General Information Science at California Institute of Technology

If you plan to study general 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 approximately 2,240 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 6 information science majors received their bachelor's degree from Caltech.

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

Caltech General Information Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science

Caltech General Information Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the information science progam at Caltech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 information science major at Caltech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Information Science Schools	1
Best General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	4
Best Value General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Best Value General Information Science Schools	70
Most Focused General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Most Popular General Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	136
Most Focused General Information Science Schools	161
Most Popular General Information Science Schools	251

Information Science Student Demographics at Caltech

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

Caltech General Information Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of information science bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its information science 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 information science.

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 information science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Information Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in information science 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

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