# California Institute of Technology

- Location: Pasadena, United States
- Type: Private
- Founded: 1891
- Official website: http://www.caltech.edu/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/california-institute-of-technology-99fbcf31

## Summary

Caltech began in 1891 as Throop University, a small school in Pasadena founded by local businessman and politician Amos G. Throop, and was renamed the California Institute of Technology in 1920. Astronomer George Ellery Hale, physicist Robert Millikan and chemist Arthur Amos Noyes turned it into a research-focused institute in the 1910s and 1920s. It is very small by enrollment and manages NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which grew out of Caltech rocket research in the 1930s.

## Key facts

- rank: #7 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx
- tuition: $60,816 (per year, 2023)
- admission: 2.6% (2024)

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.caltech.edu/)
- [Admissions](https://www.admissions.caltech.edu/)
- [Financial aid](https://www.finaid.caltech.edu/)
- [Reference](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip)
- [Official 'At a glance': founded 1891 as Throop University, renamed 1920; 971 undergraduates + 1,398 graduate students (total is the sum; no year stated); JPL](https://www.caltech.edu/about/at-a-glance)
- [Wikipedia cross-check: history, type, motto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology)

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