Design Institute of San Diego 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.

Design Institute of San Diego is a private (for-profit) and Cal Poly is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Cal Poly has more expensive tuition & fees ($30,995) than Design Institute of San Diego ($29,350).
It is harder to admit to Cal Poly than Design Institute of San Diego.
Cal Poly has more students with 22,000 students while Design Institute of San Diego has 101 students.
Design Institute of San Diego 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 Design Institute of San Diego has 2 full-time faculties.

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

Design Institute of San Diego	vs.	Cal Poly
San Diego, California	Location	San Luis Obispo, California
Four-years, Private (for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
School of art, music, and design	Carnegie Classification	Master's College and University (larger programs)
$29,350	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$11,075 Out-Of-State$30,995
84%	% Receiving Financial Aid	50%
$6,360	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,853

87.50 %	Acceptance Rates	30.00 %
28.57 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	28.00 %
-	SAT Score	-
-	ACT Score	-
75 %	Graduation Rate	85 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	1 %
33 %	Retention Rate	94 %
101	Student Population	22,000
2	Number of Faculties	881
7 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), Weekend/Evening College	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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