Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia
- Public
- City
- 18,785 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 14%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $12,028per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 94%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $114,21010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
The co-op program alternates paid, full-time work terms with semesters of classes: three terms with the same employer, usually starting between sophomore and junior year, and you stay enrolled tuition-free while working. Finishing earns a co-op designation on your diploma.
Source: Georgia Tech Career Center
Unlike most selective schools, Georgia Tech requires SAT or ACT scores.
Source: College Scorecard (test policy Georgia Tech reports)
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 14%About 1 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test scores requiredApplicants must send SAT or ACT scores.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1370–1540Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 30–34Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
99% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 4.17. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 13%8,921 admitted of 66,881 first-year applicants
- Off the wait list
- 13%653 admitted of 4,875 who stayed on the wait list (7,651 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1370–153078% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 31–3533% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 89%98% were in the top quarter.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Character and personal qualities
- Living in the state
Important
- Essay
- Activities
Considered
- Test scores
- Recommendations
- A talent or ability
- Where you live
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Not considered
- Class rank
- Interview
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Religious affiliation
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $12,028full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $29,041sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $12,008Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $35,092Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 94%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 98%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $114,21010 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 18,785Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 17%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 15%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of Georgia Athens, GA — admits 38%
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA — admits 58%
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA — admits 31%
- University of Connecticut Storrs, CT — admits 52%
Also worth a look
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC — admits 15%
- University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA — admits 17%
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI — admits 16%
- University of Georgia Athens, GA — admits 38%
- University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA — admits 11%
- University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA — admits 9%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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