California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo admitted 21,367 of 71,309 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (30%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Three things California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
599 admitted from a waitlist of 8,237.
A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
18.2% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 4.6% sent an ACT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
30%
21,367 admitted of 71,309 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1240–1420
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
28–33
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
4.03
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
18.2%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
4.6%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Essay
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scores
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 8,237
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 599
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $16,665 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $7,529
- $30k–$48k
- $7,253
- $48k–$75k
- $9,896
- $75k–$110k
- $15,786
- Over $110k
- $27,772
Source: the College Scorecard
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Regular DecisionNovember 30, 2026
Verified July 11, 2026
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