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Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $1,221,360 ahead with aid, $938,116 ahead at full price.","Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($200,511).","Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 5% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 66% of those reached the top fifth as adults.","Aid pledge published by the college for 2026-27: families earning under $100,000 pay nothing; families earning under $200,000 pay no tuition; aid packages carry no loans for families under $100,000; the college meets full demonstrated need.","High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name California Institute of Technology: 32, 48 enrolled students between them \u2014 ranked by graduates per class year, most often Harker School (1.0 per class year, 3 over 3 class years, Classes of 2023, 2024 & 2025); Sage Hill School (1.0 per class year, 3 over 3 class years, 2023-2025); Harvard-Westlake School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, BY THE CLASSES OF 2021-2025, counted column \"CLASS OF '25\"). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-institute-of-technology.","High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming California Institute of Technology: 1, 1 admissions between them \u2014 ranked by admissions per class year, most often Archbishop Mitty High School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2025). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/california-institute-of-technology.","Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/california-institute-of-technology.json"],"caveats":["Admit rate, SAT/ACT bands and applicant counts are IPEDS (federal); admit rates by major are the college system's own reporting (UC Information Center; CSU Chancellor's Office).","UC admits to the campus, not the major, at most programs; a UC admit rate by major is a guide to selectivity, not a rule.","'transfer_only' majors at a CSU had no first-year row reported: freshmen enter as a pre-major and apply into the program later.","net_price_with_aid is the average for aid recipients; full_price is the cost of attendance. 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