Join the Community!
California Institute of Technology
Website / Email
Overview
Address:
1200 E. California Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91125
Type: Private institution
Year founded: 1891
Religious affiliation: None
Academic calendar: Quarter
Undergrad body: 913
Setting: Suburban
Endowment: 1,520,478,000
Application deadline: January 1
Application fee: 60
Selectivity: Most selective
Tuition: 29,595
Room board: 9,102
Extracurriculars
Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, pep band, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, yearbook
Num organizations: 80
Honor societies: Tau Beta Pi, California Beta Chapter
Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Asian Baptist Student Koinonia, Caltech Christian Fellowship, Caltech Muslim Students Asociation, Caltech Newman Catholic Students Club, Hillel
International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Asian Pacific Student Union, Association of Caltech Taiwanese, Association of Romanians, Black Graduate Student Association, Caltech Canadian Club, Caltech Chinese Association, Caltech Russian Club, Caltech Swedish Club, Caltech Chinese Student Association, CLASES, Club Latino, Fellowship of International Students, FICCIT, Francophile Club, Friends of Iranian Culture, German Club, Hawaiian Club, Hong Kong Student Association, Italian Club, Korean Student Association, Latino Association for Students in Engineering and Science, National Society of Black Engineers, OASIS, Turkish Student Association
Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Alpine Club, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Aero Association, Ballroom Dance Club, Badminton Club, Biotechnology Club, Caltech Basketball League, Caltech Bowling Club, Caltech Cooking Club, Caltech Women's Glee Club, Men's Glee Club, Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum, Caltech Students Pride Association, Chamber Singers, Cheer Squad, Chess Club, Computer Science Cluster, Concert Band, Cycling Club, Dance Troupe, Da Vinci Outdoors Club, Desert Society, Diving Team, Entrepreneur Club, Engineering Club, Electric Vehicle Club, Fencing, Filmmaking Club, Fishing Quarterly, Folk Music Society, Gamma-ray Astrophysics Mission, Hang/Para Gliding Club, Ice Hockey, Ice Skating Club, International Film Club, Jazz Bands, Juggling Club, Karate Club, Kayak Club, Law Association, Mars Society, Martial Arts Organization, Opera Club, Peaceful Justice Coalition, Premed Club, Quiz Bowl, Racquetball Association, Rugby Football Club, Science Fiction Club, Salsa Club, Sailing Club, Scuba Club, Surf and Windsurf Club, Snowboarding Club, Soccer Club, Space Society, Symphony Orchestra, Social Activism Speaker Series, Student Investment Fund, Shorinji Kempo Club, Shotokan Karate Club, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, Society for Neuroscience, Society of Women Engineers, Swim Club, Theatre Arts at Caltech, Triathlon Club, Vegetarian Club, Caltech Votes!, Men's Volleyball Club, Water Polo Club, Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology, Caltech Y
Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The California Tech (weekly), Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal (semi-annual), The Big T (annual yearbook), The little t (annual guidebook for Caltech students)
Num frats: 0
Frats chapter houses: 0
Percent frat members: N/A
Num sororities: 0
Sororities chapter houses: 0
Percent sorority members: N/A
Campus Life
Percent undergrad college owned: 90%
Percent fraternity: N/A
Percent sorority: N/A
Percent campus weekends: 90%
Offer housing: Yes
Percent students college housing: 90%
Campus housing: Yes
Off campus assistance: Yes
Types available: coed dorms (89%), apartments for married students (1%), special housing for disabled students (1%), other housing options (9%)
College owned singles: 32%
College owned doubles: 63%
College owned triples: 5%
College owned apartments: N/A
College owned other: N/A
Num college owned: 25
Sprinkler system: 48%
Fire alarms: 100%
High speed internet: 100%
Campus size: 124 acres
Percent weekends: 90%
Nearest airport: Los Angeles International Airport (28), Burbank (17)
Nearest train: Los Angeles (10)
Nearest bus: Pasadena (3)
Public transport: Yes
Cars permitted: Yes
Percent cars: 60%
School employment: Yes
Percent undergrads employed: 34%
Average undergrad earnings: 3,713
Freshmen discouraged working: Yes
Army rotc: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Southern California)
Navy rotc: Not offered
Airforce rotc: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Southern California, California State University--
Alcohol permitted: Yes
Additional policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited
Popular events: Ditch Day, ME-72 Engineering Design Competition, International Week, Asian Pacific Cultural Week, Semana Latina, Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series, Annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition, Choral and Orchestral Performances, Iron Chef Cooking Competition
Services
Basic: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, health service, health insurance
Remedial: N/A
Counseling: minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Career: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other
Job six months: 25%
Job one year: N/A
Job two years: N/A
Firms: Northrop, Altera Corporation, City of Hope, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Pfizer, Price Waterhouse Coopers, JPL-NASA, Intel, Google, Caltech, Sun Microsystems
Library: Yes
Library consortia: Yes
Num books: 344,020
Num subscriptions: 2,620
Num microforms: 647,861
Num audiovisual: 1,352
Num ebooks: 2,431
Library facilities: Caltech has close ties and joint programs with the nearby Huntington Library, which houses a large collection of Anglo-American art, literature, rare books and manuscripts.
Museums: Caltech Research Facilities (Off-site)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL). Caltech owns and/or operates a number of off-campus research facilities including Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The world's leader in robotic planetary exploration, JPL is managed by Caltech for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In addition to its interplanetary spacecraft, JPL is a major participant in NASA's Mission to Planet Earth Program. The Lab also conducts research and technology development in advanced microelectronics and is involved in the design and implementation of defense and civil programs.
W. M. Keck Observatory. The Institute owns the Keck Observatory, located in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and operates it jointly with the University of California through the California Association for Research in Astronomy. It houses the world's two largest optical and infrared telescopes, Keck I and Keck II, each 10 meters in diameter. With the two Kecks operating together, observers are able to search for planets orbiting stars other than our sun. Together, the two telescopes are powerful enough to collect starlight emitted only a billion or so years after the birth of the universe, when galaxies were first forming.
Other Observatories. Caltech owns and operates a number of other observatories, including the Palomar Observatory, which houses the 200-inch Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California, the Owens Valley Radio Observatory at Big Pine, California, and the Submillimeter Observatory in Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
Other Research Facilities. Another off-campus research facility owned and operated by the Institute is the William G. Kerckhoff Marine Biological Laboratory in Corona del Mar, California. Caltech also operates (with MIT) LIGO Observatories (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana.
Computer course: No
Own computer: No
Computers available: 50
Email accounts: Yes
Internet access: Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library
Num wired library: 200
Num wired classrooms: 1,000
Num wired labs: 200
Num wired other: 18,600
Wireless network: Yes
Wireless areas: in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs), in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Wireless capacity: 10,000
Recommended os: N/A
Hosting units: 100%
Student webpages: Yes
Online registration: Yes
Campus safety: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
