California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Common Data Set 2025-26

CATest policy: Test-blind for admission: SAT/ACT not considered even if submitted; scores used for placement and academic advisingCompare with other schools AP credit

Acceptance rate

30%

21,367 of 71,309

Early decision rate

No ED

SAT middle 50%

1240–1420

ACT middle 50%

28–33

Who got into California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: GPA and SAT of reported applicants

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Admissions

AppliedC1	71,309
AdmittedC1	21,367
EnrolledC1	5,456
YieldC1	25.5%
Early decisionC21	Not offered
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	8,237
Accepted a placeC2	—
Admitted from waitlistC2	599
Odds if you stay on the listC2	—

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	18.2%
Submitted ACTC9	4.6%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	620–720
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	610–720
Average high school GPAC12	4.03
GPA of 4.0C11	63.8%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	21.7%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	10.2%
GPA below 3.50C11	4.4%

Cost and financial aid

Tuition, in-stateG1	$6,838
Tuition, out-of-stateG1	$20,968
Required feesG1	$8,882
Food and housingG1	$20,338
Need fully met (first-years)H2	20.8%
Average % of need metH2	78.9%
Average need-based packageH2	$23,968
Average need-based grantH2	$21,935

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankNot considered
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresNot considered
Application essayNot considered
Recommendation(s)Not considered
InterviewNot considered
Extracurricular activitiesConsidered
Talent/abilityConsidered
Character/personal qualitiesNot considered
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationNot considered
Geographical residenceConsidered
State residencyNot considered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestNot considered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	22,313
First-year retentionB22	95%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	87.3%

Notes on this filing

Admissions totals (applied 71309, admitted 21367, enrolled 5456) were summed from the C1 men/women/unknown rows; they match the printed C1 residency totals.
C2: waitlist 'accepting a place' row is blank, so waitlist_accepted_place is null. Offered=8237 and admitted=599 are mapped by position.
C8A: 'No' is checked and the grid marks SAT/ACT 'Not considered for admission, even if submitted', but the grid is labeled Fall 2027 while the other items are for Fall 2025. C8F is blank. Policy is summarized from C8A and C8D.
C8E latest SAT/ACT receipt date is 12/1, which is not used in the policy field.
Graduation: 4-year rate is not printed in B4-B11 (only the 6-year rate, 87.30, is printed), so grad_rate_4yr is null. The Fall 2019 cohort was used.
Retention 95 is as printed in B22 (4993 of 5265 would be 94.8%).
pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed, so it is null.
pct_need_fully_met = H2 line h (386) / line d (1857) = 20.8. Line d is labelled 'any financial aid' on the form, not 'any need-based aid'.
Aid figures (H2) are first-time, first-year column; avg_need_based_grant is H2 line k (need-based scholarship/grant average).
Costs (G1) are first-year figures for the 2026-27 year, while the filing is labeled 2025-26. Tuition is not a single figure: in-district and in-state are both 6838, so the in-state field carries that value and tuition is null.
I-3 header reads 2024-2025 but the body says Fall 2025.

Source: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.