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#1 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#8 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#3 Civil
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#2 Computer
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#2 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#1 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#2 Mechanical
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#2 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#1 Most Innovative Schools
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#87 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#1 Top Public Schools
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#128 Business Programs
California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo is ranked #4 in Regional Universities West. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
76
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
4
Graduation and retention rank
1
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
80%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
87
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
80%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
84%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
77%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
6
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
70
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
8
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
84.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
75%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
14.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
13%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
19:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
3
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
89%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
62
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
35
Average alumni giving rate
4%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
