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About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public college and one of the leading research universities in the world. A member of the ACC, Georgia Tech competes at the highest levels both academically and athletically.

Georgia Tech provides a technologically focused education in fields ranging from engineering, computing, and sciences, to business, design, and liberal arts

About Georgia Tech
Average starting salary is $72,000
2 of every 5 graduates are millionaires
No. 1 starting salary in ACC
No. 2 starting salary in Power 5
GT ranks No. 6 among all public schools
Atlanta is No. 9 for minority entrepreneurs
16 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Atlanta
5 Major League Sports Franchises
Busiest airport in the world

Campus

Spanning 400 wooded acres in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia Tech’s campus is a comfortable yet stimulating living and learning environment for 32,000 undergraduate and graduate students with virtually every amenity close at hand. 

Insulated inside Atlanta’s midtown district, Georgia Tech combines the serenity of a traditional college campus with the excitement of a sprawling metropolis 

Atlanta is home to 16 Fortune 500 Company headquarters and 5 major league sports teams, Georgia’s capital city boasts many titles such as An Economic Engine, A Mecca of Music, A Foodie Heaven and the Capital of College Football. 

Fan Culture

Georgia Tech fans are known for their undying passion for the White & Gold. On a campus teeming with excellence across numerous academic disciplines, our community expects similar levels of effort and success across our fields, our gyms, our courses, our pools and our tracks.  Yellow Jacket supporters take pride in the achievements and efforts of each individual student-athlete.

 

Athletics Overview

Georgia Tech boasts one of the best winning traditions across all of college athletics. National Championships, Olympic Medalists and Conference Titles fill our programs’ dense catalogs of achievement.

National Championships5
Football4
Women’s Tennis1

Conference Championships104
Baseball14
Men’s Basketball4
Cross Country 10
Football 15
Golf19
Softball 5
Swim & Diving 15
Tennis 8
Track & Field 12
Volleyball 2

Academic All-Americans85
Baseball11
Men’s Basketball3
Women’s Basketball2
Cross Country8
Football16
Golf24
Softball2
Swim & Dive3
Tennis6
Track & Field6
Volleyball4

Olympic Medalists10
Baseball1
Men’s Basketball2
Golf1
Track & Field6

The Brand

At Georgia Tech Athletics, our brand is built on our student-athletes, our history and paving the way for our future. Through strategic partnerships and the Total Person Program, we develop student-athletes that will change the world.

Support Services

At the Georgia Tech Athletic Association we develop the young people who will change the world. 

It begins with our academic support – 13 full-time staff-members and over 60 peer tutors ensure that each student-athlete has the resources, guidance and encouragement to excel in the classroom.

Our highly-experienced sports medicine office includes nine full-time trainers, two sports psychologists, an athletics physician and two chiropractors

With the help from three separate weight-training facilities covering over 15,000 square feet, our Strength and Conditioning staff aims to increase each student-athlete’s strength, speed, agility, flexibility, conditioning and explosiveness.  

Our trademark Total Person Program punctuates our extensive list of student-athlete resources, prioritizing five areas of focus: Career Development, Leadership Development, Personal Well-Being, Community Outreach and Sports Nutrition.  

 

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