Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus operates as a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 18,785 students of which 20,887 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus is categorized as “15” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 14.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,480 and an ACT midpoint of 32. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,116, with published in-state tuition of $12,058 and a Pell grant recipient share of 13.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,672, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 93.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 98.1%. Graduates earn a median of $102,772 ten years after enrolling, compared with $89,432 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 320700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 87.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.