California State University Maritime Academy
About
The California State University is a public university system in California, and the largest public university system in the United States. It consists of 22 campuses and seven off-campus centers, which together enroll 461,612 students and employ 63,375 faculty and staff members. In California, it is one of the three public higher education systems, along with the University of California and the California Community Colleges systems. The CSU system is officially incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University, and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 8 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing6 · 75.0%
- No Data2 · 25.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Action history · 1
- Jun 2019Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 252 students received $1.7M in Pell grants, alongside $4.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 241 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (1.2%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Calpoly
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 7
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus10
Includes 4 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Calpoly vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Calpoly selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCalifornia State University Maritime Academy | 60% | 95.0% | 837 | $20,555 | Baccalaureate |
| 30% | 97.2% | 1,141 | $13,684 | Baccalaureate | |
| 48% | 37.0% | 1,410 | $14,092 | Baccalaureate | |
| 55% | 57.5% | 1,769 | $11,853 | Baccalaureate | |
| 35% | 69.5% | 1,765 | $14,006 | Baccalaureate | |
| 28% | Open admission | 1,002 | $9,922 | Baccalaureate | |
| 35% | 96.1% | 2,020 | $8,040 | Baccalaureate | |
| 50% | 68.0% | 1,567 | $12,822 | Baccalaureate | |
| 20% | Open admission | 2,054 | $19,092 | Baccalaureate | |
| 59% | 54.1% | 971 | $23,414 | Baccalaureate | |
| 40% | 71.2% | 1,134 | $11,456 | Baccalaureate | |
| 30% | Open admission | 1,190 | $10,809 | Baccalaureate | |
| 30% | 100.0% | 966 | $12,664 | Baccalaureate | |
| 14% | Open admission | 723 | $12,940 | Baccalaureate | |
| 20% | 68.3% | 1,021 | $7,413 | Baccalaureate | |
| 52% | 84.0% | 1,988 | $18,701 | Baccalaureate | |
| 54% | 99.8% | 1,358 | $16,558 | Baccalaureate | |
| 35% | 86.7% | 1,046 | $12,798 | Baccalaureate | |
| 52% | 96.7% | 2,100 | $16,857 | Baccalaureate | |
| 34% | 97.9% | 1,562 | $7,482 | Baccalaureate | |
| 24% | 99.9% | 2,873 | $7,035 | Baccalaureate | |
| 50% | 87.9% | 2,612 | $12,212 | Baccalaureate | |
| 51% | 88.5% | 1,009 | $15,350 | Baccalaureate | |
| 34% | 72.5% | 2,208 | $14,656 | Baccalaureate | |
| No freshman cohort | 100.0% | 551 | $21,310 | Baccalaureate | |
| 53% | 99.1% | 1,806 | $11,890 | Baccalaureate | |
| 33% | 36.7% | 1,278 | $9,337 | Baccalaureate | |
| 35% | 99.8% | 1,356 | $11,081 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 35% | 88.2% | 1,357 | $12,810 |
Institutions like Calpoly
Explore the federal data for institutions in Calpoly's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateWest Virginia
Bluefield State University
Grad rate30%Admit rate97.2%Enrollment1,141Net price$13,684View data - BaccalaureateNorth Dakota
Dickinson State University
Grad rate48%Admit rate37.0%Enrollment1,410Net price$14,092View data - BaccalaureateFlorida
Florida Polytechnic University
Grad rate55%Admit rate57.5%Enrollment1,769Net price$11,853View data - BaccalaureateWest Virginia
Glenville State University
Grad rate35%Admit rate69.5%Enrollment1,765Net price$14,006View data - BaccalaureateMissouri
Harris-Stowe State University
Grad rate28%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment1,002Net price$9,922View data - BaccalaureateKentucky
Kentucky State University
Grad rate35%Admit rate96.1%Enrollment2,020Net price$8,040View data - BaccalaureateMichigan
Lake Superior State University
Grad rate50%Admit rate68.0%Enrollment1,567Net price$12,822View data - BaccalaureateMissouri
Lincoln University
Grad rate20%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment2,054Net price$19,092View data - BaccalaureateMaine
Maine Maritime Academy
Grad rate59%Admit rate54.1%Enrollment971Net price$23,414View data - BaccalaureateNorth Dakota
Mayville State University
Grad rate40%Admit rate71.2%Enrollment1,134Net price$11,456View data - BaccalaureateOhio
Miami University-Middletown
Grad rate30%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment1,190Net price$10,809View data - BaccalaureateMontana
Montana State University-Northern
Grad rate30%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment966Net price$12,664View data - BaccalaureateOhio
Ohio State University-Lima Campus
Grad rate14%Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment723Net price$12,940View data - BaccalaureateOklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Grad rate20%Admit rate68.3%Enrollment1,021Net price$7,413View data - BaccalaureateNew York
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
Grad rate52%Admit rate84.0%Enrollment1,988Net price$18,701View data - BaccalaureateMontana
The University of Montana-Western
Grad rate54%Admit rate99.8%Enrollment1,358Net price$16,558View data - BaccalaureateTennessee
The University of Tennessee Southern
Grad rate35%Admit rate86.7%Enrollment1,046Net price$12,798View data - BaccalaureateMaine
University of Maine at Farmington
Grad rate52%Admit rate96.7%Enrollment2,100Net price$16,857View data - BaccalaureateMaine
University of Maine at Fort Kent
Grad rate34%Admit rate97.9%Enrollment1,562Net price$7,482View data - BaccalaureateMaine
University of Maine at Presque Isle
Grad rate24%Admit rate99.9%Enrollment2,873Net price$7,035View data - BaccalaureateMinnesota
University of Minnesota-Crookston
Grad rate50%Admit rate87.9%Enrollment2,612Net price$12,212View data - BaccalaureatePennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Grad rate51%Admit rate88.5%Enrollment1,009Net price$15,350View data - BaccalaureateSouth Carolina
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Grad rate34%Admit rate72.5%Enrollment2,208Net price$14,656View data - BaccalaureateWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flex
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rate100.0%Enrollment551Net price$21,310View data - BaccalaureateNorth Dakota
Valley City State University
Grad rate53%Admit rate99.1%Enrollment1,806Net price$11,890View data - BaccalaureateWest Virginia
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Grad rate33%Admit rate36.7%Enrollment1,278Net price$9,337View data - BaccalaureateOhio
Wright State University-Lake Campus
Grad rate35%Admit rate99.8%Enrollment1,356Net price$11,081View data
Calpoly Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The homepage of Cal Poly Maritime Academy highlights its unique position as the only degree-granting maritime academy on the West Coast, emphasizing its hands-on learning and leadership development. It provides quick links for applying, exploring academic programs, and learning about student life, internships, and the Corps of Cadets. Contact information for the Solano Campus in Vallejo, CA is listed.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
Calpoly's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Calpoly (5)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Daniel W. Dwyer
- Ryan T. Holte
- Kate McCue
- Jamila Reinhardt
- Dennis Riddell
Frequently asked questions about California State University Maritime Academy
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Calpoly.
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