The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, commonly known as Cal Poly Pomona, is a public, nationally-ranked, coeducational university, and one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system. The main campus sits on 1,438 acres (5.82 km) of a suburban district just west of Pomona, California a city within Los Angeles County. Cal Poly Pomona is the second largest land-holding university in the California State University sy...
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The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, commonly known as Cal Poly Pomona, is a public, nationally-ranked, coeducational university, and one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system. The main campus sits on 1,438 acres (5.82 km) of a suburban district just west of Pomona, California a city within Los Angeles County. Cal Poly Pomona is the second largest land-holding university in the California State University system. This figure includes various facilities scattered throughout Southern California such as a 53-acre (210,000 m) ranch in Santa Paula, California, 25-acre (100,000 m) at Spadra Ranch, the 31-hectare (0.31 km) Voorhis Ecological Reserve, and the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences in West Los Angeles. Founded in 1938 as the Voorhis Unit, the university implements a hands-on-approach to academics.
As a polytechnic university, Cal Poly Pomona emphasizes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs. In 2009, the university's...
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