Pasadena, CA · Private nonprofit
2.6%
Acceptance rate
$18,902
Avg net price
1,023
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 250Master’s 148Doctoral 221 |
| Bachelor’s 88Master’s 0Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 71Master’s 102Doctoral 90 |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s 40Doctoral 73 |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s 1Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s 1Doctoral 32 |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 3Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 1Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.
Projected sponsored sports18
Athletic participation
263 unique student-athletes · 16 varsity teams
Restrictive Early Action
Students who choose to apply REA to Caltech may not apply Early Action nor Early Decision to any other institution, with the following exceptions:
Regular Decision
· Apply with Common App or QuestBridge Application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $63,402
- Required fees
- $2,496
- Food and housing
- $20,283
- Books and supplies
- $1,428
- Other expenses
- $3,213
- Total
- $90,822
- $74,7632019–2019–20
- $77,7182020–2120–21
- $79,9472021–2221–22
- $83,5982022–2322–23
- $86,8862023–2423–24
- $90,8222024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $18,902 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 42%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $66,645
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, Institution's own form, State aid form, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from California Institute of Technology’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
California Institute of Technology admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
California Institute of Technology runs a restrictive (single-choice) Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. California Institute of Technology withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
248 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Dec 31. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
78% of the class submitted an SAT
Reported score bands
Reading/Writing
Middle 50%
Math
Middle 50%
ACT composite
22% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 14.9% who submitted class rank.
High-school class rank
Among the 14.9% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
California Institute of Technology rates 5 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Academic GPA
- Important
Nonacademic
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
California Institute of Technology leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
California Institute of Technology’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $95,253 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $18,902 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 104 of 248 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $95,253
Averages among the 104 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, California Institute of Technology offers need-based aid only (no merit for nonresidents): nonresidents received aid, averaging .
California Institute of Technology admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
Retention, graduation, and post-enrollment outcomes from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
Median debt
Not disclosedEarnings-to-debt
Not disclosedSources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03