California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo's admit rate has fallen 14.8 percentage points across the 24 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 30.0% | 5,456 | 87.3% | 95.0% | 1,330 |
| 2024-2025 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 30.3% | 5,111 | 87.0% | 93.6% | 1,337 |
| 2021-2022 | 33.0% | 4,884 | 87.1% | 94.7% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo applicants most commonly also apply to range from 9.4% admit to 80.4% admit — a 71.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 31 percentage points.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo's 87.3% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 31.0 pp.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
6 of 6 cross-admit schools are in CA — California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo's 95.0% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 18.2 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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