General Mechanical Engineering at California Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying general 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.

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

Caltech General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering
• Master’s Degree in General Mechanical Engineering

Caltech General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

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

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at Caltech

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

Caltech General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Caltech since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general mechanical 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Caltech General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 38% 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical 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
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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