Facts & Stats

Old Throop HallThe mission of the California Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society.

Caltech Fact Sheet 2011-2012 (pdf)

2011 Caltech Overview Brochure

 

 

Location Top
Caltech's 124-acre campus is situated in Pasadena, California, a city of 141,000 at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, approximately 30 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean and 10 miles northeast of the Los Angeles Civic Center.

The Institute is an independent, privately supported university.

The Campus

Academic Organization Top
Caltech has six academic divisions:

Beneath this apparently simple organization lie some 40 areas of concentration in science, mathematics, engineering, and the humanities and social sciences.

Student Body Profile Top

Fall Enrollment 2010-2011

Undergraduate Students:
Total: 967
Men: 585
Women: 382

Graduate Students:
Total: 1,208
Men: 857
Women: 351

Office of the Registrar 2010-2011 Enrollment Profile

2010 Freshman Class

Degrees Awarded, June 2010 Top

BS 192
MS  119
Engineer  2
PhD  179

Overall graduate rate: 90%
(full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates; graduation rates are within 150% of normal time to program completion)

Faculty in Residence Top

(as of December 2010)

Professorial faculty 294
Emeriti 100
Research faculty 74
Other faculty 57
Visiting faculty 208
Visitors 112
Caltech also employees 621 Postdoctoral scholars and 35 Senior Postdoctoral scholars who work with professors in existing research programs.

Employees Top

(as of December 2010)

Campus (excluding faculty and students) 3,800
JPL (excluding contractors) 5,000

Living Alumni Top

(as of January 2010)

Total 22,433

BS 11,417
MS 7,787
Engineer 366
 
Certificate 71
PhD 6,975
Ex student 626
Total 27,242

(The total number of degrees is greater than the number of living alumni because many graduates have multiple Caltech degrees.)