Cal Poly is a nationally ranked, four-year, comprehensive public university located in San Luis Obispo, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on California's Central Coast. It is a distinctive learning community offering academically focused students a hands-on educational experience that prepares them for today's scientific and technical world.

For the 18 years in a row, Cal Poly has been rated the best public-master's university in the West by U.S. News & World Report, in its 2010 America 's Best Colleges guidebook.

Cal Poly paced 6th in the magazine's overall list of the West's best universities, including both public and private institutions, that provide "a full range of undergraduate and master's-level programs but few, if any, doctoral programs." U.S. News ranks colleges that grant doctoral degrees, such as those in the University of California system, in a separate category.

Contact Info:

California Polytechnic State University
1 Grand Avenue
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
(805) 756-1111

Campus Security
805-756-2281

Admissions
805-756-2311

Alumni Relations
888-CAL-POLY (888-225-7659)

Housing Services
805-756-1226
www.calpoly.edu