California Institute of Technology

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Pasadena, California (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 987 students of which 1,044 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. California Institute of Technology is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 2.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,075, with published in-state tuition of $65,898 and a Pell grant recipient share of 18.0%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 93.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 97.4%. Graduates earn a median of $128,566 ten years after enrolling, compared with $132,140 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 4100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 80.5% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.