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Cal Poly Pomona

Listed in federal data as “California State Polytechnic University-Pomona”.

CA · Public · Large suburb · 45,775 applicants 2023

74% admit rate $12K–$24K/yr in-state — aid decides

A parent's read

  • The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical grads from here earn about $106,171 four years out; anthropology grads about $37,443 — a 2.8× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
  • The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 8× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$23,955/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$71,902/yr) still runs about 8× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

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Parent/student verdict

Accessible

Accessible for most applicants. Affordable — net price averages ~$11,531/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.

Best for

  • In-state residents (tuition ~$7,780 — major value play)
  • Students focused on Business, Management, & Marketing (the school's signature program)
  • Students who thrive in a large, programmatic environment

The reality

  • You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: unweighted GPA below 3.50 (test bands are the school's own; the 3.50 line is our estimate, not a published figure)
  • Out-of-state tuition is 2.6× the in-state rate

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
M1: Master's - Larger Programs
Undergraduates
25,042
20,000 and above including graduate students
In-state tuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid at a given college pay this, minus any merit scholarships — whether you qualify depends on the college's price and policies, not on any fixed income line.
$7,780
sticker, before aid
Out-of-state tuition
$20,380
+$12,600 vs in-state
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
73.7%
Accessible
Test policyScores aren't considered at all, even if sent — the UCs are the big example. Grades and course rigor carry the weight.
Test-blind
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$71,902
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

Admitted-student GPA

3.70 average

unstated — the Common Data Set does not state whether its GPA is weighted or unweighted, so a family's own GPA cannot be aligned to it, enrolled first-year students (Fall 2025 (CDS 2025-2026)). Cal Poly Pomona is an impacted (selective) campus — admission is competitive and can vary sharply by major. Cal State is test-blind (no SAT/ACT in admissions), so the a–g GPA is the key academic signal. Source ↗

CSU first-year GPA — verified 2026-06-15 against the campus's official Common Data Set / admissions data. The GPA basis (a–g vs. weighted vs. 4.0-scale) differs from the unweighted GPA shown for private colleges.

Admit rate by major — Fall 2025

The headline admit rate hides a wide spread by program.

First-time freshman applications and admits by major, from the CSU Chancellor's Office. Campus overall: 74%.

