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title: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus — cost, debt & earnings (College Scorecard)
location: Atlanta, GA
control: Public
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release)
sourceUrl: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
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# Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public · Bachelor-granting

> Federal College Scorecard institution **medians** — not a prediction of any one student's outcome, and not a figure for any single program. Earnings/debt cover federally-aided students.

## The bottom line

| Figure | Value | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Typical earnings, 10 yrs after entry | $102,772 | recorded |
| Earnings range (25th–75th pct) | $73,294 – $136,204 | recorded |
| Typical federal debt | $20,000 | recorded |
| Debt of students who withdrew | $19,000 | recorded |
| Completion rate | 94% | recorded |
| Average annual net cost | $28,167 | recorded |
| % earning above a $28k HS-grad wage | 91% | recorded |
| Debt ÷ a year's earnings | 0.20× | derived |
| Earnings premium vs $28k HS benchmark | $74,772 | derived |

**94% of students finish** — the loans are owed whether or not you graduate, so read every figure below next to this number.

Typical **federal** loan debt is $20,000 (≈ 20% of a year's typical earnings here). Note: this counts federal loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS, or family savings — so true borrowing is usually higher; and because dropouts borrow less, low-completion schools can show a deceptively low debt figure.

## Earnings by major (the number that decides "worth it")

> **Different measure — read on its own terms.** These are median earnings **1 year after completing the program** (early career, graduates only) — NOT the 10-years-after-entry school-wide figure above. Do not compare a program figure to the school figure; compare majors to each other. The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates.

By program, early-career pay ranges from $29,757 to $126,074 across 36 program(s).

| Major | Credential | Pay (1 yr out) | Median debt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | Master's Degree | $126,074 | $31,229 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Master's Degree | $122,073 | $79,015 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | Master's Degree | $121,610 | $20,500 |
| Systems Engineering. | Master's Degree | $117,910 | not reported |
| Computer Science. | Master's Degree | $98,509 | $40,321 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | Master's Degree | $94,709 | $25,618 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | Master's Degree | $90,098 | not reported |
| Industrial Engineering. | Master's Degree | $89,941 | not reported |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $89,428 | $20,500 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Master's Degree | $85,001 | $20,500 |
| Computer Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $81,067 | $20,000 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | Master's Degree | $80,304 | $61,324 |
| Chemical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $75,560 | $26,250 |
| Industrial Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $74,354 | $19,791 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $74,050 | $22,250 |
| Nuclear Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $73,557 | $21,426 |
| Civil Engineering. | Master's Degree | $70,633 | $21,044 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $69,872 | $22,500 |
| Materials Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $69,159 | $16,936 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | Bachelor's Degree | $67,997 | $27,840 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $67,907 | $22,000 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $67,345 | $21,375 |
| Civil Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $66,586 | $18,750 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $61,121 | $21,500 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology. | Master's Degree | $60,914 | $58,158 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $60,224 | $25,102 |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning. | Master's Degree | $58,367 | $47,538 |
| Architecture. | Master's Degree | $53,970 | not reported |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | Master's Degree | $53,768 | not reported |
| Architecture. | Bachelor's Degree | $52,288 | $28,192 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $48,199 | $26,354 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | Master's Degree | $39,430 | not reported |
| Physics. | Bachelor's Degree | $34,598 | $21,500 |
| Science, Technology and Society. | Bachelor's Degree | $33,322 | $24,250 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,372 | $24,250 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | Bachelor's Degree | $29,757 | not reported |

## What this is — and is NOT

Institution-wide medians from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. **Not** a prediction of what you would earn or owe, **not** a figure for any single program (a CS and a fine-arts graduate of the same school diverge enormously), **not** proof the school caused the outcome (selection, not causation), and **not** a "best college" ranking. Explore Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus by field of study at the official Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?139755

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