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Caltech

Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location Pasadena, CA

Population 10,500,000

Website http://www.caltech.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,023

Men / Women 55% / 45%

Asian 30%

White 19%

International 14%

Hispanic 13%

Mixed 8%

Black 4%

Native American 0%

From State 33%

From Region 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Computer Science 41%

Engineering 31%

Physical Sciences & Math 22%

Life & Natural Sciences 5%

Business & Economics 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $65,622

Est. Cost of Attendance $86,886

10-Year ROI $627,000

ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%

4-Year Graduation Rate 77%

6-Year Graduation Rate 94%

Transfer-Out Rate 3%

Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)

Sunshine Hours 3,300 (96% ☀️)

Days Without Precipitation 327 (98% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 4%

Yield (Unbound) 51%

Restricted Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 3

Research

Research Level R1

Expenditure

Life & Natural Sciences	$350M	#59
Engineering, Computing & Math	$87M	#74
Humanities & Social Sciences	$4M	#187

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	86	#66
Life & Natural Sciences	101	#199
Humanities & Social Sciences	13	#434

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 100%

SAT Range 1530 – 1570

SAT Math Range 780 – 800

SAT RW Range 740 – 780

ACT Range 34 – 36

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering	22	32% / 68%	0%	$90,189
Bioengineering	10 —	30% / 70%	0%	$111,542	97	—
Engineering	— —	—	—	$122,961	99	—
Biology	6 —	33% / 67%	0%	$73,244	67	—
Neuroscience	6 —	33% / 67%	0%	$71,547	64	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering	17	29% / 71%	0%	$114,855
Chemical Engineering	10 —	20% / 80%	0%	$130,374	99	—
Chemistry	7 —	43% / 57%	0%	$92,685	89	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Division of Engineering and Applied Science	181	62% / 38%	10%	$167,150		100%
Electrical Engineering	13 —	85% / 15%	8%	$167,461	100	—
Materials Science (Engineering)	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$107,757	96	—
Mechanical Engineering	38 —	71% / 29%	3%	$127,334	99	—
Computer Science	94 —	55% / 45%	14%	$196,501	100	100%
Computing and Mathematical Sciences	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$200,626	100	—
Applied and Computational Mathematics	10 —	50% / 50%	0%	$176,629	100	—
Physics	22 —	77% / 23%	14%	$108,379	97	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences	3	33% / 67%	0%	$68,514
Geochemistry	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$68,591	57	—
Geological and Planetary Sciences	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$68,476	57	—
Geophysics and Seismology	— —	—	—	$68,500	57	—

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences		2	50% / 50%	0%	$132,246
Business, Economics, and Management		2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$132,246	99	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy	10	70% / 30%	20%	$135,555
Astrophysics	2 —	50% / 50%	50%	$101,998	95	—
Mathematics	8 —	75% / 25%	12%	$143,945	100	—