2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at Cal Poly is $12,161 for California residents and $33,230 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 7.21% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at Cal Poly.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Cost of Attendance page.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$10,071$25,971$11,505$21,009
2022$10,195$28,105$11,629$21,133
2023$10,319$28,229$11,753$21,257
2024$11,075$30,995$12,509$22,013
2025$12,161$33,230$13,685$23,765

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2025 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo is $0 for California residents and $280 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 6.06% from last year.
The 2025 graduate tuition per credit hour is $0 for California residents and $280 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 6.06% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2025 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo 2025 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
California ResidentsOut-of-StateCalifornia ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$0$264$0$264
2022$0$264$0$264
2023$0$264$0$264
2024-$1$264-$1$264
2025$0$280$0$280

Online Student Population

There are 23,069 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at Cal Poly. Of that, 127 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 7,947 students have joined to some online courses and 14,995 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2023-2024.
Online Student Population at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total23,06922,0331,036
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes1276265
Enrolled Some in Online Classes7,9477,87968
Not Enrolled in Online Classes14,99514,092903
Online Student Population by Student Location at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)1276265
California Residents1085949
Other State in U.S.19316
Outside of U.S.000
Unknown000

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