Caltech CDS VERIFIED

Pasadena, California (West) · 987 undergrads · ~8 avg class size · 3:1 student-faculty · $65,898/yr sticker

private Tier 1

Tiny, hyper-focused on hard sciences and engineering. Famously brutal core curriculum. JPL connection makes it the top space-research undergrad.

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Stats below are CDS-based estimates from recent admissions cycles. Verify on the school's official site before making application decisions.

Acceptance rate

3.8%

most recent reported cycle

By application round

Restrictive EA5.0%

Regular Decision2.0%

GPA range

3.95–4.0

middle 50% of admitted students (unweighted)

SAT mid-50%

1530–1580

middle 50% admitted SAT score

ACT mid-50%

35–36

middle 50% admitted ACT score

Median earnings (10-yr)

$128K

Federal data — 10 yrs after college entry, all majors combined

≈ 2.7 years of post-grad earnings cover 4 yrs of attendance

Career outcomes · 12 sources

$132K

Entry

$128K

10-year

$220K

Mid-career

Median graduate earnings · 2.7 yrs to pay back 4 yrs of cost · est. lifetime ROI $3504K.
Earnings cross-referenced across 12 sources (College Scorecard, Opportunity Insights, Georgetown CEW, FREOPP, PayScale, and more).

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Frontier AI research
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