Claremont McKenna College vs Cal Poly

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

Claremont McKenna College is a private (not-for-profit) and Cal Poly is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Claremont McKenna College has more expensive tuition & fees ($64,150) than Cal Poly ($30,995).
It is harder to admit to Claremont McKenna College than Cal Poly.
Cal Poly has more students with 22,000 students while Claremont McKenna College has 1,389 students.
Claremont McKenna College has a lower number of students per faculty with 8 to 1 while Cal Poly's ratio is 20 to 1.
Cal Poly has more full-time faculties with 881 faculties while Claremont McKenna College has 170 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Claremont McKenna College and California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.

Claremont McKenna College	vs.	Cal Poly
Claremont, California	Location	San Luis Obispo, California
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification	Master's College and University (larger programs)
$64,150	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$11,075 Out-Of-State$30,995
47%	% Receiving Financial Aid	50%
$50,689	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,853

11.12 %	Acceptance Rates	29.75 %
49.77 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	27.83 %
1,510	SAT Score	-
34	ACT Score	-
91 %	Graduation Rate	85 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	1 %
96 %	Retention Rate	94 %
1,389	Student Population	22,000
170	Number of Faculties	881
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1
ROTC, 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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