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Engineering (all) at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech graduates about 1,964 engineering majors a year, 49% of its graduating class. That puts it 14th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 93 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $108,000 four years out, 1.12× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1.1 billion a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

93/100Standout#14 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year1,96449% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$108,0001.12× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1.1Ba year, NSF
Admit rate13%whole school
SAT middle 50%1370–1550whole school

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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Parker H. Petit Biotechnology Building, Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Rodger A. and Helen B. Krone Engineered Biosystems Building, Office of Information Technology Planning and Programming, Bernie Marcus Nanotechnology Building, Weber Space Science and Technology Building I, Ford Motor Company Environmental Science and Technology Building, Daniel Environmental Engineering Laboratory; Daniel Lab Addition, Georgia Tech Office of Information Technology Engineering Building, Old Civil Engineering Building, Weber Space Science & Technology Building III, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 43 · Academic 29 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Offices 6 · Chapel 5.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. Cornell University 95
  2. Northwestern University 95
  3. University of Notre Dame 94
  4. Vanderbilt University 94
  5. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  6. Northeastern University 93
  7. The University of Texas–Austin 92
  8. University of California, Berkeley 92

Other strong majors at Georgia Tech

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Georgia Tech with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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