Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering

This article is about the College of Engineering in Pomona, California. For the College of Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, see Cal Poly San Luis Obispo College of Engineering.
Cal Poly Pomona
College of Engineering
MottoLearn by Doing: Making Imagination Real
TypePublic College
Space Grant[1]
Established1957; 67 years ago (1957)[2]
Parent institution
Cal Poly Pomona
Academic affiliations
ABET
DeanAndrew Ketsdever [3]
Students5,858 (Fall 2018)[4]
Undergraduates5,325 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates303 (Fall 2015)
Location
Pomona
,
California
,
U.S.
ColorsGreen, Gold, and Blue[5]
     
Websitewww.cpp.edu/engineering

The Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering is the engineering college at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona or Cal Poly) located in Pomona, California, United States. Known [6][7][8][9] for its "learn by doing" philosophy, the college's motto, coined by Dean Mahyar A. Amouzegar in 2012, is: "Learn by Doing: Making Imagination Real".[10] Cal Poly has one of the "most recognized engineering programs in the country"[11] and, with nearly 6,000 students (as of 2019), it is also the largest engineering college in Southern California,[12] the second largest college of engineering in the California State University system, and the seventeenth largest engineering college in the United States.[13][14][12] In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition, the College of Engineering is ranked 9th overall (tied with Cooper Union) out of 210 public and private undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. where doctorates are not offered.[15]

The College of Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona is among the most selective engineering colleges in the nation. For fall 2018, the college admitted 45.3 percent of its total freshmen applicants who held an average unweighted GPA of 3.74 (out of 4.00) and SATs of 1249 (out of 1600).[16]

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  3. ^ "New Engineering Dean Joins the College with Priority #1 — Student Engagement". PolyCentric. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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  11. ^ "Raytheon's Rebecca Rhoads inducted into Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering 2014 Hall of Fame". CPP.edu. Raytheon. 20 Feb 2014. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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  14. ^ Amouzegar, Mahyar. "Welcome From the Dean". Cal Poly Pomona College of Engineering. Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Best Undergraduate Engineering Program Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  16. ^ "First-time Freshmen, Fall 2015". Cal Poly Pomona. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2015-12-12.