Major Applicants Admitted Admit rate
Fall 2025		 Earlier year
for comparison
Biology impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 3,890 3,263 83.9% Fall 2021: 66.5% ↑
Mechanical Engineering impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 3,760 1,560 41.5% Fall 2021: 45.9% ↓
Computer Science impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 2,917 2,186 74.9% Fall 2021: 51.2% ↑
Psychology impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 2,571 2,266 88.1% Fall 2021: 38.7% ↑
Finance impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 2,202 1,316 59.8% Fall 2021: 44.1% ↑
Architecture impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 2,041 691 33.9% Fall 2021: 34.4%
Aerospace Engineering impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 1,851 690 37.3% Fall 2021: 38.3%
Marketing 1,616 1,492 92.3% Fall 2021: 50.5% ↑
Electrical Engineering impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 1,548 729 47.1% Fall 2021: 47.7%
Civil Engineering impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 1,503 852 56.7% Fall 2021: 49.9% ↑
Criminology 1,381 1,202 87.0% Fall 2021: 57.1% ↑
Pre-Veterinary Science 1,375 427 31.1% Fall 2021: 46.0% ↓
Kinesiology/Physical Education 1,270 1,149 90.5% Fall 2021: 79.5% ↑
Computer Engineering impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 1,211 936 77.3% Fall 2021: 46.2% ↑
Accountancy 1,152 920 79.9% Fall 2021: 70.2% ↑
Political Science/Government 947 902 95.2% Fall 2021: 93.6% ↑
Management 935 859 91.9% Fall 2021: 54.5% ↑
Biochemistry impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 820 760 92.7% Fall 2021: 89.9% ↑
Biotechnology impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 714 660 92.4% Fall 2021: 80.1% ↑
Chemical Engineering 594 562 94.6% Fall 2021: 89.4% ↑
Construction Engineering Technology/Management 537 486 90.5% Fall 2021: 65.1% ↑
Quantitative Economics 518 479 92.5% —
International Business 515 475 92.2% Fall 2021: 50.1% ↑
Early Childhood Studies 507 447 88.2% Fall 2022: 59.8% ↑
Animal Science impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 461 124 26.9% Fall 2021: 41.3% ↓
Civil and Environmental Engineering 455 281 61.8% Fall 2021: 55.2% ↑
Applied Mathematics 455 436 95.8% Fall 2021: 86.8% ↑
Information Systems 396 376 94.9% Fall 2021: 61.1% ↑
Dietetics & Food Administration/Nutritional Science 394 357 90.6% Fall 2021: 49.3% ↑
Industrial Engineering 373 352 94.4% Fall 2021: 96.7% ↓
Social Work 366 323 88.3% Fall 2021: 82.4% ↑
Animal Health Sciences impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 327 129 39.4% Fall 2021: 48.3% ↓
Environmental Biology impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 316 304 96.2% Fall 2021: 96.4%
Chemistry impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 303 284 93.7% Fall 2021: 91.6% ↑
Landscape Architecture impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 302 287 95.0% Fall 2021: 92.2% ↑
Physics impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 296 279 94.3% Fall 2021: 81.3% ↑
Liberal Studies 287 270 94.1% Fall 2021: 95.2% ↓
Mechanical Engineering Technology impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 270 259 95.9% Fall 2021: 95.0%
Graphic Design 259 245 94.6% Fall 2021: 96.0% ↓
History 254 241 94.9% Fall 2021: 78.9% ↑
Sociology 249 229 92.0% Fall 2021: 92.4%
Apparel Merchandising and Management 246 204 82.9% Fall 2021: 81.2% ↑
Philosophy 236 210 89.0% Fall 2021: 88.1%
Hotel and Restaurant/Hospitality Management 233 198 85.0% Fall 2021: 86.0%
Electronic Commerce E-Business 206 184 89.3% Fall 2021: 47.0% ↑
Journalism 195 181 92.8% Fall 2021: 93.8%
Public Relations 192 182 94.8% Fall 2021: 93.6% ↑
Food Science 189 174 92.1% Fall 2021: 95.0% ↓
Communications 176 160 90.9% Fall 2021: 95.8% ↓
Music 172 163 94.8% Fall 2021: 96.6% ↓
Manufacturing Engineering 167 162 97.0% Fall 2021: 96.1%
Agricultural Science and Education 165 148 89.7% Fall 2021: 94.2% ↓
Production and Operations Management 161 152 94.4% Fall 2021: 66.2% ↑
English Literature 156 149 95.5% Fall 2021: 84.6% ↑
English Education 155 137 88.4% Fall 2021: 74.9% ↑
Special Education 135 113 83.7% Fall 2023: 89.2% ↓
Music Industry & Technology 128 120 93.8% Fall 2021: 92.5% ↑
Electronic Engineering Technology 126 116 92.1% Fall 2021: 93.6% ↓
Theatre Arts 121 107 88.4% Fall 2021: 81.1% ↑
Mathematics 121 114 94.2% Fall 2021: 82.5% ↑
Theatre Arts (Professional Performance) 110 95 86.4% Fall 2021: 68.8% ↑
Architecture and Environmental Design impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 86 86 100.0% Fall 2021: 95.7% ↑
Agricultural Biology and Plant Science impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 84 78 92.9% Fall 2021: 96.2% ↓
Art History 84 71 84.5% Fall 2021: 92.4% ↓
City and Regional Planning 80 77 96.2% Fall 2021: 97.4% ↓
Agricultural Business 66 61 92.4% Fall 2021: 93.1%
Spanish 66 60 90.9% Fall 2021: 96.3% ↓
Anthropology 60 57 95.0% Fall 2021: 97.0% ↓
Biophysics impactedA CSU term: the program gets more qualified applicants than it has seats, so the campus adds admission requirements beyond the CSU minimum — a higher GPA bar, specific courses, or priority for local students. Treat impacted majors as more competitive than the campus's overall admit rate suggests. 47 45 95.7% Fall 2021: 73.9% ↑
Geology 47 45 95.7% Fall 2021: 91.4% ↑
Cultural Resources Management 47 40 85.1% Fall 2021: 95.2% ↓
Liberal Studies and Teacher Credential (Blended) 43 39 90.7% Fall 2021: 93.1% ↓
Geography and Environmental Studies 42 39 92.9% —
Gender/Ethnic/Women's Studies 35 34 97.1% Fall 2021: 92.8% ↑
Sustainability Studies 32 31 96.9% Fall 2021: 97.8%
Dance 30 26 86.7% Fall 2021: 62.5% ↑
Music (Professional Performance) 29 19 65.5% Fall 2021: 90.0% ↓
Language Studies/World Languages and Cultures 29 28 96.6% Fall 2021: 80.0% ↑
Applied Archaeology 26 24 92.3% Fall 2021: 91.3%
Geographic Information Systems 24 19 79.2% —

