Caltech Acceptance Rate & Chances CDS VERIFIED
Pasadena, California (West) · 987 undergrads · ~8 avg class size · 3:1 student-faculty · $65,898/yr sticker
private Tier 1
Median earnings (10yr)
$128K
CDS-based estimates from recent admissions cycles. Verify on the school's official site.
2.6% is the average applicant's shot. Your odds depend on your GPA, scores, and hooks. See where you actually stand.
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Restrictive EA5.0%
Regular Decision2.0%
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Career outcomes · 12 sources
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).
Where this leads
Real career pipelines from this school, based on alumni outcomes and recruiting patterns.
- Frontier AI research
- Quant trading
- Tech / SWE at deep-tech firms
- Aerospace + JPL pipeline
About Caltech
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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