Cal Poly earned three major endorsements from Money Magazine, U.S. News and World Reports and Forbes, with Money Magazine giving it a five-star ranking, U.S. News and World Reports ranking it as the best overall master’s-level university in the West, and Forbes placing it in the top 25 public colleges of its 2025-26 list of America’s Top Colleges.
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Cal Poly ranks 57 in Forbes’ best American colleges
Forbes ranked Cal Poly as the 57th best university in the U.S. on their annual America’s Top Colleges list – up from No. 83 on last year’s list. Cal Poly is ranked as the 14th best university in the West and is the highest ranked CSU campus. “This ranking illustrates how Cal Poly is succeeding […]
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Cal Poly rises in the ranks of Forbes’ 2021 “America’s Top Colleges”
Forbes 2021 edition of “America’s top Colleges” awarded Cal Poly as the best public, master’s-level university in California. Among the various recognitions Cal Poly received in this edition, the university was notably awarded No. 7 in California, No. 17 in the west, No. 20 of all public universities in the nation and No. 58 of […]
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Cal Poly ranks in top 25 public and private universities in the West
Cal Poly ranked in the top 25 public and private universities in the West, climbing in the rankings from last year. The Mustangs ranked No. 24 for the best public and private universities in the West in the Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges 2019 — jumping ahead of more than 10 schools from last […]
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Cal Poly makes Forbes list, fourth consecutive year
Forbes Magazine ranked Cal Poly among the best colleges in the nation for the fourth consecutive year. Cal Poly placed 230 out of 650 total schools, and 43rd in top colleges of the West. It was also ranked ninth of all California public universities, and 28th of all California public and private colleges. Cal Poly […]
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Cal Poly ranks high on Forbes and “Best in the West” on U.S. News
Cal Poly rated No. 177 on Forbes’ “America’s Best Colleges” list and was declared the “Best in the West” among public master’s programs by U.S. News.
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Green Spot: We could learn from the Danes
In Forbes magazine’s “Best Countries For Business, 2009,” the No. 2 pick is the good ol’ USA, but Forbes’ No. 1 country for business — for the second year in a row — is uber-green Denmark!