PrefRank: #8 overall

Caltech

Pasadena, CA - California Institute of Technology

Overview

Contact Information

Caltech Website

Caltech Financial Aid Office

Caltech Admission Office

(626) 395-6811
1200 E California Blvd
Pasadena, CA

Early decision deadline: November 3rd, 2013

Regular decision deadline: January 2nd, 2014

Cost

The application fee is $65. Once you get in, you'll be paying approximately $36,282 for tuition (and $10,755 for room and board) if you don't receive financial aid or tuition assistance.

Enrollment

There are 960 full-time undergraduates. The campus is also shared with full-time grad students

Institutional Characteristics

Caltech is a Private not-for-profit institution

Caltech is a member of the following athletic conferences: Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf

Application Requirements

	Required	Recommended	Neither
High school GPA			X
High school rank		X
High school record	X
Letters of recommendation	X
SAT or ACT scores	X

0% of applicants submit SAT scores, and submit ACT scores.
View all Official Admissions Statistics

Student Preferences

Sometimes Preferred Over Caltech

Preferred Equally As Caltech

Sometimes Preferred Less Than Caltech

Peer Colleges

18.9,81.1 19% Massachusetts Institute of Technology

13.5,86.5 14% Harvey Mudd College

11.1,88.9 12% Stanford University

10.9,89.1 11% Princeton University

10.8,89.2 11% Carnegie Mellon University

9.7,90.3 10% University of California, Berkeley

8.9,91.1 9% Rice University

8.8,91.2 9% Columbia University

8.7,91.3 9% Johns Hopkins University

8.6,91.4 9% Georgia Institute of Technology