ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE: California Polytechnic State University is a very selective, highly-ranked public university on the California Central Coast. It is a comprehensive polytechnic university with a strong commitment to its learn-by-doing philosophy. Cal Poly's College of Liberal Arts offers 17 highly selective Bachelor of Arts programs and 4 Master's degree programs with 280 full-time equivalent faculty and over 3,000 undergraduate majors. The college offers a number of interdisciplinary minors, including four Science, Technology and Society (STS) minors.