Graduate School Tuition at California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Pasadena, CA. It offers 64 graduate programs - 27 Master's, 32 Doctorate, and 5 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $63,063 for all graduate students. A total of 1,419 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 2,401 students at Caltech.

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Graduate Program Overview

California Institute of Technology is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Pasadena, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $63,063. It offers sixty-four (64) graduate programs.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	California Institute of Technology
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA
Graduate School Students	1,410 students
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$63,063
Student to Faculty	3:1 (33.33%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 64 Graduate Programs 27 Master's, 32 Doctorate, 5 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at California Institute of Technology with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

The tuition & fees is $63,063 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $562.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$60,816
Fees	$2,247
Cost per Credit	$562
Books & Supplies	$1,428
Room & Board	$19,503 (On-Campus) / $19,431 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,700 (On-Campus) / $6,192 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$86,694
Off-Campus Total	$90,114

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$54,537	$56,649	$58,443	$60,657	$63,063

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

California Institute of Technology offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 64 major areas - 27 Master's , 32 Doctorate , 5 Post-Master'.

139 students have been conferred Master's degree and 204 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	139	204	-	-
Men	103	150	-	-
Women	36	54	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physics	13		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geophysics and Seismology	5		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geochemistry	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	7		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	6		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Astrophysics	5		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics and Computer Science			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computational Mathematics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics and Computer Science	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computational Mathematics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Neurobiology and Neurosciences (other)	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Genetics	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Microbiology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Immunology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Developmental Biology and Embryology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biology/Biological Sciences	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Systems Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering	11		NOT OFFERED
Materials Engineering	12		NOT OFFERED
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	18		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Engineering Mechanics	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	15		NOT OFFERED
Civil Engineering	1		NOT OFFERED
Chemical Engineering	5		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	24		NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physics			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Planetary Astronomy and Science	3		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	4		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering			NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 2,397 students enrolled in California Institute of Technology including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,410 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 941 male and 469 female graduate students. All 1,410 graduate students are enrolled as full-time status

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,410	1,410	-
Men Students	941	941	-
Women Students	469	469	-

By race/ethnicity 438 White, 13 Black, and 173 Asian students are attending at California Institute of Technology. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,410	941	469
American Indian or Native American	2	2	0
Asian	105	68	13
Black	13	10	3
Hispanic	101	69	32
White	438	283	155
Tow or More Races	48	31	17
Race Unknown	7	6	1

23 students are younger than 22 and 2 students are older than 65. The school has 1,258 students aged between 22 and 30 and 136 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,410
21 & Under	23
22-24	500
25-29	758
30-34	123
35-39	13
40 & Over	2

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