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Rankings and Awards

Our focus on Learn by Doing and its ability to produce a high return on investment, has consistently helped us achieve high rankings in influential university ranking publications such as U.S. News & World Report and Forbes.

Jafra Thomas received the 2021 Hally Beth Poindexter Young Scholar Award for his contributions to interdisciplinary scholarship.

Student-run Mustang Media Group received the awards at the Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association virtual awards ceremony.

The Institute of International Education found in a national survey that Cal Poly students are increasingly choosing to study abroad.

Cal Poly architecture students earned honorable mentions at the national ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a grant to School of Education faculty and staff to recruit and train teachers in bilingual education and special education.

Education professor Megan Guise won the Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award from the California State University in acknowledgment of her contributions.