California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California. Cal Poly is one of the 23 campuses of the California State University system (CSU) and is the second largest land-holding university in California (1st in the CSU system). Comprising six distinct colleges, Cal Poly offers a full spectrum of degrees. Specifically, the university's engineering, architecture, and agriculture colleges consistently place at the top of United States national academic rankings. In U.S. News & World Report's 2008 America's Best Colleges report, Cal Poly ranked as the #1 Public Master's University in the Western United States for the 15th consecutive year.