Engineering at California Institute of Technology

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what California Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240. In 2021, 65 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from Caltech.

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

Caltech Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Caltech Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Caltech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	113
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	310

In 2021, 73 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Caltech. This makes it the #146 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 81 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #38 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Caltech

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

Caltech Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Caltech, about 48% were men and 52% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Caltech since its program graduates 27% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Caltech Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 73 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from Caltech in 2020-2021, 68% were men and 32% were 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	22
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Caltech also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 81 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering 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
Mechanical Engineering	51
Electrical Engineering	51
Biomedical Engineering	23
Chemical Engineering	23
Engineering Physics	19
Materials Engineering	17
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	14
Environmental Engineering	12
Engineering Mechanics	4
Systems Engineering	3
Civil Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.