Caltech PhD Demographics

Name-based demographic classification of 10,732 doctoral dissertations (1911–2026) from CaltechTHESIS

Chinese Representation Over Time (PhDs)

Bars = annual Chinese %. Red line = 5-year rolling average. Dashed = high-confidence only.

Demographics by Era

PhD vs Masters vs Engineer

Chinese % by Field (2015–2025, PhDs)

Field Trends Across Eras

Top 10 fields by size. Grouped bars show Chinese % in each era.

Detailed Field Breakdown (2015–2025)