Computer Science at California Institute of Technology

What traits are you looking for in a compsci school? To help you decide if California Institute of Technology is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's compsci program.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Caltech Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci

Caltech Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

CompSci Student Demographics at Caltech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at California Institute of Technology.

Caltech Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Caltech since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	38
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	16
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Caltech Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a master's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	84

Related Majors

• Information Science

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Canon.vs.nikon under License

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