Record number of new students commit to attend Cal Poly this fall
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- Cal Poly received over 80,000 applications, breaking its historical record.
- More than 7,000 accepted students confirmed, an 11.1% increase from last year.
- The College of Engineering led in confirmations for both freshmen and transfers.
A record number of accepted students have committed to enroll at Cal Poly this fall.
According to a new report from Cal Poly Strategic Enrollment Management, over 7,000 new applicants confirmed that they’ll attend the university.
That’s compared to the nearly 82,000 students who applied and the more than 22,900 who were accepted.
Overall, this admissions season has seen several broken records.
The latest report showed the university received 81,910 applications — an increase from the previously reported 81,899 applications, which is the number that The Tribune’s past admissions reporting relied on.
Regardless, it marks the first time applications have surpassed 80,000, according to the university.
The latest report also said the number of confirmed students is the highest in Cal Poly history — representing an 11.1% increase compared to last year.
Of those who confirmed, 924 were local students and 5,848 were from California.
The confirmed students include nearly 6,000 first-time freshmen and over 1,000 new transfer students, according to data provided in the report. The average GPA for the confirmed students was a 3.93.
The number of confirmed freshmen for each college met or exceeded the accompanying enrollment targets for the colleges. The same was true for the confirmed transfer data, with the exception of the College of Liberal Arts, which received only 190 confirmed transfers compared to its target of 203.
According to the data, the College of Engineering received the highest number of freshman confirmations at 1,515 students. The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences received the second highest at 1,252 confirmations.
The number of freshman confirmations for each of the remaining colleges were:
- College of Liberal Arts: 940
- College of Business: 904
- College of Science and Mathematics: 846
- College of Architecture and Environmental Design: 513
The College of Engineering also received the highest number of transfer confirmations at 314 compared to an enrollment target of 205.
The College of Business received the next highest number at 313 compared to an enrollment target of 250.
The transfer student confirmations for the remaining colleges were:
- College of Liberal Arts: 190
- College of Agriculture Food and Environmental Sciences: 135
- College of Science and Mathematics: 103
- College of Architecture and Environmental Design: 45
See data, GPA ranges for confirmed students
Further information on Cal Poly’s confirmed students, including enrollment targets and GPA ranges, can be seen using The Tribune’s charts, created using data from the Cal Poly report.
This story was originally published May 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM.
