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, 89% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Georgia Tech bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $79,100 a year. That's about 94% more than their peers at other schools.

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Rankings

We have ranked Georgia Tech as #48 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. Georgia Tech also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.

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
#31	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Bachelor’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, TV & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best History Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’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
#10	Best Communication & Journalism Schools	College Factual
#21	Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	College Factual
#25	Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools	College Factual
#35	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#52	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central
#54	Best Psychology Schools	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
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?

If you plan to apply to Georgia Tech, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 21%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 58% of accepted students are men and 42% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 18%, and the acceptance rate for women is 27%.

Average Test Scores

About 71% 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 670 and 740. Math scores were between 700 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 29 and 35. Composite scores were between 31 and 35.

Can I Afford Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus?

The overall average net price of Georgia Tech is $39,708. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Georgia Tech, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $7,108 a year. That adds up to $28,432 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 16,561 undergraduate students at Georgia Tech, with 14,485 being full-time and 2,076 being part-time.

There are also 23,210 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,485 full-time undergraduates at Georgia Tech, 60% are male and 40% 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	3,593
Black or African American	1,049
Hispanic or Latino	1,073
White	6,424
International Students	1,440
Other Races/Ethnicities	906

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 2019-2020, 36,027 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 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Georgia Tech

The following table shows how Georgia Tech is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Engineering Mechanics	#1	#1
Operations Research	#4	#4
Manufacturing Engineering	#13	#17
Environmental Engineering	#13	#13
Quality Control Technology	#25	#31
Systems Engineering	#25	#25
Computer Science	#28	#40
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	#46	#46
Industrial Engineering	#49	#57
Electrical Engineering	#58	#67
Mechanical Engineering	#61	#67

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 31.8%. This is the #853 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Georgia Tech regardless of major.

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	706	1,605	42	2,353
Mechanical Engineering	572	226	44	842
Business Administration & Management	339	339	14	692
Electrical Engineering	197	395	83	675
Industrial Engineering	395	65	13	473
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	197	141	30	368
Biomedical Engineering	246	50	51	347
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	302	0	302
Civil Engineering	140	73	25	238
Chemical Engineering	193	17	22	232
Computer Engineering	187	0	0	187
Materials Engineering	99	32	34	165
Computer Science	0	152	8	160
General Biology	79	6	7	92
Physics	52	13	22	87
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	82	4	86
Mathematics	37	20	13	70
Environmental Engineering	34	24	10	68
Applied Mathematics	2	61	5	68
Design & Applied Arts	41	22	0	63
Information Technology	0	61	0	61
Chemistry	32	7	17	56
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	44	10	54
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	43	10	1	54
Economics	25	22	2	49
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	46	0	0	46
Urban & Regional Planning	0	41	4	45
Operations Research	0	36	8	44
Child Development & Psychology	25	7	12	44
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	43	0	0	43
Science, Technology & Society	40	0	0	40
International Relations & National Security	24	15	1	40
Public Policy	20	13	6	39
General Architecture	32	0	5	37
Systems Engineering	0	35	0	35
Nuclear Engineering	19	8	6	33
Earth Systems Science	12	6	11	29
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	28	0	0	28
Statistics	0	28	0	28
Real Estate Development	0	23	0	23
Computer Software & Applications	7	13	1	21
Quality Control Technology	0	20	0	20
History	12	4	2	18
Manufacturing Engineering	0	17	0	17
Geography & Cartography	0	12	0	12
Public Health	0	11	0	11
Sustainability Science	0	11	0	11
Robotics Engineering	0	0	10	10
International Studies	10	0	0	10
Engineering Mechanics	0	4	0	4
Information Science	0	0	3	3
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	1	1
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0
Textile Engineering	0	0	0	0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3,934	4,073	527	8,534

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.