CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA S-11

3801 West Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768-2557
Tel: (909)869-7659
Admissions: (909)869-3427
Fax: (909)869-4529
Web Site: http://www.csupomona.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of California State University System. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1938. Setting: 1,400-acre urban campus with easy access to Los Angeles. Endowment: $20.5 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $5434 per student. Total enrollment: 19,002. Faculty: 1,012 (556 full-time, 456 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 23:1. 12,631 applied, 17% were admitted. Full-time: 14,126 students, 44% women, 56% men. Part-time: 2,829 students, 41% women, 59% men. Students come from 52 states and territories, 116 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 25% Hispanic, 4% black, 33% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 18% 25 or older, 9% live on campus, 9% transferred in. Retention: 82% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; engineering/engineering technologies; computer/information sciences. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other units of the California State University System, Desert Studies Consortium, Southern California Ocean Studies Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Option: electronic application. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 11/30. Notification: 11/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. State resident tuition: $0 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,170 full-time, $226 per unit part-time. Mandatory fees: $2832 full-time, $682 per term part-time. College room and board: $7212. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 220 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities, coed fraternity; 1% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Rose Float Club, Ridge Runners Ski Club, Barkada (Asian club), American Marketing Association, Cal Poly Society of Accountants. Major annual events: Rose Float, Founder's Day, Bronco Days. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, video camera surveillance. 1,800 college housing spaces available; 1,769 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Option: coed housing available. University Library with 758,700 books, 1.8 million microform titles, 5,153 serials, 11,288 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $4.2 million. 1,864 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Cal Poly Pomona is located just 35 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles in the heart of Southern California. Near business and industry, the university's location is ideal for internships and/or employment. Cal Poly Pomona is also suitable for recreation; the beach, the desert, ski slopes, museums, Disneyland, and much more are just a short drive away.