The Wall Street Journal recently placed Cal Poly Pomona at number 21 in its “2025 Best Colleges in the U.S.” ranking, and at number 10 overall on its “2025 WSJ/College Pulse Social Mobility” ranking.

According to a CPP news release, the publication evaluated 500 universities for its best colleges rankings and took into account various statistics, including: 70% of a school’s score depended on “the value added by each school to their students’ success (measured by salary), years to pay off the net price of an undergraduate degree and combined that with the school’s impact on graduation rates,” 20% on “student surveys about their campus learning environment,” and the final 10% on “’metrics about racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds and disability status of students and faculty with the experiences of students on campus’ via the survey.”

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