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 named Best in the West for third year in a row
Cal Poly has been ranked as the best overall master’s-level university in the West for both public and private institutions for three years in a row, as well as the top university in the West for Most Innovative Schools, and tied for second in the West for Best Undergraduate Teaching.
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 […]
Cal Poly gets Best in West
Victoria Billings victoriabillings.md@gmail.com Cal Poly was ranked one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best in the West undergraduate universities for the 20th straight year this fall. Cal Poly ranked sixth on U.S. News’ list of top undergraduate universities with little to no doctorate programs for schools in the west, and is also the top public […]
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.

