California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo vs California State University Northridge

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) is a Public, 4-years school located in San Luis Obispo, CA and California State University-Northridge (CSUN) is a Public, 4-years school located in Northridge, CA. Following list and table compares two rivalry schools in various academic factors.

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (30.43% acceptance rate) is tighter than California State University-Northridge (91.23% acceptance rate) to get in.
California State University-Northridge (37,579 students) is larger than California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (22,000 students).
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo has more expensive tuition & fees of $30,995 than California State University-Northridge($18,975).
California State University-Northridge has more full-time faculties of 906 faculties than California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo(881 facluties).

	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	California State University-Northridge
Location	San Luis Obispo, CA	Northridge, CA
School Type	Public, 4-years	Public, 4-years
Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree	Doctor's degree
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$30,995 $11,075 for California residents	$18,975 $7,095 for California residents
Graduate Tuition	$22,013 $12,509 for California residents	$18,033 $8,529 for California residents
Test Scores	0	0
Acceptance Rate	30%	91%
Admission Yield	29%	21%
Student Population	22,000 21,026 undergraduate	37,579 32,181 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	881 Full-time 383 part-time	906 Full-time 1,037 part-time
Number of Staffs	2,386 Full-time 428 part-time	2,582 Full-time 1,126 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	20 to 1	24 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$7,853	$9,447
Graduation Rate	85%	55%
Transfer-out Rate	1%	5%
Retention Rate	94%	75%