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 2009)
Professorial faculty 299
Emeriti 104
Research faculty 46
Other faculty 69
Visiting faculty 185
Postdoctoral scholars 549
Senior postdoctoral scholars 35
Visitors 118Employees as of December 2009
Campus (excludes faculty and students) 2,567
JPL (excluding contractors) approx. 5,000Honors & Awards (as of January 2010)
Caltech faculty and alumni have received wide recognition for their achievements in science and engineering.
Nobel Prize: 31 recipients, 32 prizes
Crafoord Prize: 6 recipients
Kavli Prize: 1 recipient
National Medal of Science: 53 recipients
National Medal of Technology: 12 recipients
California Scientist of the Year: 15 recipients
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 85 faculty
Member, National Academy of Sciences: 74 faculty
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine: 4 faculty
Member, National Academy of Engineering: 29 faculty
A full list of Caltech faculty honors and awards are available in PDF format.
Brief bios of Nobel Laureates are available at http://pr.caltech.edu/events/caltech_nobel/.
Student & Alumni Statistics
Enrollment (first term 2009)
Undergraduate students:
592 men
359 women
Graduate students:
831 men
348 women
Total students: 2,130
Freshman class (entering September 2009)
147 men; 106 women
Middle 50% SAT scores (verbal/math): 2170-2300
Degrees awarded June 2009
BS 215 (of whom 130 graduated with honor)
MS 117
Engineer 2
PhD 193Living alumni (as of January 2010)
Total 22,433
BS 11,417
MS 7,787
Engineer 366
PhD 6,975
Ex student 626
Certificate 71
Total Degrees 27,242The total number of degrees is greater than the number of living alumni because many graduates have multiple Caltech degrees.