Pasadena, California · Private Non-Profit
Engineering Mechanics at California Institute of Technology
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 4 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
0.4% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.4%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~4
- Schools with reported signal
- 18
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 2.6%
- Graduation rate
- 94.4%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $16,075/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $64,300
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $128,566/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- A+
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 18 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is above the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($5,351 below), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($46,746 above). That combination produces a A+ value grade and a top 11% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 0.2% reported share · $14,355 net A 
Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO · 0.3% reported share · $16,298 net A 
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD · 0.0% reported share · $18,809 net A University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · 0.2% reported share · $17,354 net B 
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · 0.1% reported share · $19,857 net B 
Cornell University Ithaca, NY · 0.0% reported share · $28,690 net B Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA · 0.1% reported share · $31,944 net B Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Engineering Mechanics accounts for 0.4% of reported programs at California Institute of Technology, which is bigger than 72% of schools in this field set and above the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 4 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
California Institute of Technology's average net price is $16,075 per year, about $64,300 over four years. That is $5,351 below the $21,426 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $128,566 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $46,746 above the $81,820 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks California Institute of Technology #2 of 18 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.