Master's Students

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<p>I was recently accepted to Cal Poly to pursue a MS in Aerospace Engineering. I applied because of Cal Poly’s reputation with California employers, but I am a little worried about a few things.</p>

<p>Are there even very many grad students at Cal Poly? The school awarded about 20 MS degrees in AE last year, but I’m assuming some of these came from a blended BS + MS program. I just don’t want to be one of only a handful of grad students in the department. This is because I feel it’s important to have at least a small community of graduate students (for various reasons).</p>

<p>Basically, I was wondering if it was rare to have a BS from another institution (Michigan in my case) and then pursue a MS at Cal Poly.</p>

<p>Thanks for any information.</p>

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<p>Just to clarify…I’m okay with a small department.</p>

<p>I just don’t want to be in a department with only the undergraduates seeking a dual BS + MS.</p>

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<p>Mike, I don’t think it’s rare to have BS and MS from different institute. I would rather think that’s more usual. </p>

<p>However, to get the exact background of enrolled graduate students, I would suggest you to call the dean’s office directly and ask for the staff/faculty in charge of graduate program. Most of the poster here are for undergraduate program, I’m not sure you can get that kind of information here.</p>