<p>david12345 - Cal Poly Pomona is an excellent school that is listed as the 11th highest ranked Engineering College in the United States and the 5th highest ranked Public Engineering College (whose highest degree is a master’s) in the nation by US News. It is one of only seven Polytechnic Universities in the country. My son was accepted to both Cal Poly SLO and Cal Poly Pomona and it has been a difficult choice between the two. We live near Pomona and it is a fact that stellar companies such as JPL, So Cal Edison and Raytheon, to name a few, recruit there every year. We are proud that such a school is located in our backyard. We know several students that chose Cal Poly Pomona over the engineering programs at UCLA and other UC’s. We will also choose a Cal Poly education over a UC as we believe the Polytechnic teaching method is superior to the theory and research based programs at the UC’s. It is a gut wrenching decision to choose between the two schools. Because both are worthy of respect.</p>