Georgia Tech acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Georgia Tech admitted 8,921 of 66,881 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 13.3%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Georgia Tech counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Georgia Tech acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 66,881 | 8,921 | 13.3% | 4,071 | 45.6% |
| 2024-25 | 59,789 | 8,413 | 14.1% | 3,850 | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52,377 | 8,622 | 16.5% | 3,760 | 43.6% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Georgia Tech
Early decision counts: Not published. Georgia Tech’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Georgia Tech waitlist
Georgia Tech SAT and ACT scores
What Georgia Tech says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Georgia Tech rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Character/personal qualities, State residency
- Important: Application essay, Extracurricular activities
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Character/personal qualities, State residency
- Important: Application essay, Extracurricular activities
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Character/personal qualities, State residency
- Important: Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Geographical residence
Georgia Tech testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Required: 'All first-year applicants must submit results from at least one SAT and/or ACT in order to be considered for admission.' Self-reported scores are accepted.
From Georgia Tech’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Georgia Tech has no early decision plan. The 2025-26 C1 prints no applied or admitted total, so those are the sums of the printed sex rows; enrolled is the printed total.
Georgia Tech acceptance rate questions
- What is the Georgia Tech acceptance rate?
- Georgia Tech's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 66,881 first-year applicants and 8,921 admitted, an acceptance rate of 13.3%. It was 14.1% in 2024-25 and 16.5% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do Georgia Tech students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1370 to 1530, and ACT submitters scored 31 to 35. 78.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Georgia Tech waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Georgia Tech offered 7,651 applicants a place on the waitlist; 4,875 accepted one, and 653 were admitted from it.
- Does Georgia Tech require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Required: 'All first-year applicants must submit results from at least one SAT and/or ACT in order to be considered for admission.' Self-reported scores are accepted.
Applying to Georgia Tech?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Georgia Tech says it weighs.
Source: Georgia Tech Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Georgia Tech. All official acceptance rates