Summary
The student-faculty ratio at California Institute of Technology is 3:1, and the school has 63.4 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at California Institute of Technology include: Engineering; Physical Sciences; Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services; Mathematics and Statistics; and Biological and Biomedical Sciences. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 98.0 percent.
Faculty & Classes
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Majors
| Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates | |||||||||||
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Academic Programs & Offerings
| Degrees offered | Bachelor's, Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate - research/scholarship | ||||||||||
| Combined-degree programs | Bowdoin College; Bryn Mawr; Grinnell College; Haverford College; Mt. Holyoke College;; Oberlin College; Occidental College; Ohio Wesleyan University; Pomona College;; Reed College; Spelman college; Wesleyan University; Whitman College | ||||||||||
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Graduation & Retention
| Average freshman retention rate | 98% |
| 4-year graduation rate | 76 |
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* Academic Life details based on 2011 data
