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California Institute of Technology Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Private

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
Post-master’s certificate
Doctor’s degree – research/scholarship

State Abbreviation

California

1200 E CALIFORNIA BLVDPASADENA, CA 91125

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$30,162

4%

2401

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Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

3-Jan

Hard

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Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world’s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges.The Institute manages JPL for NASA, sending probes to explore the planets of our solar system and quantify changes on our home planet. Caltech also owns and operates large-scale research facilities such as the Seismological Laboratory and a global network of astronomical observatories, including the Palomar and W. M. Keck Observatories; and cofounded and comanages LIGO.Caltech is an independent, privately supported institution with a 124-acre campus located in Pasadena, California.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for California Institute of Technology is more than 100% lower than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Art Center College of Design70.80%
Occidental College36.70%
Whittier College57.10%