Source: CSU Chancellor's Office ↗, applications & admissions by discipline and major (Fall 2021–2025); impaction status from the CSU impacted-programs list (2027-28 cycle). Groups smaller than 10 are suppressed by CSU. A rising admit rate usually means fewer applications, not lower standards.

Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$54,466
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$71,902
Graduate within 6 yrsThe share of students who start here and finish a bachelor's within six years — the standard federal measure, and the one College Scorecard publishes. It is not a four-year rate. Read it as the odds of finishing at all: nationally about a third of students who start never do, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision.
68%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$16,000

The real cost

What Cal Poly Pomona actually costs

If you qualify for need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats.
$11,531/yr
average among aid-receiving families, all incomes — your number depends on your finances
If you don't
$23,955/yr
the full published price for in-state students — out-of-state runs higher

Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by Cal Poly Pomona's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.

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Your odds + estimated cost across your whole college list, side by side.

The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways

+$623K ahead at full price +$673K with aid
Full price, no aidThe all-in yearly price — tuition, housing, food, books, fees — before any aid. This is the real "full price," not just the tuition line. (4 yrs, in-state)
$95,820
~$23,955/yr all-in (out-of-state runs higher)
Aid recipients pay (4 yrs)
$46,124
$11,531/yr average
10-yr earnings total
$719,020
$71,902/yr median, 10 yrs out
Years to recoup the cost
1.3 yrs
at full price (0.6 with aid), at the median earnings rate

Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

What students study here

Most popular majors at Cal Poly Pomona

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Cal Poly Pomona actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Business, Management, & Marketing
1,728 degrees · 43.6%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
2. Engineering
1,056 degrees · 26.6%
Engineering majors land high-paying technical roles. Top-earning sub-disciplines: petroleum, chemical, computer engineering.
3. Social Sciences
547 degrees · 13.8%
Economics + poli sci sub-disciplines pay much more than sociology + anthropology.
4. Psychology
360 degrees · 9.1%
Most undergrad psych grads go into non-clinical roles. Clinical/counseling psych requires a master's or doctoral.
5. Biological & Biomedical Sciences
275 degrees · 6.9%
Many bio majors → med school / grad school. Direct-employment bio roles are lower-paid than that pipeline.

What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Cal Poly Pomona's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 163 $78,320 $106,171
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician. Bachelor's Degree 55 $87,960 $105,812
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 108 $80,827 $103,924
Computer Science. Bachelor's Degree 202 $60,740 $103,494
Chemical Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 91 $69,009 $102,849
Computer Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 97 $70,768 $100,673
Mechanical Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 276 $75,040 $99,148
Civil Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 277 $75,758 $97,790
Industrial Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 55 $75,110 $95,835
Manufacturing Engineering. Bachelor's Degree 46 $79,549 $93,042

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

Student body & economic mobility

Who attends here — and what the campus adds.

Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.

Top-1% access
0.7%
from top-1% households
Mobility rateThe share of ALL students who arrived from the bottom 20% of family incomes AND reached the top 20% themselves by their early 30s — access and lift in one number, and a sign the campus itself adds earnings power.
6.8%
bottom 20% → top 20% by age 32
Upward rate
45.8%
of lower-income students who reach the top 20%
Pell recipientsStudents receiving federal Pell grants, which go to lower- and middle-income families — the standard shorthand for a college's economic mix.
46%
on federal need grants — context for these numbers

Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →

AI program signal

AI + computing education at Cal Poly Pomona

CS degrees (annual)
299
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →

Alternatives to Cal Poly Pomona

Matched not just by selectivity, but by strategic goal — what a family actually decides on.

