California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, was established in 1938 as the Voorhis Ranch. The university, also referred to as Cal Poly Pomona, is part of the California State University system. The university sits on more than 1400 acres in Pomona, California, and offers over 65 undergraduate programs and more than 20 graduate programs. Cal Poly Pomona is organized into the following colleges:

• College of Agriculture
• College of Business Administration
• College of Education and Integrative Studies
• College of Engineering
• College of Environmental Design
• College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
• College of Science
• The Collins College of Hospitality Management

Cal Poly Pomona has an active Greek Life and recognizes more than 20 fraternities and sororities including Beta Chi Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sigma Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Lambda Theta Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and many more.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, business and management, architecture and planning, hospitality, animal science and care, design, and mathematics.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High faculty salary.
• Racially diverse student body.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 21,190 in 2009-2010 (18,749 full-time equivalent).

About 58% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 42% of the class.

Undergrads are 89% of enrolled students and graduate students are 11%.

Students under 25 years old represent 77% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Cal State Pomona provides on-campus housing for 3,155 of its 18,749 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the California Collegiate Athletic Association for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 79 male students received the aid (men were 54% of those receiving aid) and 68 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 46% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Cal State Pomona offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (40 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agriculture
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (98 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (205 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (20 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,013 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (81 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Natural Resources Conservation and Research

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (56 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (61 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (13 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (141 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Education

ENGINEERING (625 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Structural Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (97 awarded)

• Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
• Engineering Technology

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (7 awarded)

• Public Administration

HOSPITALITY (219 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (20 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping
• Ornamental Horticulture
• Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
• Soil Science and Agronomy

LIBERAL ARTS (496 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• Geography
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (61 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (80 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (28 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (76 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Health and Physical Education
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (17 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (244 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Biology
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiology
• Physics
• Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (198 awarded)

• Behavioral Sciences
• Psychology