | ✕ | 7 | - |
Natural Resources and Conservation
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Natural Resources and Conservation | ✕ | 19 completers | - |
Environmental Science | ✕ | 18 | - |
Forestry | ✕ | 1 | - |
Architecture
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Architecture | ✕ | 20 completers | - |
Architecture | ✕ | 5 | - |
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | ✕ | 15 | $55,800 |
Communications Technologies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Communications Technologies | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Graphic Communications | ✕ | 0 | - |
Computer and Information Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Computer and Information Sciences | ✕ | 37 completers | - |
Computer Science | ✕ | 37 | - |
Education
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Education | ✕ | 114 completers | $51,400 |
Education | ✕ | 0 | $51,400 |
Curriculum and Instruction | ✕ | 14 | - |
Educational Leadership and Administration | ✕ | 21 | - |
Special Education and Teaching | ✕ | 18 | - |
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services | ✕ | 17 | - |
Agricultural Teacher Education | ✕ | 44 | - |
Engineering
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Engineering | ✕ | 190 completers | $71,200 |
Engineering | ✕ | 0 | $71,200 |
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | ✕ | 15 | - |
Architectural Engineering | ✕ | 2 | - |
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | ✕ | 29 | - |
Civil Engineering | ✕ | 0 | $69,000 |
Civil Engineering (other) | ✕ | 45 | - |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering | ✕ | 31 | $97,200 |
Mechanical Engineering | ✕ | 55 | - |
Industrial Engineering | ✕ | 13 | - |
Engineering (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
Engineering Technology
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Engineering Technology | ✕ | 26 completers | - |
Engineering/Industrial Management | ✕ | 24 | - |
Packaging Science | ✕ | 2 | - |
English Language and Literature
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 2 | - |
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Biological and Biomedical Sciences | ✕ | 10 completers | - |
Biology/Biological Sciences | ✕ | 10 | - |
Mathematics and Statistics
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Mathematics and Statistics | ✕ | 13 completers | - |
Mathematics | ✕ | 13 | - |
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies | ✕ | 6 completers | - |
Nutrition Sciences | ✕ | 6 | - |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Health and Physical Education/Fitness | ✕ | 0 | - |
Physical Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Physical Sciences | ✕ | 3 completers | - |
Polymer Chemistry | ✕ | 3 | - |
Physics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Psychology
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Psychology | ✕ | 16 completers | - |
Psychology | ✕ | 16 | - |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting | ✕ | 10 completers | - |
Fire Services Administration | ✕ | 0 | - |
Fire Protection (other) | ✕ | 10 | - |
Human Services
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Human Services | ✕ | 13 completers | - |
Public Administration | ✕ | 0 | - |
Public Policy Analysis | ✕ | 13 | - |
Social Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Social Sciences | ✕ | 21 completers | - |
Economics | ✕ | 0 | - |
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | ✕ | 21 | - |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Dietetics/Dietitian | ✕ | 0 | - |
Business
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Business | ✕ | 102 completers | - |
Business Administration and Management | ✕ | 43 | - |
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) | ✕ | 0 | - |
Accounting | ✕ | 2 | $66,700 |
Management Science | ✕ | 45 | - |
Taxation | ✕ | 12 | - |
History
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
History | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
History | ✕ | 2 | - |
Total | 626 |
Engineering
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Engineering | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
Engineering (other) | ✕ | 2 | - |
Engineering Technology
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
Engineering Technology | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
Packaging Science | ✕ | 0 | - |
English Language and Literature
Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
---|---|---|---|
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
English Language and Literature | ✕ | 0 | - |
Total | 2 |