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- California
- California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CACity: midsizeZIP 91125Founded 1891
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1891
- Motto
- The truth shall make you free
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: very high research activity (R1)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.caltech.edu
- Member of
- AAU
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology is a private nonprofit university in Pasadena, California, with 987 undergraduates. It admits 2.6% of applicants, graduates 90% within six years and costs $8,509 a year after aid.
90%graduate
Admission rate2.6%
Retention97%
4-year graduation78%
Pell Grant share23%
Federal loans9.0%
$8,509net price / year
2.6%admission rate
—average SAT
90%graduate in 6 years
$166,642median earnings, 10 yrs
$7,500median debt
#1 of 1,704 for earnings#118 of 1,739 for lowest net price#69 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $90,822tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $68,208
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $68,208
- Average net price
- $8,509national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$7,553
$30,001–48,000$11,452
$48,001–75,000$4,144
$75,001–110,000$29,762
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 2.6%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college2.6%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college97%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college90%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college23%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 90%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 78%
- First-year retention
- 97%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 95%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $124,285
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $166,642middle 50%: $87,403–$310,107
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$310,107
Median, California Institute of Technology$166,642
Lower quarter$87,403
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 987
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 45% / 55%
- Average age at entry
- 19.3
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 23%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 3 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 91%
- Average faculty salary
- $23,993 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $124,489
- Endowment, end of year
- $4,228,841,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White19%
Hispanic17%
Black4.7%
Asian36%
Two or more races8.9%
U.S. nonresident14%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.1%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Computer & information sciences35%
Engineering28%
Physical sciences15%
Mathematics & statistics12%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.0%
Business & management1.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 110404. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q161562.