Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Overview

Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Atlanta makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Georgia Tech is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Georgia Tech.
• In 2017-2018, 90% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech makes roughly $79,100 a year. This is 94% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Rankings

Georgia Tech is ranked #40 out of 2,320 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2021 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #1 out of 59 schools in Georgia.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Georgia Tech has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#17	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Georgia Tech.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Georgia Tech has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering	College Factual
#1	Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering	College Factual
#2	Best Colleges for Civil Engineering	College Factual
#4	Best Colleges for Engineering	College Factual
#11	Best Computer Science Schools	Computer Science Degree
#23	Best Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences	College Factual

Where Is Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus?

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

How Do I Get Into Georgia Tech?

You can apply to Georgia Tech online at: www.admission.gatech.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Georgia Tech

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Georgia Tech?

The acceptance rate at Georgia Tech is 23%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 58% of accepted students are men and 42% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 20%, and the acceptance rate for women is 32%.

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 English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 30 and 35. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

Can I Afford Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus?

The overall average net price of Georgia Tech is $39,990. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. 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.

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 16,049 undergraduate students at Georgia Tech, with 14,318 being full-time and 1,731 being part-time.

There are also 16,674 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,318 full-time undergraduates at Georgia Tech, 61% are male and 39% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3,057
Black or African American	991
Hispanic or Latino	1,022
White	6,767
International Students	1,453
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,028

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 126 countries are represented at Georgia Tech. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

In 2017-2018, 10,341 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Georgia Tech has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Georgia Tech

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus was 45.8%. This is the #526 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Georgia Tech regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Georgia Tech majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer & Information Sciences	11%
Computer Information Systems	11%
Computer Science	1%
Engineering	1%
Environmental Engineering	8%
Industrial Engineering	8%
Manufacturing Engineering	45%
Mechanical Engineering	8%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Georgia Tech ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Georgia Tech.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	#2
Industrial Engineering	#2
Computer Science	#9
Engineering	#11
Computer Information Systems	#19
Computer & Information Sciences	#40

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Information Systems	617	1,114	34	1,765
Mechanical Engineering	552	231	43	826
Business Administration & Management	361	330	9	700
Electrical Engineering	190	350	83	623
Industrial Engineering	356	89	15	460
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	207	104	44	355
Biomedical Engineering	239	41	45	325
Chemical Engineering	220	19	24	263
Civil Engineering	129	97	22	248
Computer Science	0	144	14	158
Computer Engineering	151	0	0	151
Materials Engineering	81	9	26	116
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	102	0	102
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	95	6	101
General Biology	68	11	11	90
Physics	44	15	19	78
Applied Mathematics	3	68	5	76
Environmental Engineering	37	29	9	75
Chemistry	22	11	42	75
Mathematics	42	15	8	65
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	51	10	3	64
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	62	0	0	62
Design & Applied Arts	39	20	0	59
Economics	23	31	3	57
Urban & Regional Planning	0	41	5	46
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	37	8	45
International Relations & National Security	32	10	1	43
Nuclear Engineering	32	6	4	42
General Architecture	30	0	5	35
Science, Technology & Society	33	0	0	33
Operations Research	0	27	5	32
Child Development & Psychology	18	4	10	32
Statistics	0	31	0	31
Information Technology	0	30	0	30
Systems Engineering	0	30	0	30
Public Policy	19	8	3	30
History	11	5	2	18
Geological & Earth Sciences	5	1	10	16
Computer Software & Applications	4	9	2	15
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	14	0	0	14
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	14	0	14
Sustainability Science	0	14	0	14
Manufacturing Engineering	0	11	0	11
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	11	0	0	11
Real Estate Development	0	10	0	10
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	7	0	0	7
International Studies	7	0	0	7
Geography & Cartography	0	7	0	7
Public Health	0	6	0	6
Information Science	0	0	5	5
Engineering Mechanics	0	2	0	2
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	1	1
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0
Quality Control Technology	0	0	0	0
Textile Engineering	0	0	0	0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3,717	3,238	526	7,481

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Disavian under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.