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Rankings and Awards

Our focus on Learn by Doing and its ability to produce a high return on investment, has consistently helped us achieve high rankings in influential university ranking publications such as U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.

Jafra Thomas received the 2021 Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award for his contributions to interdisciplinary scholarship.

Student-run Mustang Media Group received the awards at the Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association virtual awards ceremony.

The Institute of International Education found in a national survey that Cal Poly students are increasingly choosing to study abroad.

Cal Poly architecture students earned honorable mentions at the national ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition.

Education professor Megan Guise won the Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award from the California State University in acknowledgment of her contributions.

Cal Poly is one of six national organizations to receive a Leadership Award for direct project engagement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.