Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) vs Cal Poly Pomona

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and California State Polytechnic University-Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) are two distinct universities with unique offerings. MTSU, located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is a public research university with an acceptance rate of 79%, while Cal Poly Pomona, situated in Pomona, California, is a public polytechnic university with an acceptance rate of 52%. Both universities offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, with popular majors at MTSU including Business, Education, and Nursing, and popular majors at Cal Poly Pomona including Engineering, Business, and Agriculture. MTSU has a larger student body, with over 20,000 undergraduate students compared to Cal Poly Pomona's 17,000 undergraduate students. Additionally, MTSU has a higher graduation rate, with 58% of students graduating within six years compared to Cal Poly Pomona's 52%. To help you make an informed decision about your higher education

	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Middle Tennessee State University
Overview
Location	Pomona, California	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	88.0%	75.0%
Common app member	No	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	60.6%	68.4%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $70 Graduate: $70	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $35
SAT range	N/A	1010 - 1210
ACT range	N/A	19 - 26
Students submitting SAT score		7.0%
Students submitting ACT score		92.0%
Total number of applicants	41,226	11,244
Total number of admissions given out	24,993	7,691
Admitted students who chose to enroll	3,463	2,752
Yield rate	13.9%	35.8%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Not required	Not required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $25,835 Out of state: $37,715	In state: $24,554 Out of state: $43,586
Average net price	$12,942	$12,617
Tuition	In state: $5,742 Out of state: $17,622	In state: $7,344 Out of state: $26,376
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $10,980 Meal plan: $5,590	$9,576
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	76.0% Average amount $9,025	97.0% Average amount $8,747
Students receiving federal student loan	17.0% Average amount $4,805	36.0% Average amount $4,835
Students taking out private loans	1.0% Average amount $12,608	3.0% Average amount $12,638

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	26,974 Men 53.5% Women 46.5%	18,603 Men 45.2% Women 54.8%
Graduate students	2,482 Men 47.3% Women 52.7%	2,965 Men 36.1% Women 63.9%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Low
Out-of-state students	0.8%	N/A
International students	4.6%	2.4%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	4,128	2,518
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	California Washington Oregon Guam Hawaii	N/A

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Engineering Social Sciences Computer and Information Science Architecture	Business Visual & Performing Arts Multidisciplinary Studies Education Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Students to faculty ratio	28:1	16:1
Institutional accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

Outcome
Graduation rate	70.2%	53.7%
Dropout rate	23.1%	14.7%
Transferred out	1.7%	28.5%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $85,357 Year 3: $96,966 Construction Engineering Technologies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $75,286 Year 2: $77,329 Year 3: $89,517 Civil Engineering (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $72,891 Year 2: $72,650 Year 3: $86,380 Engineering Technology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $82,880 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,110 Year 2: $69,930 Year 3: $81,209 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,168 Year 2: $67,918 Year 3: $79,792 Computer Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $65,611 Year 2: $63,501 Year 3: $76,900 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,217 Year 2: $64,394 Year 3: $76,474 Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $64,215 Year 2: $68,305 Year 3: $76,397 Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $70,663 Year 2: $64,087 Year 3: $76,106	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $88,408 Year 2: $85,760 Year 3: $90,571 Psychology, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,120 Year 2: $59,485 Year 3: $88,221 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $71,903 Year 2: $66,104 Year 3: $78,609 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $68,709 Year 2: $67,101 Year 3: $72,118 Construction Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,220 Year 2: $66,541 Year 3: $69,654 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,896 Year 2: $57,860 Year 3: $67,093 Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $50,963 Year 2: $57,995 Year 3: $66,752 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,662 Year 2: $54,192 Year 3: $66,144 Engineering-Related Fields (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,628 Year 2: $58,943 Year 3: $61,839 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,209 Year 2: $55,061 Year 3: $58,677

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