CalArts vs Cal Poly Academic Comparison

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

CalArts is a private (not-for-profit) and Cal Poly is a public school and both are four-years schools.
CalArts has more expensive tuition & fees ($56,724) than Cal Poly ($30,995).
It is harder to admit to CalArts than Cal Poly.
Cal Poly has more students with 22,000 students while CalArts has 1,440 students.
CalArts has a lower number of students per faculty with 7 to 1 while Cal Poly's ratio is 20 to 1.
Cal Poly has more full-time faculties with 881 faculties while CalArts has 154 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - California Institute of the Arts and California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

CalArts	vs.	Cal Poly
Valencia, California	Location	San Luis Obispo, California
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Doctor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
Master's College and University (medium programs)	Carnegie Classification	Master's College and University (larger programs)
$56,724	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$11,075 Out-Of-State$30,995
55%	% Receiving Financial Aid	50%
$20,801	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,853

26.00 %	Acceptance Rates	30.00 %
34.03 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	28.00 %
-	SAT Score	-
-	ACT Score	-
63 %	Graduation Rate	85 %
18 %	Transfer-out Rate	1 %
85 %	Retention Rate	94 %
1,440	Student Population	22,000
154	Number of Faculties	881
7 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1
Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services, On-campus daycare

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