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<p>The explanation for this is simple: Cal Poly has a higher percentage of students in technical majors such as engineering than does any other public university in the state, Cal included. After all, that is why the school is called “California Polytechnic State University”. It is a well established fact that technical majors tend to pay better than do non-technical majors. The graduates from even the best humanities programs are not paid as well, on average, as are the graduates from even a low-tier engineering program. (To be clear, I am not saying that Cal Poly is a low-tier engineering program.)</p>