California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) belongs to the 23-campus California State University system. It opened in San Luis Obispo in 1938 as California State Polytechnic College’s Voorhis Unit. It became a university in1972.
Located in W. Temple Avenue in Pomona about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, Cal Poly Pomona maintains nine colleges and centers in its 1438-acre campus, enrolling more than 21,000 students and employing more than 3,000 faculty members. Student to faculty ratio at Cal Poly Pomona is 29:1.
Undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees offered by Cal Poly Pomona span more than fifty major areas of study wherein students are encouraged to continually apply their acquired knowledge in internships, practical research and development projects during tenure in the university.
These major areas of study include: College of Agriculture – Agricultural Education, Animal Health Science, Animal & Veterinary Science, Apparel Merchandising & Management, Food Marketing & Agribusiness Management, Food Science and Technology, Human Nutrition & Food Sciences, and Plant Sciences; College of Business Administration – Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Finance, Real Estate, Law, International Business & Marketing, Management & Human Resources, and Technology & Operations Management; College of Education and Integrative Studies – Education, Ethnic & Women’s Studies, Interdisciplinary General Education, and Liberal Studies; College of Engineering – Aerospace Engineering, Chemical & Materials Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering Technology, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering; College of Environmental Design – Architecture, Art Department, Landscape Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning, and John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies; College of the Extended University; Collins College of Hospitality Management; College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences – Psychology and Sociology, Communication, Economics, English & Foreign Languages, Geography & Anthropology, History, Kinesiology & Health Promotion, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, and Theatre; and College of Science – Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geological Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics.
Academic costs for undergraduate students (6.1 or more units) are $3,048 per year; credential program participants (6.1 or more) – $3,540; graduate students (6.1 or more) – $3,756; doctoral program students – $7,926. Academic costs exclude miscellaneous fees. Tuition costs for nonresident students do not exceed $10,170.
For more information about admissions, financial aid and online learning opportunities such as online classes or distance education programs, please contact California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
