Agricultural Mechanization at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

If you plan to study agricultural mechanization, take a look at what California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 22,440.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agricultural Mechanization section at the bottom of this page.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Agricultural Mechanization Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Mech

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Agricultural Mechanization Rankings

The ag mech major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agricultural Mechanization. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ag Mech Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ag mech majors at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of ag mech bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical ag mech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 7% women. So female students are more repesented at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since its program graduates 25% more women than average.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ag mech at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ag mech bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's in ag mech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Agricultural Mechanization

If you plan to be a ag mech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agricultural Mechanization	42

Related Majors

• Horticulture
• Agricultural Public Services
• General Agriculture
• Plant Sciences
• Food Science Technology

Careers That Ag Mech Grads May Go Into

A degree in ag mech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	12,920	$70,750
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics	12,030	$65,160
Agricultural Equipment Operators	5,740	$32,180
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	2,810	$47,310
Agricultural Sciences Professors	380	$97,290

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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