<p>I mean, after graduating from Caltech, doesn't matter with what kind of degree, what kind of job do most people get, or what kind of life would techers live after school?</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>A strong majority of them go on to graduate school, with the bulk of them entering PhD programs. Historically, the most popular graduate school for them to attend is Caltech itself, with MIT being a strong second. </p>
<p>Some, especially those graduating with engineering degrees, will get engineering jobs right out of undergrad. A few of them will get jobs in consulting or banking.</p>
<p>Correct me if I have interperated you wrong, the answer - Engineering ?</p>
<p>No. The answer -- scientists and mathematicians, occupations of that nature.</p>
<p>Two or three are at Harvard Law. :-)</p>
<p>Or so I read somewhere else recently...</p>
<p>Yep!</p>
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<p>Correct ! Most of em become HS math/science teachers- one of the most noble jobs</p>
<p>professors and researchers</p>
<p>Just for those who haven't seen him before, Rabban is an uninformed troll who makes nonsense attacks on schools and people just to get attention. Best to follow the usual troll policy (i.e. ignore and let him starve.)</p>
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<p>Yeah, the only reason he might come to Pasadena would be for the world renowned Pasadena City College.</p>
<p>I believe it's about half going into grad school and half to jobs. (Of course, as sakky implied, this is an incredibly high percentage of students going on to grad school.) Also, even though Caltech is probably the grad school where the largest number of our students end up, the majority of the students go elsewhere. Some departments (such as Ay and (I think) Geo) refuse to admit Caltech undergrads because they believe in a diversity of education that you can't get by attending the same school for undergrad and grad.</p>
<p>I was counting those people who work for a few years and then go to graduate school. A lot of people kick around the idea of going to graduate school but decide to take a job for a few years before pulling the trigger, either because they're tired of school or they want to make a spot of money, or they get a primo job offer (i.e. consulting or banking) that they don't feel they can refuse, etc. But for them, graduate school is always something in the back of their head, so they're not exactly approaching the job with the intent of doing it for the rest of their lives. Far from it, in fact.</p>
<p>Something like 40% of Caltech bachelor's degree recipients will eventually get a PhD. Hence, I have to imagine that a strong majority of them will go to graduate school of some kind. After all, that 40% includes just those who are successful in completing the PhD. Plenty of people who enter PhD programs do not complete the PhD, and instead walk away with just a consolation master's degree (or sometimes with no degree at all). And some Caltech'ers don't ever enter PhD programs at all - instead, entering programs for MS/MA degrees, MBA's, law degrees, medical degrees, etc. Hence, I think when you add all these people up, I believe a strong majority will head to graduate school of some kind.</p>
<p>I believe those involved with Cal Tech (either graduated from there or taught there) have a 1% chance of getting a Noble Prize. An absolutely ludicriously high chance.</p>
<p>As for me, I'm currently in my second year of grad school. Most students go straight to grad school; more than 50% will eventually earn a PhD (the highest fraction of any college or university in the nation).</p>
<p>Just anecdotally, of my immediate group of friends from the Class of '04:</p>
<p>1) In the Physics PhD program at Harvard.</p>
<p>2) Went to Columbia for some sort of financial engineering master's; now works on Wall Street.</p>
<p>3) Started the Stanford EE PhD program, leaving this year with his master's to go work on Wall Street.</p>
<p>4) Went straight to work in EECS at MIT Lincoln Labs; intends to go to grad school eventually.</p>
<p>Of my immediate group of friends from the Class of '05 and '06:</p>
<p>1) Deferred admission to Harvard Planetary Science PhD program to go work in London and DC for a year. Starting the PhD this fall.</p>
<p>2) Mechanical Engineering PhD program at Berkeley.</p>
<p>3) Physics PhD program at Berkeley (this one and number 2 are in a relationship so they needed to stay together).</p>
<p>4) Joint MIT/WHOI PhD program in Oceanography.</p>
<p>36% of Cal Tech students go on to get a PhD, by far the highest % of any college in the country. I can't remember which school was #2, probably MIT, but it was ~ 24%.</p>
<p>Reed and HMC also have high % of ppl that get a PhD</p>
<p>I don't know about you, but I plan to not graduate and become a hobo on the street.</p>
<p>Here are the top ten for 2003 (latest data available from the 2006 report):</p>
<p>CalTech
Reed
Swarthmore
MIT
Harvey Mudd
Williams
Pomona
Hendrix
Carelton
Harvard</p>
<p>Weighted Baccalaureate Origins Study, Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium, 2006</p>
<p>ouch. harvey mudd took a big hit there.</p>