Mechanical Engineering at California Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at California Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240. In 2021, 26 ME majors received their bachelor's degree from Caltech.

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

Caltech Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Caltech Mechanical Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ME programs across the country. The following shows how Caltech performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical 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 Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	19
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	20
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools	26
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	31
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	162
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	294

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in ME from Caltech. This makes it the #163 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #32 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at Caltech

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

Caltech Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of ME bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Caltech since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Caltech Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in ME from Caltech. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 6% better 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 master's in ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Caltech also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Cost Estimators	28,660	$78,190
Mechanical Engineers	27,330	$107,370
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790

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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