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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

Official telephone: (805) 756-1111
Fax number: (805) 756-5400
Website: https://www.calpoly.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 21,947
Full-time undergraduates: 21,144
Part-time undergraduates: 773
Total graduate students: 815
Full-time graduate students: 611
Part-time graduate students: 204
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
13.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
0.8% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
25.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
47.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
0.8% Nonresident Alien
3.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 6,000 acres

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 39%
Percent of students who live off campus: 61%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's bowlingyes 
Men's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; baseball; basketball; football; golf; racquetball; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; wrestling; sand volleyball; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: San Luis Obispo County Regiona

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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