It has nearly 250 faculty members and more than 6,000 students enrolled in fourteen bachelor's and in eleven master's degree programs through nine engineering departments.

[1] Its facilities house more than 80 classrooms, laboratories and work spaces occupying more than 160,000 square feet.

[2] For engineering freshmen entering Fall 2020, Cal Poly accepted 31.01% of applicants (5,436 accepted/17,531 applied); admitted freshmen had an average GPA of 4.16, with the middle 50% range of ACT composite scores 29-34 and 1350-1520 for the SAT composite score (out of 1600).

[4] Cal Poly San Luis Obispo offers 4+1 Master (5-year) programs for some engineering majors.

The College of Engineering has almost 80 student clubs which offer project, leadership, service, conference and competition opportunities.

[citation needed] The Aerospace Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2021 "America's Best Colleges" report as 2nd overall (of the 5 programs ranked in engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).

[12] Specializations: The Electrical Engineering program was ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2021 "America's Best Colleges" report (includes both private and public universities) as 2nd overall (of the 23 programs in engineering schools whose highest degree is a Master's).