2024 was a
year for
Georgia Tech.
2024 was a
year for
Georgia Tech.
2024 was big for Georgia Tech — with big numbers solidly in support of our strategic plan’s Big Bets. This retrospective takes us back for a look at those developments and accolades — showing off a year of big impact, big growth, and big accomplishments, leading to a coveted national profile that made 2024 our biggest year yet!
1
Be a national leader in outcomes and value for all students.
2
Double the number of degrees granted and non-degree learners.
3
Double the scale and amplify the impact of our research.
4
Build a national hub for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
Big Bets
Four Big Bets gave birth to a refreshed strategic plan.
1
Be a national leader in outcomes and value for all students.
2
Double the number of degrees granted and non-degree learners.
3
Double the scale and amplify the impact of our research.
4
Build a national hub for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
Big Purpose
4,576
undergraduate
degrees granted
Gold-Level
bicycle-friendly university status
91/99
in Princeton Review
2025 Guide to
Green Colleges
90 Years
of innovation at Georgia Tech
Research Institute
7,675
graduate
degrees granted
K-12
and Beyond
College of Lifetime Learning launched – a key initiative to double the number of degrees granted and non-degree learners reached by 2030.
Big Growth
“With a Fall 2024 class of about 53,350 students, (Georgia Tech) surpassed Georgia State University for the highest statewide enrollment.”
— The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Dec. 27, 2024
19%
increase in Fall 2024-25 online graduate enrollment.
16%
increase in Early Action 1 applications.*
404
number of Georgia high schools from which Early Action 1 applicants were accepted (out of 470+ total high schools in the state).
10%
year-over-year increase in first-generation students in the Early Action 1 admitted group.
* Early Action 1 is Georgia Tech’s Georgia-only application phase.
Big National Profile
Big National Profile
Big Value
A+
2025 Top Public University in America (No. 4)
– Niche.com
2025 Best Value Colleges in America (No.13)
– Niche.com
#1
in Best Value Colleges (Public Schools) and Best Value Colleges without aid (Public Schools).
#4
in the Wall Street Journal’s ranking of schools with the highest salary impact.
The salary impact rating looks at the impact the school has on its graduates’ salaries in relation to the cost of attending.
Top Return
Second-highest ROI among public institutions according to Bloomberg analysis.
Big Economic Impact
“By luring tech companies to Atlanta while simultaneously growing its enrollment, the Georgia Institute of Technology is creating a super-sized rival to MIT, Caltech and Stanford and fueling Silicon Valley South.”
— Forbes, Dec. 21, 2024
$5.3B
economic impact
in Georgia
20
startups
licensed
* The CREATE-X entrepreneurship
program has been helping Georgia Tech students launch successful startups since 2014, fostering the founding of 650+ student-led companies valued at more than $2 billion.
Big Wins
94%
NCAA Graduation Success Rate for 2023-24
• New school record for fourth consecutive year.
• Four points higher than national average of 90%.
Phase 1
of Science Square completed.
19
Tech faculty received Regents' Distinctions.
11
Yellow Jackets recognized for transformative roles around the state.
$1.37 Billion
Fiscal Year 2024 Research and Sponsored Awards.
Big Wins
94%
• New school record for fourth consecutive year.
• Four points higher than national average of 90%.
Phase 1
19
Tech faculty receive Regents' Distinctions.
11
Yellow Jackets recognized for transformative roles around the state.
$1.37 Billion
Fiscal Year 2024 Research and Sponsored Awards.
For more information on Georgia Tech’s Big Bets, see the Institute Strategic Plan for 2020-2030.