Atlanta, GA · Public · 18,785 undergraduates · urban
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Highly selective
Georgia Tech is the Atlanta public university known for engineering, computing, and graduates who move quickly into technical work. The curriculum is applied without being narrow: design teams, research, co-ops, startups, and employers turn theory into repeated practice. Atlanta adds scale, while a compact campus and major athletics keep the experience recognizably collegiate.
Institutional profile
Top tier Exceptional in career outcomes, and strong in academic standing.- Admission
- 16.5% admitted
- Price by income
- Resident and nonresident prices differ
- Completion
- 92.6%
52,377 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$102,772 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Georgia Tech apart
Co-op can become part of the degree
Students can alternate academic work with paid professional terms and graduate with substantial experience.
Technical work begins outside class
Competition teams, laboratories, makerspaces, and startups give projects real deadlines and users.
Atlanta puts employers nearby
Technology, logistics, health, media, government, and startups broaden term-time work.
The Tech cycle
Learn, build, test, repeat
Georgia Tech’s strongest route alternates technical foundation with work under real constraints.
Build the quantitative base
Courses establish the mathematics, science, and disciplinary methods.
Join a team or laboratory
Projects force choices about cost, users, reliability, and time.
Work in Atlanta or a co-op
Professional experience reveals which classroom tools survive practice.
Can I get in?
16.5% admitted
Georgia Tech evaluates applicants by residency and intended academic area. Advanced mathematics and science preparation matter, while activities and writing should show practical curiosity and persistence.
Recent applicant pool
52,377About 16 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Academic range
Of admitted students, 77% submitted an SAT, and 35% submitted an ACT. Nearly everyone admitted sent a score, so leaving one out is the unusual move here.
Admission by residency
First-year results by applicant group
First-year applicants for the 2026 entering class · 2026 first-year admission cycle
In the season card
Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Georgia Tech, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
See where I landIn the season card
What Georgia Tech weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show quantitative readiness
The transcript should support the intended technical work in the context of available courses.
Demonstrate applied curiosity
Use something designed, tested, repaired, coded, or investigated.
Account for residency
Apply through the correct early route and compare cost in the right context.
Connect Atlanta to the plan
Identify an employer, field, or problem the city makes accessible.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
Georgia Tech offers Early Action rounds and Regular Decision through the Common Application. Residency determines the applicable early round, and major interest should fit the academic record.
Fee waiver: u.s. only
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
Georgia residency materially changes tuition. Co-op earnings can help, but families should not subtract future income from the present price without a realistic work plan.
College funding
Scholarships and financial aid
Review available aid, application requirements, and renewal terms.
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus publishes two merit awards, the largest reaching full tuition or more. No separate scholarship application is required; the college uses the admission application. All of them renew past the first year.
Open across the university · Merit · Competitive · Renews · Has a dated deadline
Through one school within the university · Merit · Competitive · Renews · Has a dated deadline
Business AdministrationIn the season card
These two awards, by name
What each one is called, what it pays, what it asks of you, and the dates two of them close - which is usually earlier than the application for admission.
- The name of each award
- What it pays
- The grades and scores it asks for
- The deadline
- What to send, and where
In the season card
Average annual cost by household income at Georgia Tech
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
Engineering and computing dominate high earnings, with business, design, science, policy, and graduate study adding breadth. Atlanta recruiting begins during the degree.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Computer and Information Sciences, General
Admits separately
Mechanical Engineering
Admits separately
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Admits separately
Industrial Engineering
Admits separately
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Admits separately
What is campus life like?
Georgia Tech beyond the classroom
The Midtown campus, residence halls, Greek life, project teams, athletics, and startups create an energetic technical community inside Atlanta.
First-year communities sit close to technical work
Residence halls create the opening network before majors, teams, and Greek groups widen it.
Campus dining meets Midtown
Dining halls cover the working day while nearby neighborhoods add restaurants and city activity.
Teams build at serious scale
Robotics, racing, aerospace, computing, startups, service, arts, publications, and athletics support hands-on participation.
Projects and Greek life both matter
Fraternities, sororities, teams, clubs, games, and Atlanta outings create several routes into campus life.
Atlanta expands technical opportunity
Companies, startups, government, health systems, and civic institutions support internships during term.