Approximately 5,326 new undergraduate students joined the Georgia Tech community this summer and fall. This group includes over 1,440 transfer students and nearly 3,880 first-year students, taking Tech’s total undergraduate population to more than 20,000 for the first time.
“Expanding access to Georgia Tech is a major focus because the education, networks, and experiences we provide hold immense value,” said Mary Tipton Woolley, interim executive director of the Office of Undergraduate Admission. “Under President Cabrera’s leadership, we’ve made it a priority to not only increase the size of our first-year class and overall undergraduate enrollment but also to enhance the breadth of backgrounds, perspectives, and passions within our community.”
Undergraduate Admission received a total of nearly 59,800 first-year applications for the 2024 incoming class, representing a 14% increase from 2023 and a 46% increase from 2020.
Enrolling first-year students hail from 93 countries, 48 states, and 112 Georgia counties, marking a 36% increase in in-state residents since 2020, an expansion that Wooley underscored:
“Undergraduate Admission and Enrollment Management prioritize Georgians, first and foremost,” she said. “That is why our admit rate for students from Georgia is more than three times greater than it is for nonresidents. We want to ensure more qualified Georgia students than ever before have access to study at the Institute.”
Eleven percent of the 2024 class are first-generation college students, with neither parent having graduated from college. Additionally, female enrollment increased 5% for an overall class split of 44% female and 56% male. Georgia Tech’s first-year class has been over 40% female for more than a decade.
This year also brought new highs for transfer students, who make up over 26% of new undergraduates. The number of transfer applications increased 21% from past years, with many students applying through a transfer pathway program. Pathway programs offer a unique route for students interested in transferring to Georgia Tech, with special pathways for first-generation and limited-income students, as well as veterans.
Ahead of their arrival on campus, more than 90 students new to Tech shared their hometowns and majors on the Office of Undergraduate Admission (@gtadmission) Instagram account.
In addition to the first-year and transfer students joining the on-campus community, 1,601 students from 129 high schools across 38 counties will participate in Tech’s predominantly online dual enrollment programs for this current academic year. New this year will be a pilot online course for dual enrollment pre-calculus, offered to students in Clayton County Schools and Atlanta Public Schools. It was developed with the School of Mathematics; the Center for Education Integrating Science, Math, and Computing; and Georgia Tech Professional Education.
Undergraduate Admission now turns its focus to recruiting the next class of Tech students. The first-year application cycle for the entering class of 2025 is now open, along with the Spring 2025 transfer application period. Undergraduate Admission will spend the coming months traveling to meet students, school officials, and community members. To learn more about Undergraduate Admission at Tech, visit the website.
