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Aviation Week coverAero Engineering Ranked Best in the Nation

Aviation Week & Space Technology has named Cal Poly as the best university in the nation when it comes to finding job-ready employees. Cal Poly took the No. 1 spot, besting the Georgia Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Virginia Tech and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (tied), and Purdue University.
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18 Years Running: Cal Poly Named
Best in the West in U.S. News Rankings

For the 18th year in a row, Cal Poly has been rated the best public-master's university in the West by U.S. News & World Report, in its 2011 America 's Best Colleges guidebook. The magazine ranked Cal Poly No. 6 overall among all private and public universities in the West. Cal Poly is ranked in a category of universities which grant bachelor's and master's degrees. Cal Poly was featured on the Aug. 17 "Today Show" video segment on the U.S. News rankings as one of the nation's "Up and Comer" universities to watch.
More on the U.S. News rankings
See the 'Today Show' segment

Enterprise Projects: Learn by Doing in Action

student riding in arenaThe annual Ranch and Performance Horse sale is just one of many student “enterprise projects” offered in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Students spend their time raising everything from horses to sheep to tomatoes to poinsettias, and making everything from to jam to chocolate to honey under the supervision of a faculty advisor. The students gain real world, hands-on business experience and class credit. The sales of the enterprise project animals and products fund the next year's enterprise projects.
See the photo gallery of students training the horses
Read about 'Cal Poly Grown & Made' items