California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology admitted 2.6% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $8,509 a year. Within six years, 90% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 2.6%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $90,822 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $8,509 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $7,553 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $68,208 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 90%
- Students who return for a second year
- 97%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $166,642 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 987
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 23%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 3 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Computer and information sciences
- 35%
- Engineering
- 28%
- Physical sciences
- 15%
- Mathematics and statistics
- 12%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Minerva University CA · 3% admitted
- Harvard University MA · 3.6% admitted
- Stanford University CA · 3.6% admitted
- Yale University CT · 3.9% admitted
- Columbia University in the City of New York NY · 4% admitted
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · 4.5% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.