Georgia Tech — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach National

Location Atlanta, GA

Population 4,000,000

Website https://www.gatech.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)

Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57%)

Days Without Precipitation 244 (45%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 18,446

Men / Women 60% / 40%

From State 62%

From Region 6%

Athletes 3.4%

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 34%

White 34%

Hispanic 9%

Black 8%

International 8%

Mixed 5%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Computing	1,470	71% / 29%	14%	$152,626	100	96%
Computational Media	69 —	29% / 71%	10%	$152,626	100	96%
Computer Science	1,401 —	73% / 27%	14%	$152,626	100	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Design	80	48% / 52%	14%	$72,977	80	95%
Architecture	56 —	36% / 64%	12%	$64,485	67	95%
Industrial Design	12 —	92% / 8%	0%	$126,068	99	95%
Music Technology	12 —	58% / 42%	33%	$59,521	56	—

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Engineering	2,042	64% / 36%	11%	$105,619	98	96%
Aerospace Engineering	254 —	77% / 23%	6%	$102,188	97	96%
Biomedical Engineering	309 —	38% / 62%	7%	$103,181	97	96%
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	155 —	49% / 51%	15%	$101,912	97	98%
Civil Engineering	110 —	58% / 42%	10%	$91,659	94	95%
Computer Engineering	132 —	86% / 14%	17%	$131,437	100	98%
Electrical Engineering	137 —	77% / 23%	12%	$109,346	98	100%
Environmental Engineering	47 —	38% / 62%	4%	$87,140	91	93%
Industrial Engineering	367 —	55% / 45%	13%	$118,681	99	95%
Materials Science and Engineering	55 —	64% / 36%	15%	$89,766	93	89%
Mechanical Engineering	458 —	78% / 22%	11%	$98,820	96	96%
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering	18 —	83% / 17%	0%	$98,826	96	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Sciences	569	40% / 60%	7%	$79,282	86	95%
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	$68,591	74	—
Chemistry	32 —	31% / 69%	9%	$67,184	72	—
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences	9 —	56% / 44%	11%	$63,535	65	—
Geophysics and Seismology	6 —	50% / 50%	0%	—	—	—
Mathematics	94 —	78% / 22%	13%	$119,696	99	100%
Physics & Applied Physics	63 —	63% / 37%	16%	$81,894	88	94%
Biochemistry	62 —	31% / 69%	6%	$71,776	78	89%
Biology	126 —	28% / 72%	4%	$67,049	72	93%
Neuroscience	107 —	30% / 70%	3%	$66,236	70	—
Environmental Science	11 —	18% / 82%	0%	$65,590	69	—
Psychology	56 —	11% / 89%	2%	$81,980	88	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts	295	41% / 59%	4%	$86,527	91	91%
Economics	54 —	72% / 28%	13%	$121,931	99	—
Applied Language and Intercultural Studies	35 —	43% / 57%	3%	$68,801	75	—
History, Technology, and Society	17 —	59% / 41%	12%	$89,377	92	—
International Affairs	32 —	9% / 91%	0%	$78,147	85	89%
International/Globalization Studies	12 —	50% / 50%	0%	$78,891	85	—
Literature, Media, and Communication	64 —	44% / 56%	3%	$91,315	93	93%
Public Policy	32 —	16% / 84%	0%	$70,502	77	100%
Science, Technology and Society	49 —	33% / 67%	0%	$70,741	77	84%

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Scheller College of Business		416	53% / 47%	3%	$97,180	96	95%
Business Administration		416 —	53% / 47%	3%	$97,180	96	95%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,883

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $35,692

Est. In-State Cost $14,078

Est. Out-of-State Cost $46,171

ROI Percentile 99th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 98%

4-Year Graduation Rate 64%

6-Year Graduation Rate 94%

Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Engineering	41.9%	2,042	64% / 36%	11%	$105,619	98	96%
Computer Science	30.2%	1,470	71% / 29%	14%	$152,626	100	96%
Business & Economics	9.6%	470	55% / 45%	4%	$100,024	97	95%
Humanities & Social Sciences	6.1%	297	30% / 70%	2%	$79,233	86	92%
Life & Natural Sciences	6.1%	295	29% / 71%	4%	$67,748	73	92%
Physical Sciences & Math	4.2%	207	64% / 36%	13%	$96,210	95	98%
Arts	1.6%	80	48% / 53%	14%	$72,978	80	95%
Agriculture & Food Science	0.2%	11	18% / 82%	0%	$65,590	69	—

Research R1

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Engineering	$1,134M	#2	81%	$50.1M	361	#2	2,296	192
Computer Science	$235M	#2	86%	$5.5M	76	#5	669	20
Physical Sciences & Math	$69.6M	#51	57%	$1.4M	81	#36	530	100
Life & Natural Sciences	$28.2M	#111	55%	$0.9M	21	#100	169	23
Humanities & Social Sciences	$20.3M	#102	57%	$1.3M	22	#173	149	16
Education	$15.5M	#36	72%	$0.0M	—	—	—	—
Health Sciences	$11.0M	#134	64%	$3.5M	—	—	—	—
Agriculture & Food Science	$4.5M	#95	0%	$0.1M	—	—	—	—
Business & Economics	$0.3M	#269	15%	$0.0M	11	#118	23	1
Total	$1,519M	#13	80%	$62.8M	572	#30	3,836	352

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 13%

Yield (Unbound) 46%

Early Action 1 Oct 15

Early Action 2 Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	30%	10%	7%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 100%

SAT Range 1370 – 1530

SAT Math Range 700 – 790

SAT RW Range 680 – 760

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.