unitid 110422 · San Luis Obispo, CA · public 4-year · suburb (small)
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
- enrollment 2023
- 23,290
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
31%
4th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
21,996
90th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
19%
undergrads on Pell grants
15th pctl among public 4-years
completion
86%
finish within 150% time
98th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$32,265
92nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,665
after aid, aided students
77th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$90,768
after entry, Title IV students
99th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$18,500
40th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,529 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k12%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $74,513
- First-generation students
- 25%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,596
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 689 | $102,603 | $17,000 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 278 | $110,675 | $20,500 |
| Computer Science. | 202 | — | $19,298 |
| Biology, General. | 163 | $73,422 | $22,949 |
| Animal Sciences. | 159 | $62,117 | $20,500 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | 159 | $116,692 | $24,449 |
| Construction Management. | 150 | — | $18,955 |
| Civil Engineering. | 148 | $101,618 | $20,424 |
| Psychology, General. | 135 | $65,762 | $20,000 |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy. | 129 | $69,368 | $20,000 |
| Computer Engineering. | 129 | $146,406 | $20,556 |
| Agricultural Business and Management. | 126 | $93,186 | $14,500 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.