Cal Poly Pomona GPA requirements & acceptance rate
Average GPA, acceptance rate and SAT/ACT ranges for Cal Poly Pomona, all from its own Common Data Set 2025-26, plus a quick estimate of your chances.
What are my chances at Cal Poly Pomona?
Enter your unweighted GPA to see an estimate.
What GPA do you need to get into Cal Poly Pomona?
Cal Poly Pomona’s own Common Data Set (2025-26, item C12) reports an average high school GPA of 3.70 for its enrolled first-year students who submitted a GPA (100% of them submitted one). It is an average, not a cut-off: many enrolled students were below it. The CDS does not say whether the figure is weighted, so treat it as a guide rather than a target. Source: Cal Poly Pomona Common Data Set 2025-26, item C12.
Plenty of enrolled students were below the 3.70 average, especially those with a strong upward trend, a demanding course load, or test scores near the top of the range. Use the estimator above to see where you stand.
Cal Poly Pomona acceptance rate
Cal Poly Pomona’s Common Data Set 2025-26 (item C1) reports 48,258 first-time, first-year applicants for fall 2025 and 35,688 admitted, an acceptance rate of 74%. That makes Cal Poly Pomona moderately selective — reasonably attainable for solid students. GPA is only one piece: Cal Poly Pomona also weighs the rigor of your courses, essays, recommendations and activities, and test scores where it considers them.
Cal Poly Pomona SAT and ACT scores
Cal Poly Pomona’s Common Data Set 2025-26 does not report SAT or ACT composite percentiles (item C9 is blank), so no score range is shown here. Check Cal Poly Pomona’s admissions website for its current testing policy.
Cal Poly Pomona admissions at a glance
| First-year applicants (fall 2025) | 48,258 |
| Admitted | 35,688 |
| Acceptance rate | 74% |
| Average high school GPA | 3.70 |
| Submitted a GPA | 100% |
| SAT composite, 25th–75th | Not reported |
| ACT composite, 25th–75th | Not reported |
| Common Data Set year | 2025-26 |
Source: Cal Poly Pomona Common Data Set 2025-26, items C1 (applicants and admits), C9 (SAT/ACT) and C12 (GPA), read October 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the college’s own Common Data Set; none is from a third-party website.
Estimate your odds
The estimator above starts from Cal Poly Pomona’s acceptance rate and moves it up or down with your GPA. It is a rough guide, not a prediction: it does not see your essays, course rigor or major. To plan the grades you need, try the college GPA calculator and the target GPA planner.
How to strengthen your application
Beyond the GPA range, focus on what you can still move: take the most challenging courses your school offers, keep your grades trending upward, prepare for the SAT or ACT if Cal Poly Pomona considers them, and write essays that show genuine fit.