Cal Poly
Maritime Academy
Public College in Vallejo, CA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $94,784.
Students who entered Cal Poly Maritime Academy reach a median of $94,784 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate is 60%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $24,965 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 5.0% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 95% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 961, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 21% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 60% finish inside six years. 77% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 761 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $19,040 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $13,552 at the $0–30k band to $24,911 at $110k+. About 56% get grants averaging $11,318, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 39% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 142 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $13,552 |
| $30–48k | $9,768 |
| $48–75k | $16,948 |
| $75–110k | $21,257 |
| $110k+ | $24,911 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 299 of these 761 students, totalling $2,047,873 — an average of $6,849 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Solano County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026