Innovation in Pasadena

Did you know?

• Pasadena is home to leading science, research, and design institutions.
• Caltech was named the “World’s Top University” according to Times Higher Education global ranking.
• Pasadena is home to 31 Nobel Laureates, among the highest concentrations in the world.
• Art Center College of Design was named the nation’s top programs in Product Design and Industrial Design by Design Intelligence for the last 7 years, and has produced the world’s leading automotive designers for the last 40 years.
• Nearly 1 in 6 jobs in Pasadena are in professional or creative fields, beating out Seattle, San Jose, Austin and Portland.
• The Design Accelerator was launched in Pasadena in 2013, a collaboration between the Art Center and Caltech
• Pasadena sits in the heart of a region that files the most patents in the U.S. outside of Silicon Valley.
• Pasadena’s start-up incubator Idealab has churned out more than 125 companies with 40 successful IPOs and acquisitions, and closed more than 300 rounds of financing totaling more than $3.5 billion.
• Pasadena attracts $1.9 billion in federal R&D funds annually, $25 billion since 2001. That’s over $14,000 per capita, more than any other innovation hub in the U.S.
• Pasadena has access to more arts establishments per capita than anywhere else in the nation.
• Greater Pasadena leads the nation’s innovation hub cities in high school graduation rates.
• Pasadena is among the top three innovation hub cities in public park space per capita.
• Pasadena has access to more arts establishments per capita than anywhere else in the nation.
• Greater Pasadena has one of the highest incomes per capita in the U.S.
• Greater Pasadena has one of the lowest crime rates among all U.S. innovation hub cities.
• The average annual temperature in sunny Pasadena is 65.4%

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