Better merit-aid options
These similar-selectivity schools publish merit scholarships your family can plan around — your kid’s stats could unlock real scholarship dollars.
University of Alabama in Huntsville
AL · Public
39 stats-based merit scholarships
Texas Tech University
TX · Public
30 stats-based + 1 competitive scholarships
The University of Alabama
AL · Public
21 stats-based + 2 competitive scholarships
Lower full price
Similar selectivity, but a meaningfully lower full sticker price — the comparison that matters most for families who won't qualify for much need-based aid.
Indiana University-Kokomo
IN · Public
$11,837/yr full price (in-state) · $12,118 less before aid for IN residents
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
GA · Public
$13,956/yr full price (in-state) · $9,999 less before aid for GA residents
Indiana University-Northwest
IN · Public
$13,989/yr full price (in-state) · $9,966 less before aid for IN residents
Safer in-state options
Same state and similar selectivity, but with a more forgiving admit rate — useful safety / match anchors.
California State University-Fullerton
CA · Public
87% admit rate (vs 74% here)
California State University-Bakersfield
CA · Public
88% admit rate (vs 74% here)
University of California-Riverside
CA · Public
88% admit rate (vs 74% here)
More students move up here
Per Opportunity Insights, a larger share of these campuses' lower-income students reach the top earnings quintile than at Cal Poly Pomona. That reflects who they admit as well as what they do, so read it as a destination signal rather than proof of value added.
MCPHS University
MA · Private nonprofit
9.3% mobility rate (vs 6.8% here)
Pace University
NY · Private nonprofit
8.4% mobility rate (vs 6.8% here)
CUNY New York City College of Technology
NY · Public
8.3% mobility rate (vs 6.8% here)

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Feeder high schools

Which high schools send graduates to Cal Poly Pomona?

Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists

13 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name Cal Poly Pomona on it. Between them they printed 51 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at Cal Poly Pomona, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.

High school · years its list covers Enrolled per class year
Loyola High School · 2020-24 5.2 · 26 over 5 class years
Rowland Hall · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year
Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year
Kamehameha Schools · the last seven years, 2017-2023 0.9 · 6 over 7 class years
Head-Royce School · (2021–25) 0.8 · 4 over 5 class years
Polytechnic School · Class of 2022-2026 0.6 · 3 over 5 class years
Francis Parker School · 2022-2025 0.5 · 2 over 4 class years
Lick Wilmerding High School · past four years 0.5 · 2 over 4 class years
York School · Classes of 2021-2026 0.3 · 2 over 6 class years
Crossroads School · classes of 2023-25 As published 0.3 · 1 over 3 class years
and 3 more
Marin Academy · CLASSES OF 2023–2025 0.3 · 1 over 3 class years
Westridge School · 2021-2023 0.3 · 1 over 3 class years
San Francisco University High School · 2021-2025 0.2 · 1 over 5 class years

Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists

2 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name Cal Poly Pomona on it. Between them they printed 44 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to Cal Poly Pomona, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.

High school · years its list covers Admitted per class year
Archbishop Mitty High School · Class of 2025 43.0 · 43 over 1 class year
Canterbury School-Fort Myers · Class of 2026 1.0 · 1 over 1 class year

All 15 feeder schools, ranked →

Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.

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Cal Poly Pomona is a public four-year college in CA. It admitted 74% of applicants (45,775 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-blind.

Average enrolled GPA 3.7 (unweighted, 2025-26, as published by the college).

Cost: about $11,531 a year on average with aid, $23,955 a year at full price for in-state students.

Median earnings ten years after entry: $71,902 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $672,896 ahead with aid, $623,200 ahead at full price.

Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering ($106,171); Construction Engineering Technology/Technician ($105,812); Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($103,924).

First-year admit rate by major, Fall 2025: lowest Animal Science 26.9% (461 applied); highest Manufacturing Engineering 97.0% (167 applied).

Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 15% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 46% of those reached the top fifth as adults.

High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name Cal Poly Pomona: 13, 51 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Loyola High School (5.2 per class year, 26 over 5 class years, 2020-24); Rowland Hall (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2026). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-state-polytechnic-university-pomona.

High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming Cal Poly Pomona: 2, 44 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Archbishop Mitty High School (43.0 per class year, 43 over 1 class year, Class of 2025); Canterbury School-Fort Myers (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2026). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-state-polytechnic-university-pomona.

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