- The Inkwell
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- Cal Poly Maritime Academy
Vallejo, CACity: midsizeZIP 94590Founded 1929
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1929
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1970
- Website
- maritime.calpoly.edu
- Member of
- AASCU
CaliforniaPublic
Cal Poly Maritime Academy
Cal Poly Maritime Academy is a public college in Vallejo, California, with 804 undergraduates. It admits 95% of applicants, graduates 58% within six years and costs $17,793 a year after aid.
58%graduate
Admission rate95%
Retention78%
4-year graduation43%
Pell Grant share31%
Federal loans41%
$17,793net price / year
95%admission rate
—average SAT
58%graduate in 6 years
$105,475median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,644median debt
#34 of 1,704 for earnings#699 of 1,739 for lowest net price#729 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,351 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $30,866tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $10,310
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $23,630
- Average net price
- $17,793national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,732
$30,001–48,000$8,485
$48,001–75,000$12,474
$75,001–110,000$15,976
$110,001+$28,115
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 95%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college95%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college78%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college58%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college31%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 58%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 43%
- First-year retention
- 78%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 67%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $92,963
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $105,475middle 50%: $79,109–$149,909
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,644
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$149,909
Median, Cal Poly Maritime Academy$105,475
Lower quarter$79,109
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 804
- Part-time
- 3.5%
- Women / men
- 18% / 82%
- Average age at entry
- 21.2
- First-generation students
- 20%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 79%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,097 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $22,010
- Endowment, end of year
- $19,176,893
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White48%
Hispanic22%
Black3.9%
Asian9.1%
Two or more races9.2%
U.S. nonresident0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.2%
Unknown5.3%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Transportation & materials moving41%
Engineering16%
Business & management16%
Engineering technologies13%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies8.3%
Physical sciences5.7%
Social sciences0.6%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 111188. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1026832.