How Cal Poly's Graduation Rate Changes

Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 11 years is 79.70% where the current academic year rate is 85%.

The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	70%	63%	78%
2014-15	75%	69%	82%
2015-16	76%	71%	82%
2016-17	80%	75%	85%
2017-18	79%	76%	82%
2018-19	82%	78%	86%
2019-20	82%	77%	86%
2020-21	83%	79%	86%
2021-22	85%	82%	88%
2022-23	85%	81%	89%
Average	79.70%	75.10%	84.40%

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Graduation Rate Changes Chart

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2013-14	5%
2014-15	4%
2015-16	4%
2016-17	2%
2017-18	3%
2018-19	2%
2019-20	2%
2020-21	1%
2021-22	1%
2022-23	1%
Average	2.50%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2013-14	92%	80%
2014-15	93%	88%
2015-16	93%	64%
2016-17	95%	87%
2017-18	95%	88%
2018-19	94%	92%
2019-20	94%	93%
2020-21	94%	73%
2021-22	95%	83%
2022-23	94%	64%
Average	93.90%	81.20%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2013-14	21:1
2014-15	22:1
2015-16	22:1
2016-17	21:1
2017-18	22:1
2018-19	21:1
2019-20	20:1
2020-21	21:1
2021-22	21:1
2022-23	20:1
Average	21.10:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Retention Rate Trends at Cal Poly

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes