page_title: California Polytechnic State University
section_title: Colleges
hierarchical_section_title: California Polytechnic State University / Academics / Colleges
caption_attribution_description: Cal Poly Agricultural Sciences Building Photo by: Samuel Li
context_page_description: California Polytechnic State University is a public university in San Luis Obispo, California. It is one of two polytechnics in the California State University system.
  The university is organized into six colleges offering 65 bachelor's and 39 master's degrees. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo primarily focuses on undergraduate education and as of fall 2018 Cal Poly has 21,037 undergraduate and 775 graduate students. The academic focus is on combining technical and professional curriculums with the arts and humanities. The university's athletic teams participate in the Big West Conference.
context_section_description: The university currently offers 65 bachelor's degrees, 39 master's degrees, 84 minors and 13 credentials in six colleges:
  College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
  College of Architecture and Environmental Design
  Orfalea College of Business
  College of Engineering
  College of Liberal Arts
  College of Science and Mathematics
caption: The Agricultural Sciences Building
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