CALTECH AT-A-GLANCE
Mission Statement
The mission of the California Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society.
Faculty & Staff Statistics
Faculty In Residence (as of December 2011)
Professorial faculty 297
Emeriti 95
Research faculty 63
Other faculty 64
Visiting faculty 188
Postdoctoral scholars 569
Senior postdoctoral scholars 21
Visitors 101
Staff 2,531
Employees (as of December 2011)
Campus (academic and staff) approx. 3,900
JPL (excluding contractors) approx. 5,000
Honors & Awards (as of May 2012)
Caltech faculty and alumni have received wide recognition for their achievements in science and engineering.
Nobel Prize: 31 recipients, 32 prizes
Crafoord Prize: 7 recipients
Kavli Prize: 4 recipients
National Medal of Science: 56 recipients
National Medal of Technology: 10 recipients (excluding trustees)
California Scientist of the Year: 15 faculty
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 94 faculty
Member, National Academy of Sciences: 71 faculty
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine: 6 faculty
Member, National Academy of Engineering: 33 faculty
A full list of Caltech faculty honors and awards is available in PDF format.
Brief bios of Nobel Laureates are available at http://nobel.caltech.edu/.
Student & Alumni Statistics
Enrollment for Academic Year 2011-2012
Undergraduate students:
597 men
381 women
Graduate students:
908 men
345 womenTotal students: 2,231
Freshman Class of 2015 (as of September 2011)
162 men
88 women
Middle 50% SAT scores (verbal/math): 2200-2340
Middle 50% ACT scores: 33-35
Degrees Awarded (in June 2011)
BS 235 (of whom 148 graduated with honor)
MS 118
PhD 168
Total 521
Living Alumni (as of February 2012)
Total Alumni 22,865
BS 11,679
MS 7,860
Engineer 343
PhD 7,233
Ex student 610
Certificate 64
Total Degrees 27,789
The total number of degrees is greater than the number of living alumni because many graduates have multiple Caltech degrees.
