Georgia Institute of Technology vs UT Austin: admit rates, GPA and how Taiwanese applicants choose
OfferLand users have reported 100 application results for Georgia Institute of Technology and 113 for UT Austin; 31 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 | UT Austin |
|---|---|---|
| Country | United States | United States |
| QS ranking (2027) | #142 | #72 |
| US News ranking (2027) | #29 | #34 |
| Application results | 100 | 113 |
| Applicants | 91 | 104 |
| Admit rate | 35.0% | 48.2% |
| Median GPA (admitted) | 3.73 | 3.74 |
| 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 (44),General Engineering (14),Business Analytics (12),Information Technology (11) |
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% |
UT Austin
| Program | Results | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (Master's) | 15 | 13.3% |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering - Fifth Year Integrated Program (Master's) | 14 | 21.4% |
| M.S. in Business Analytics (Master's) | 12 | 41.7% |
| Information Studies (Master's) | 8 | 37.5% |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) | 7 | 57.1% |
Applicants to both schools
31 applicants reported results at both schools: 6 were admitted to Georgia Institute of Technology, 16 to UT Austin, and 4 to both.
Too few people admitted to both have reported a final choice (0) to show a preference.
AI summary (from OfferLand data and posts on the site, 2026-10-21)
In OfferLand's records, Georgia Tech (100 results) has a 35% admit rate, lower than UT Austin (113 results) at 48.2%, while admitted median GPAs are 3.73 and 3.74 and TOEFL is 102 at both. EECS leads at both, and the CS master's is hard at each: Georgia Tech Computer Science admitted 20.7% of 29 results, UT Austin 13.3% of 15. Of 31 people who applied to both, 6 got into Georgia Tech, 16 into UT Austin and 4 into both, and none reported a final choice.
- Georgia Tech's ECE master's admitted 40% of 15 results and Computational Science and Engineering 37.5% of 8; UT Austin's ECE Fifth Year Integrated Program is at 21.4% across 14 and its business analytics M.S. at 41.7% across 12.Source: data on this page
- A second-master's applicant switching from ECE to CS went to Georgia Tech CSMS; the author's UT Austin ECE application was still pending in June.Source: 美國二碩ECE轉CS MS錄取心得 — Georgia Tech
- An interview report for Georgia Tech's Quantitative and Computational Finance says the interviewer was friendly and most questions were ones asked in previous years.Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Quantitative and Computational Finance 面試心得
- An applicant admitted to UT Austin's physics PhD says students must be matched with an advisor at admission, and the professors they wanted were full that year.Source: 博士申請心得｜直攻美國博士申請到美國買房經驗分享
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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