Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Data & Information Overview

Find out more about how Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you'll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus was awarded 140 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is environmental engineering.

Overall Quality

Georgia Tech landed the #82 spot in College Factual's 2021 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 1,715 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country.

Georgia Tech is also ranked #2 out of 56 schools in Georgia.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Georgia Tech?

Acceptance Rate

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus has a very low acceptance rate of 23%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to Georgia Tech just in case you don't make the cut.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to Georgia Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 370 and 730. Math scores were between 720 and 790.

Georgia Tech received ACT scores from 51% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 30 and 34.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus, this rate is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is 90%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 97% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Georgia Tech the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 40%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

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Excellent Overall Diversity at Georgia Tech

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 16,049 undergraduates at Georgia Tech with 14,318 being full-time and 1,731 being part-time.

Georgia Tech Diversity Score

College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.

With an overall score of 93.22 out of 100, Georgia Tech is one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

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How Much Does Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Cost?

The overall average net price of Georgia Tech is $14,927. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Georgia Tech

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$9,115	$12,339	$15,988	$17,819	$18,290

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Georgia Tech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Georgia Tech, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $6,520 a year. That adds up to $26,080 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Georgia Tech is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Georgia Tech Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Georgia Tech make around $79,100 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Georgia Tech graduates since it is 99% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

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Location of Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a public institution situated in Atlanta, Georgia. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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Contact details for Georgia Tech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	225 North Ave, Atlanta, GA 30332-0530
Phone:	404-894-2000
Website:	www.gatech.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/georgiatech
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/georgiatech

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 58 majors graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. Of these students, 3,717 received undergraduate degrees and 3,764 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Computer Information Systems	617	$85,000
Mechanical Engineering	552	$68,600
Business Administration & Management	361	$57,700
Industrial Engineering	356	$73,500
Biomedical Engineering	239	$63,500
Chemical Engineering	220	$71,500
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	207	$69,500
Electrical Engineering	190	$70,400
Computer Engineering	151	$78,800
Civil Engineering	129	$61,900

Learn more about the majors offered at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Georgia Tech

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2017-2018, 10,341 students took at least one online class at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. This is an increase from the 7,199 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	10,341	9,852
2016-2017	7,199	7,135
2015-2016	4,877	4,877
2014-2015	3,736	3,736
2013-2014	2,221	2,221

Learn more about online learning at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• North Carolina State University
• Texas A&M University - College Station
• University of Florida
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Curious on how these schools stack up against Georgia Tech? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.