Academics ==
=== Undergraduate admissions ===
The 2022 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorizes Georgia Institute of Technology as "most selective." For the Class of 2029 (enrolled fall 2025), Georgia Tech received 66,895 applications from first-time, first-year students, and accepted 8,640 (12.74%). In the 2028 cycle, of those accepted, nearly 4,000 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 45.8%. Of the 77% of the incoming freshman class who submitted SAT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1440. Of the 35% of enrolled freshmen in 2023 who submitted ACT scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 32 Georgia Tech's freshman retention rate is 98%, with 92% going on to graduate within six years. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 95 freshman students were National Merit Scholars which was the highest in Georgia. The institute is need-blind for domestic applicants.
In 2017, Georgia Tech announced valedictorians …
