Back to Colleges

Georgia Institute of Technology

Basic Information

Type Public
Location Atlanta, GA
Population 4,000,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 18,260
Men / Women 60% / 40%
Asian 34%
White 33%
Hispanic 8%
International 8%
Black 7%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 76%
Business & Economics 10%
Life & Natural Sciences 8%
Humanities & Social Sciences 5%
Arts 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $12,058
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $34,484
Est. In-State Cost $15,598
Est. Out-of-State Cost $44,609
10-Year ROI $407,000
ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%
4-Year Graduation Rate 64%
6-Year Graduation Rate 94%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (45th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 15%
Yield (Unbound) 46%
Early Action Oct 15
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $1,380M #2
Humanities & Social Sciences $14M #109
Life & Natural Sciences $104M #115
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 472 #2
Life & Natural Sciences 71 #249
Humanities & Social Sciences 20 #383

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1,370 – 1,540
ACT Range 30 – 34

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Computing 1,282 73% / 27% 15% $178,889
Computational Media 76 33% / 67% 5% $178,889
Computer Science 1,206 76% / 24% 16% $178,889
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Design 83 48% / 52% 2% $82,739
Architecture 57 40% / 60% 2% $73,769
Industrial Design 11 73% / 27% 0% $129,222
Music Technology 15 60% / 40% 7%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Engineering 2,035 66% / 34% 11% $114,073
Aerospace Engineering 248 81% / 19% 8% $115,740
Biomedical Engineering 275 42% / 58% 8% $106,142
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 144 45% / 55% 12% $104,837
Civil Engineering 112 71% / 29% 8% $95,670
Computer Engineering 171 82% / 18% 18% $135,209
Electrical Engineering 151 83% / 17% 11% $132,380
Environmental Engineering 42 17% / 83% 7% $89,641
Industrial Engineering 343 53% / 47% 13% $122,088
Materials Science and Engineering 60 67% / 33% 13% $92,342
Mechanical Engineering 473 79% / 21% 14% $111,031
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering 16 50% / 50% 0% $101,663
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Sciences 533 41% / 59% 7% $73,587
Mathematics 81 70% / 30% 23%
Physics & Applied Physics 58 79% / 21% 21% $84,107
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 3 67% / 33% 0%
Biochemistry 71 34% / 66% 0% $73,564
Biology 125 28% / 72% 3% $68,720
Chemistry 31 26% / 74% 3%
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 16 25% / 75% 0%
Environmental Science 2 50% / 50% 0%
Neuroscience 107 35% / 65% 0%
Psychology 39 15% / 85% 3%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts 251 39% / 61% 5% $84,807
Economics 46 61% / 39% 15%
Applied Language and Intercultural Studies 36 47% / 53% 6%
History, Technology, and Society 11 45% / 55% 0%
International Affairs 20 35% / 65% 0%
International/Globalization Studies 11 27% / 73% 9%
Literature, Media, and Communication 54 37% / 63% 6% $94,586
Public Policy 30 10% / 90% 0%
Science, Technology and Society 43 35% / 65% 0% $72,527
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Scheller College of Business 392 52% / 48% 6% $137,328
Business Administration 392 52% / 48% 6% $137,328

Rankings

Academics

Crying in the Library at 3 AM Toughest Schools
Library Lockdown
Can't Hide Behind Your GPA SAT-required, Highest Medians
Above Average in High School is Not Enough

Prestige

Grandma Eyebrow Raisers Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Nerd Cred

My Tribe

Tiger Mom Heaven Most Asian-Americans
Majority-Minority

Engineering, Computing & Math

The Equation Whisperers Applied Mathematics
Solid Modelers
Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Sticking to the CS Guns (For Now)
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
LeetCode Sweatshops
import pandas as pd Data Science
The Tech Bro Pipeline
Pixels, Psychology, and Post-its Human-Computer Interaction
The HCI & Gaming Overlords
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? Information Technology
The Network Overlords
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Quantum Leap
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Theorem Crafters
It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
To Infinity and Beyond
Pre-Med Hidding in Plain Sight Biomedical Engineering
The Pioneers
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Dinosaur Juice
Playing House Civil Engineering
Infrastructure Elite
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
Firmware Gods
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Shockingly Elite
Regular Engineering Just Wasn't Hurting My Brain Enough Engineering Physics
Our Labs Have Labs
Hugging Trees with Calculus Environmental Engineering
Earth Defenders
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr Industrial & Systems Engineering
The Classics
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Atomic Architects
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Mad Scientists' Machine Shop
We Glow In The Dark Nuclear Engineering
Fission Faithful

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Petri Dish Elite
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Plastics, Polymers & Profitable Patents
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Core Samplers
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Climate Warriors

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Tech Incubators
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
VLOOKUP Virtuosos
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Math Masochists & Stata Sorcerers
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Quants
Hard Hats & PowerPoints Power Rankings Technical Management
The Stanford MS&E Industrial Complex

Humanities & Social Sciences

Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Grassroots
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Synapse Snobs
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Design Visionaries