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 2010)
Professorial faculty 294
Emeriti 100
Research faculty 74
Other faculty 57
Visiting faculty 208
Postdoctoral scholars 621
Senior postdoctoral scholars 35
Visitors 112
Employees as of December 2010
Campus (academic and staff) approx. 3,800
JPL (excluding contractors) approx. 5,000
Honors & Awards (as of December 2011)
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: 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: 72 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 (first term 2010)
Undergraduate students:
585 men
382 women
Graduate students:
857 men
351 womenTotal students: 2,175
Freshman class (entering September 2010)
131 men; 89 women
Middle 50% SAT scores (verbal/math): 2200-2330
Degrees awarded June 2011
BS 235 (of whom 148 graduated with honor)
MS 118
PhD 168
Total 521
Living 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 27,242
The total number of degrees is greater than the number of living alumni because many graduates have multiple Caltech degrees.
