by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
California Institute of Technology was awarded 447 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is computer & information sciences.
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Caltech is ranked #31 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 168 colleges in California, Caltech is ranked at #6.
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Even if you have the best grades and high test scores, that may not be enough to get into Caltech since the school has one of the most selective in the country. Its acceptance rate is a mere 4%, so there's no shame if you don't get in. Be sure to apply to other schools just in case.
Caltech received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.
Learn more about California Institute of Technology admissions.
At Caltech, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 3 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at California Institute of Technology is 94%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
California Institute of Technology has a freshmen retention rate of 99%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Caltech the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 84%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at California Institute of Technology.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 901 full-time undergraduates at Caltech.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Caltech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Caltech, approximately 18% of students took out student loans averaging $5,240 a year. That adds up to $20,960 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of California Institute of Technology.
Contact details for Caltech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 |
| Phone: | 626-395-6811 |
| Website: | www.caltech.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/californiainstituteoftechnology |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/caltech |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 83 | $129,693 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 26 | NA |
| Physics | 23 | NA |
| Mathematics | 15 | NA |
| Electrical Engineering | 14 | NA |
| Chemical Engineering | 10 | NA |
| Biomedical Engineering | 10 | NA |
| Chemistry | 9 | NA |
| General Biology | 9 | NA |
| Engineering Physics | 7 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 1,966 students who took online classes the previous year.
Learn more about online learning at California Institute of Technology.
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Footnotes
*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.
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