California Institute of Technology Overview

California Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Pasadena, California. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is California Institute of Technology Known For?

• Students at Caltech may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 3 to 1.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Caltech.
• During a recent academic cycle, 94% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Caltech makes roughly $128,566 a year. This is 215% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Caltech student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is California Institute of Technology?

Contact details for Caltech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125
Phone:	626-395-6811
Website:	www.caltech.edu

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How Do I Get Into Caltech?

You can apply to Caltech online at: www.admissions.caltech.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Caltech

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Caltech?

The acceptance rate at Caltech is 3%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 2%, and the acceptance rate for women is 4%.

Can I Afford California Institute of Technology?

The overall average net price of Caltech is $53,081. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Caltech, approximately 15% of students took out student loans averaging $12,553 a year. That adds up to $50,212 over four years for those students.

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California Institute of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 1,339 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 901 full-time undergraduates at Caltech, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California Institute of Technology students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	358
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	163
White	211
International Students	68
Other Races/Ethnicities	84

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California Institute of Technology. At this time, 38 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 71 countries are represented at Caltech. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

California Institute of Technology Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	67	0	1	2	70
Physics	26	0	20	24	70
Mechanical Engineering	36	0	8	13	57
Chemistry	7	0	8	39	54
Biomedical Engineering	18	0	12	17	47
Electrical Engineering	16	1	18	9	44
Engineering Physics	0	0	18	10	28
Astronomy & Astrophysics	4	0	16	7	27
Materials Engineering	6	0	9	10	25
Chemical Engineering	7	0	4	12	23
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	0	10	12	22
Geological & Earth Sciences	1	0	15	6	22
General Biology	5	0	0	13	18
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	9	0	2	7	18
Applied Mathematics	14	0	0	4	18
Mathematics	11	0	1	3	15
Environmental Engineering	0	0	5	8	13
Economics	0	0	6	5	11
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	1	8	9
Mathematics & Computer Science	0	0	0	7	7
Systems Engineering	0	0	1	5	6
Information Science	4	0	0	0	4
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	2	2
Genetics	0	0	0	2	2
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	0	2	2
Engineering Mechanics	0	0	0	1	1
General Engineering	1	0	0	0	1
History	1	0	0	0	1
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0	0
Civil Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
General English Literature	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	233	1	155	228	617

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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