<p>I am in general agreement with this list. The two Cal Poly’s are consistently on top, however, San Jose beating San Diego and Fresno beating Long Beach are a bit inconsistent with other rankings.</p>
<p>This ranking, unlike US news, ranks all universities together without separating CSUs into the regional category. It is good to see that in this method, CSUs hold their own against universities with better name recognition due to research and athletic budgets. For example, the top CSUs are higher ranked than Pac-12 schools such as U of Arizona, ASU, OSU, WSU, UNLV and many others. It’s good to see how they stack up.</p>
<p>I would agree with this except for Fresno being on top of Long Beach. I’ve never gotten that impression and would not have seriously gone there (even though I was accepted). I think Northridge should actually be behind San Bernardino. My sister goes there and think it’s a great college. I have never heard any good things about Northridge other than their deaf studies program.</p>
<p>Not to mention the university climbed up 104 spots from last year (#405 to #301). It’s ahead of state flagship research universities like Arizona State (#305), University of Kansas (#308), Texas Tech (#310), University of Missouri (#342), University of South Carolina (#344). I think that if Cal Poly Pomona continues its upward trend in admission selectivity, endowment, graduation rates, and student satisfaction/engagement; it will soon catch up to the “mid-tier” UCs and Cal Poly SLO. Also, they need to make it more residential!!</p>
<p>Yeah, I’d say they need to build more on-campus housing because there are thousands of students applying for a limited amount of space available. I didn’t want to commute and would’ve liked to enjoy living on campus, but I hope for better luck next year getting a suite. I am very satisfied with this school, however.</p>