Information Science at California Institute of Technology

If you plan to study information science, take a look at what California Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and has a total student population of 2,240. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in IS from Caltech.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Science section at the bottom of this page.

Caltech Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IS

Caltech Information Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IS programs across the country. The following shows how Caltech performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IS major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	1
Best Information Science Schools	1
Best Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	4
Best Value Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Value Information Science Schools	70
Most Focused Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Most Popular Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused Information Science Schools	161
Most Popular Information Science Schools	251

IS Student Demographics at Caltech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IS majors at California Institute of Technology.

Caltech Information Science Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a bachelor's degree in IS from Caltech. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IS bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in IS.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Caltech also has a doctoral program available in IS. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Information Science

The following IS concentations are available at California Institute of Technology. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California Institute of Technology. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Information Science	6

Related Majors

• Computer Science

Careers That IS Grads May Go Into

A degree in IS can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer and Information Research Scientists	7,300	$136,310
Computer Science Professors	2,210	$140,720

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Canon.vs.nikon under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.