Engineering Science at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Every engineering science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering science program at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Engineering Science section at the bottom of this page.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Engineering Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Science

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Engineering Science Rankings

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

Engineering Science Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Engineering Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of engineering science bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical engineering science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% women. So female students are more repesented at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Engineering Science

If you plan to be a engineering science 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
General Engineering Science	16

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Engineering Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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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