In August, the Office of Scholar Programs welcomed a new G. Wayne Clough Tech Promise Scholars Program cohort to Georgia Tech. Tech Promise, Tech’s need-based scholarship program, makes it possible for qualifying Georgia students from low-income households to earn a debt-free degree at Tech.
As the newest class of Yellow Jackets settles on campus, Georgia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admission has resumed invigorated travel efforts across the state of Georgia and beyond.
Starting in August, Tech kicked off travel season with visits to high schools across the state. On Aug. 26, Tech will join Augusta University, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia for the Peach State Tour, where colleges visit communities around Georgia and meet with prospective students.
Georgia Tech welcomed approximately 4,050 summer and fall first-year students, and 1,365 spring, summer, and fall transfer students to campus this year. The 5,415 new undergraduate students bring Tech’s total undergraduate population to over 20,000.
Following years of expanded travel efforts to rural areas of Georgia, Georgia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admission is proud to record a 72% increase in rural student applicants, and a 71% increase in admitted students from rural areas in the 2024-25 admission cycle.
During the 2024-25 school year, Undergraduate Admission attended 111 events in rural areas, including high school visits, college fairs, and other programming. In total, these programs connected with 6,168 attendees.
Georgia Tech’s Summer Institute welcomed 93 rising 11th graders representing 57 counties across Georgia to campus.
On Friday, June 13, Georgia Tech welcomed students in the inaugural cohort of the Atlanta Bridge Program to campus to learn more about the program ahead of the Fall 2025 semester.
The Atlanta Bridge Program is a partnership between Tech and Atlanta Metropolitan State College (AMSC) that aims to bring talented students to the Institute as transfer students.
The Spring 2025 Semester Enrollment Report from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shows strong enrollment growth at Georgia Tech.
As a result of efforts to expand access to a Georgia Tech education for students across the state of Georgia, dual enrollment programs grew 160% percent in the past five years, from 680 students in 2020 to 1,772 students in 2024-25 academic year.
Georgia Tech’s Office of Undergraduate Admission (OUA) is excited to announce a new advising partnership with Matriculate, a free near-peer college advising program dedicated to helping talented students from limited-income backgrounds navigate the path to college.
This partnership will continue expanding access to a Tech education by adding a network of current Tech students to the pool of undergraduates nationwide who specialize in assisting prospective university students in their college search journey.
On March 7 at 7 p.m., Georgia Tech admitted 1,048 Georgia students in the Regular Decision 1 round of undergraduate admission decisions. These students join those already admitted during the Georgia students-only Early Action 1 phase, making for a total of 3,666 Georgia admitted students for Tech’s 2025 first-year class.