SCHOOLS / CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

California Institute of Technology

PASADENA, CAIPEDS 110404CARNEGIE CLASS 15
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§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reported
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants13,856reported count
Admits3563%
Class seats21861% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants13,8563563%218School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 61%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Wait list attrition

83% joined after being offered a spot. 24% of students who joined were admitted. 1% of applicants were offered the wait list.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spot206
Accepted a wait-list spot171
Admitted from wait list41
Joined after being offered83%
Admitted after joining24%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Factors this school weighs
First generation: Very ImportantLegacy: Very ImportantGeography: Very ImportantState residency: Very ImportantDemonstrated interest: Very Important
§ Demonstrated interest

This school marks applicant interest as Very Important. Read yield and wait-list behavior with that policy in mind.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

This CDS does not report the core H2A no-need grant fields. Federal affordability context is still shown below when available.

Limited merit profile
No-need grant recipientsNot reportedH2A first-year fields not reported
Avg net price$16,075Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2024-25 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$128,566
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
94%
6-year completion
Average net price
$16,075
sticker minus grants
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$78,105$78k
MEDIAN
$128,566$129k
P75
$225,460$225k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$-2,133
$30,001 – $48,000
← MODAL BRACKET$-2,886
$48,001 – $75,000
$431
$75,001 – $110,000
$18,753
$110,001 and up
$54,157
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
77%
6-yr grad
94%
8-yr grad
94%
Retention
97%
Pell grad
96%
Transfer
3%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.