Is Georgia Tech test optional?

No. Georgia Tech requires an SAT or ACT score from every applicant.

What is Georgia Tech's acceptance rate?

14% of applicants were admitted in 2025–26, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 8,413 of 59,789 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 119%, from 27,277 in 2015 to 59,789 in 2024, and Georgia Tech's admit rate went from 32% to 14%.

What ACT score do you need for Georgia Tech?

33% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 31–35, with a median of 33. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1370–1530 works out to about 30–35.

What GPA do you need for Georgia Tech?

There's no published cutoff. First-year students averaged a 4.17 high school GPA, and 89% of those who reported a class rank were in their top 10%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26. Colleges compute GPA differently, so compare it loosely.

How many students get off the waitlist at Georgia Tech?

653 of the 4,875 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 13%, per the Common Data Set 2025–26.

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What SAT score do you need for Georgia Tech? (Middle 50%: 1370–1530)

First-year students at Georgia Tech who sent an SAT scored 1370–1530, with a median of 1460 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Georgia Tech admits 14% of applicants and requires the SAT or ACT.

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Where your score lands at Georgia Tech

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1370–1530, median 1460

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Georgia Tech by the numbers

Admit rate: 14%
Middle 50% SAT: 1370–1530
Median SAT: 1460
About on the ACT: 30–35
Sent an SAT: 78%

Test required · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Georgia Tech admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Georgia Tech admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 119%, from 27,277 in 2015 to 59,789 in 2024, and Georgia Tech's admit rate went from 32% to 14%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	59,789	8,413	14%
2023	52,377	8,622	16%
2022	50,610	8,672	17%
2021	44,048	7,030	16%
2020	40,852	8,719	21%
2019	36,856	7,584	21%
2018	35,644	7,673	22%
2017	31,497	7,369	23%
2016	30,528	7,868	26%
2015	27,277	8,775	32%

In fall 2024, 3,836 of the 8,413 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Georgia Tech

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1320Far reachRequired
1320 and upReachRequired

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Georgia Tech SAT sections, ACT, GPA and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	700	750	790
SAT Reading and Writing	680	730	760
SAT total	1370	1460	1530
ACT composite	31	33	35

Of enrolled first-year students, 78% sent an SAT and 33% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Average high school GPA: 4.17; 95% of new students reported one
Top 10% of their class: 89%; of new students who reported a rank

Georgia Tech waitlist

Waitlist

7,651 applicants were offered a spot, 4,875 took it, and 653 were admitted from it.

13%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2025–26.

Georgia Tech cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $12,116; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 94%
Median earnings: $102,772; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 22,075

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Sources

Georgia Tech Common Data Set 2025–26
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Georgia Tech admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Georgia Tech website
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1370–1530, and the median was 1460. At 1460 or higher you're above half of them. Georgia Tech admits 14% of applicants, so a top score keeps you in the running but doesn't decide it.

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