Cal Poly Pomona acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Cal Poly Pomona admitted 35,688 of 48,258 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 74.0%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Cal Poly Pomona counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Cal Poly Pomona acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48,258 | 35,688 | 74.0% | 4,004 | 11.2% |
| 2024-25 | 51,024 | 37,607 | 73.7% | 4,679 | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46,241 | 33,808 | 73.1% | 4,311 | 12.8% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Cal Poly Pomona
Early decision counts: Not published. Cal Poly Pomona’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Cal Poly Pomona waitlist
Cal Poly Pomona SAT and ACT scores
SAT and ACT ranges: Not published. Cal Poly Pomona’s Common Data Set leaves section C9 blank for every year shown.
What Cal Poly Pomona says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Cal Poly Pomona rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: None recorded
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: None recorded
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: None recorded
Cal Poly Pomona testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-free (CSU policy). The CSU has eliminated SAT/ACT scores from undergraduate admission decisions; scores may still be submitted but are not used for admission, only possibly for first-year English and Math placement after enrolling.
From Cal Poly Pomona’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Cal Poly Pomona has no early decision plan and has not considered SAT or ACT scores since Fall 2021, so C9 is blank.
Cal Poly Pomona acceptance rate questions
- What is the Cal Poly Pomona acceptance rate?
- Cal Poly Pomona's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 48,258 first-year applicants and 35,688 admitted, an acceptance rate of 74.0%. It was 73.7% in 2024-25 and 73.1% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do Cal Poly Pomona students have?
- Cal Poly Pomona's Common Data Set publishes no SAT ranges for these years. Its current testing policy is below.
- How many students get off the Cal Poly Pomona waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Cal Poly Pomona offered 1,152 applicants a place on the waitlist; 596 accepted one, and 58 were admitted from it.
- Does Cal Poly Pomona require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-free (CSU policy). The CSU has eliminated SAT/ACT scores from undergraduate admission decisions; scores may still be submitted but are not used for admission, only possibly for first-year English and Math placement after enrolling.
Applying to Cal Poly Pomona?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Cal Poly Pomona says it weighs.
Source: Cal Poly Pomona Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Cal Poly Pomona. All official acceptance rates