Student Population at Caltech

Total Enrollment

2,430

Undergraduate

987

Graduate

1,443

Men Students

1,459

Women Students

971

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,430 students have enrolled at California Institute of Technology - 987 undergraduate and 1,443 graduate.

By gender, 1,459 male and 971 female students are attending California Institute of Technology. By attendance status, there are 2,430 full-time students and 0 part-time students.

The number of students at California Institute of Technology is large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, its population is very small (average population is 20,107).

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Caltech's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California.

Caltech has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 20,107 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California average (2,024 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
California Institute of Technology	2,430	987	1,443
Similarly Ranked Schools	20,107	7,179	12,928
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California	2,024	1,628	1,062

The below chart compares the student population between California Institute of Technology and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,459 male and 971 female students attending Caltech. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.50 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Caltech.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Caltech
	Total	Full-time
Total	987	987
Men	541	541
Women	446	446

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Caltech
	Total	Full-time
Total	1,443	1,443
Men	918	918
Women	525	525

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 560 White students (23.05%) and 550 Asian students (22.63%) at California Institute of Technology(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at California Institute of Technology.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at California Institute of Technology
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	0
Asian	354	177	177
Black or African American	46	24	22
Hispanic	172	112	60
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	185	103	82
Two or More Races	88	44	44
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	1	0	1
Total	987	541	446

Population by Race/Ethnicity at California Institute of Technology
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	0
Asian	196	111	85
Black or African American	22	15	7
Hispanic	105	74	31
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	375	228	147
Two or More Races	69	49	20
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	3	3	0
Total	1,443	918	525

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,501 students whose age under twenty five and 149 students whose age is over thirty years old at California Institute of Technology.

Especially, 20 students are younger than eighteen.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at California Institute of Technology.