Animal Science at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

What traits are you looking for in a animal science school? To help you decide if California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's animal science program.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo, California and approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year.

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Animal Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Animal Science Rankings

The animal science major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Animal Science. 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.

Animal Science Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Animal Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of animal science bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in animal science 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 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its animal science 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 animal science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	87
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Concentrations Within Animal Science

If you plan to be a animal science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Animal Sciences, General	169
Dairy Science	18

Related Majors

• Horticulture
• Agricultural Public Services
• Agricultural Mechanization
• General Agriculture
• Plant Sciences

Careers That Animal Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in animal science 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
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	6,790	$47,360
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	1,460	$91,670
Agricultural Sciences Professors	380	$97,290
Animal Scientists	40	$56,840

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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