Is Georgia Institute of Technology or UCSD harder to get into?

In results reported by OfferLand users, the admit rate is 35.0% at Georgia Institute of Technology (100 results) and 61.6% at UCSD (190 results). This is a self-reported sample: admitted applicants report more often, so the rates run high, and they depend on which programs people applied to.

What GPA do admitted applicants to Georgia Institute of Technology and UCSD have?

Among applicants who reported an admit, the median GPA is 3.73 at Georgia Institute of Technology and 3.72 at UCSD (on a 4.0 scale; OfferLand sample).

Georgia Institute of Technology vs UCSD: admit rates, GPA and how Taiwanese applicants choose

Name: Georgia Institute of Technology vs UCSD admissions data
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OfferLand users have reported 100 application results for Georgia Institute of Technology and 190 for UCSD; 43 applicants applied to both. The table puts admit rates, admitted applicants’ scores, top fields and programs side by side.

Self-reported sample from OfferLand users, not official school data; figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown. Data as of 2026-10-22.

Side by side

Admit rate = (admitted + enrolled) ÷ (admitted + enrolled + rejected); waitlisted and pending results are left out. Median GPA and TOEFL count each admitted applicant once. Figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown.

Metric	Georgia Institute of Technology	UCSD
Country	United States	United States
QS ranking (2027)	#142	#81
US News ranking (2027)	#29	#29
Application results	100	190
Applicants	91	179
Admit rate	35.0%	61.6%
Median GPA (admitted)	3.73	3.72
Median TOEFL (admitted)	102	102
Most-reported fields	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (60),General Engineering (18),Pharmacy (8),Languages/Literature (3)	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (114),Materials Science (22),General Engineering (19),Data Science (12)

Most-reported programs

Programs with at least 5 results, by number of results.

Georgia Institute of Technology

Program	Results	Admit rate
Computer Science (Master's)	29	20.7%
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master's)	15	40.0%
Computational Science and Engineering (Master's)	8	37.5%
Industrial Engineering (Master's)	6	50.0%

UCSD

Program	Results	Admit rate
Computer Science and Engineering (Master's)	59	47.5%
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Master's)	46	65.2%
Material Science and Engineering (Master's)	22	86.4%
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Master's)	11	72.7%
Data Science (Master's)	9	33.3%

Applicants to both schools

43 applicants reported results at both schools: 12 were admitted to Georgia Institute of Technology, 24 to UCSD, and 10 to both.

Too few people admitted to both have reported a final choice (2) to show a preference.

AI summary (from OfferLand data and posts on the site, 2026-10-21)

In OfferLand's data, Georgia Tech's overall admit rate (35%) is well below UCSD's (61.6%), while admits at both report nearly identical median GPAs (3.73 vs 3.72) and the same median TOEFL (102). CS shows the widest gap: Georgia Tech's CS master's admitted 20.7% of 29 results against 47.5% of 59 for UCSD's CSE master's, and ECE follows the same pattern (Georgia Tech 40% of 15, UCSD 65.2% of 46). Of the 43 people who applied to both, 10 were admitted to both, and the 2 who reported a decision both chose UCSD, too few to call a trend.

UCSD's data also include Materials Science (22 results, 86.4% admitted) and Data Science (9 results, 33.3%); Georgia Tech has Computational Science and Engineering (8 results, 37.5%) and Industrial Engineering (6 results, 50%).Source: data on this page

Written by AI from the data on this page and the cited posts and interview reports. It may contain mistakes and is neither official school information nor application advice; check the original posts and the schools’ own announcements.

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