The main focus area for this major is Agricultural Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Agricultural Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in AE, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo was ranked #5 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for AE majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #1 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,742 | $17,622 |
Fees | $4,329 | $8,349 |
Books and Supplies | $888 | $888 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,694 | $15,694 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,190 | $2,190 |
Learn more about Cal Poly San Luis Obispo tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. AE students who received their bachelor’s degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo took out an average of $20,000 in student loans. That is 13% lower than the national average of $22,946.
The median early career salary of AE students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is $63,005 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $56,233.
Online degrees for the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo AE bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Online Learning page.
Women made up around 12.8% of the AE students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 42.5%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.1% of the AE bachelor’s degrees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 23%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 27 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Agricultural Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Agricultural Engineering | 39 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to agricultural engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 113 |
Architectural Engineering | 38 |
Biomedical Engineering | 102 |
Civil Engineering | 159 |
Computer Engineering | 158 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.