Graduate School
About half of Caltech students go on to graduate school immediately after receiving their BS degree. (Actually, students graduating with degrees in physics, mathematics, biology, and chemistry pursue advanced degrees at a rate closer to 60 percent.)
2009 Graduating Class Profile
Of the 219 students who graduated in 2009, 49% will enroll immediately into graduate school this fall.
The majority attending graduate school in the fall of 2009 will pursue traditional degrees in aerospace engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, and physics.
Top Graduate schools chosen in 2009:
The top five graduate schools students have attended over the past ten years: MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Caltech & Princeton.
The top graduate schools to which the 2009 BS graduates are matriculating (as reported in the 2009 exit survey):
- Stanford
- MIT
- UC Berkeley
- Caltech
- Harvard
- UCLA
- Princeton
Top Medical schools chosen in 2009:
- University of Arizona College of Medicine
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Duke University School of Medicine
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, San Francisco
- Washington University School of Medicine
- University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
- Yale University School of Medicine