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Manufacturing Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Manufacturing Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Every manufacturing engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the manufacturing engineering 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 approximately 22,440 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students received a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Manufacturing Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Manufacturing Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks manufacturing engineering programs across the country. The following shows how Cal Poly San Luis Obispo performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools 9
Most Focused Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 15
Most Focused Manufacturing Engineering Schools 26

How Much Do Manufacturing Engineering Graduates from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Make?

The median salary of manufacturing engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $68,936. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $65,857 for all manufacturing engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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Manufacturing Engineering Student Demographics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Manufacturing Engineering Bachelor’s Program

15% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 85% of manufacturing engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

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About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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 manufacturing engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also has a doctoral program available in manufacturing engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Manufacturing Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in manufacturing engineering 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
Cost Estimators 28,660 $78,190
Industrial Engineers 26,220 $107,810
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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