Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have won 21 Nobel Prizes and 29 National Medals of Science over the years. Sixty- three members of the current faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences. Alumni donations are the fourth highest in the U.S.
加州理工學院的教授及畢業生曾得過廿一項諾貝爾獎、廿九項美國國家科學獎；現任教授群中，有六十三位美國國家科學院院士；校友捐款則高居全美大學第四名。