Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Founded: 1901
Primary Athletic Conference: Big West Conference
Nickname: Cal Poly
Colors: Green, Vegas Gold
Mascot Name: Musty
Institution Website: www.calpoly.edu
Bookstore: www.elcorralbookstore.com
Alumni Association: www.alumni.calpoly.edu
Athletics Website: www.gopoly.com
Institution Website: www.calpolycorporation.org
Famous Alumni: John Madden (Former NFL Player/Coach)
Ozzie Smith (Former MLB Player)
Weird Al Yankovic (Actor)
Laura Diaz (Emmy Award Winning TV Journalist)
Stephanie Brown Trafton (Track & Field)
Hoot Gibson (Retired Astronaut)
Greg Chamitoff (Astronaut)
Fun Fact: Cal Poly is the 2nd largest land-holding university in CA, second only to UC Berkeley, and one of the largest land-holding universities in the nation.
Admission to the University is highly competitive and it receives 35,000 applications annually.