California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Motto	Latin: Instrumentum Disciplinae
Motto in English	Application of Knowledge
Type	Public State
Established	1938 (as Cal Poly Voorhis Unit in San Dimas, California)
Endowment	$85.6 million (2016).
President	Soraya M. Coley
Provost	Sylvia A. Alva
Academic staff	1,069 (2012)
Students	23,717 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates	22,149 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates	1,568 (Fall 2015)
Location	Pomona, California, U.S. 34°03′23″N 117°49′18″W / 34.05639°N 117.82167°W / 34.05639; -117.82167Coordinates: 34°03′23″N 117°49′18″W / 34.05639°N 117.82167°W / 34.05639; -117.82167
Campus	Suburban, 1,725 acres (698 ha)
Colors	Green and Gold
Athletics	NCAA Division II – CCAA
Nickname	Broncos
Mascot	Billy Bronco
Affiliations	California State University, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Website	www.cpp.edu

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP, Cal Poly Pomona, or Cal Poly) is a public polytechnic university located in Pomona, California, United States. It is one of in the California State University system. The campus is the second largest in the CSU, and with an enrollment of 23,717 students, and is the second largest polytechnic university in the United States. In Fall 2013, it had 1,059 faculty, of which 442 (or 42 percent) were tenure track.

The university is designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Cal Poly is one of three CSUs, and one of only five California institutions, with this distinction. The university has the oldest and largest Hospitality Management College in California, and one of the largest in the US with over 1,000 students. Additionally, Cal Poly has the largest civil engineering student population in the nation. It is the only university in Southern California to grant bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture.

Cal Poly Pomona currently offers bachelor's degrees in 94 majors, 39 master's degrees, 13 teaching credentials and a doctorate across 9 distinct academic colleges. The university is one among a small group of polytechnic universities in the United States which tend to be primarily devoted to the instruction of technical arts and applied sciences.

Cal Poly Pomona began as the southern branch of the California Polytechnic School (today known as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) in 1938 when a completely equipped school and farm in the city of San Dimas were donated by Charles Voorhis and his son Jerry Voorhis. The satellite campus grew further in 1949 when a horse ranch in the neighboring city of Pomona, which had belonged to Will Keith Kellogg, was acquired from the University of California. Cal Poly Pomona, then known as Cal Poly Kellogg-Voorhis, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo continued operations under a unified administrative control until they became independent from one another in 1966.