Nationally ranked at #33 by the US News, Georgia Institute of Technology is a premier public research university. Georgia Tech is one of the top 100 global universities that has been consistently included in world rankings of the well renowned ranking agencies because of its academic excellence and innovation. Times Higher Education has placed it at #36 in its global university rankings. Georgia Institute of Technology occupies the 97th and 68th ranks in QS Rankings and CWUR respectively. Meanwhile, Shanghai Rankings has ranked it at #151-200 for the second time in a row. 

Georgia Institute of Technology stands tall in terms of global academic rankings. The US News has placed it among the top 5 innovative institutions located in USA. Furthermore, Georgia Institute of Technology is home to several top ranking subjects and degrees for international students. One of the top courses of Georgia Tech is “Materials Science and Technology” program, which is ranked at #3 in the current Shanghai Rankings. 

Georgia Tech Ranking in the World

Georgia Institute of technology is without a doubt one of the top universities in USA as well as across the globe. The university consistently ranks among the top 100 universities in the world. The following table consists of the previous year’s ranking trends of Georgia Institute of Technology:-

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Ranking Body 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS Rankings #72 #80 #88 #88 #97
US News National University Rankings #29 #35 #38 #33
CWUR  #82 #74 #76 #68
THE Rankings #38 #38 #45 #38 #36
Shanghai Rankings #101-150 #101-150 #151-200 #151-200

Georgia Tech Ranking Engineering Subjects

The US News has placed Georgia Institute of Technology at #5 in the Best Engineering Schools for its undergraduate engineering programs. Moreover, Shanghai Rankings has ranked it for the “Materials Science and Technology” program at #3. More such engineering programs of Georgia Tech and their ranking trends are available in the table given below:-

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Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings  Mechanical Engineering #14 #14 #14
Civil and Structural Engineering #18 #20 #15
Chemical Engineering #18 #18 #19
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #13 #14 #14
Engineering and Technology
#12 #16 #13
Shanghai Rankings Nanoscience and Nanotechnology #13 #7 #6
Biotechnology #151-200 #76-100 #76-100
Transportation Science and Technology #37 #16 #23
Aerospace Engineering #12 #12 #10
Instrument Science and Technology #51-75 #76-100 #76-100
TelecommunicationEngineering  #51-75 #27 #20
Metallurgical Engineering #76-100 #51-75 #51-75
Automation and Control #48 #43 #41
Biomedical Engineering  #51-75 #32 #20
Energy Science and Engineering #12 #12 #11
Environmental Science and Technology #34 #29 #28
Materials Science and Technology #3 #2 #2
Chemical Engineering #6 #4 #5
Mechanical Engineering #51-75 #33 #31
Civil Engineering #101-150 #51-75 #51-75
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #5 #4 #4
Water Resources #51-75 #76-100 #101-150
THE Rankings Engineering and Technology #12 #11 #14 #12

Georgia Tech Ranking Computer Science Subjects

Nationally, Georgia Institute of Technology is considered among the top 6 institutions catering to “Computer Science” programs. Here’s how various top ranking lists rank the computer science programs of Georgia Tech:-

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Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings  Computer Science and Information Systems #28 #33 #38
THE Rankings Computer Science  #22 #17 #21 #13
Shanghai Rankings Computer Science and Engineering #33 #26 #30

Georgia Technology Ranking Natural Science Subjects

Georgia Institute of Technology’s “Chemistry” program has been ranked below #20 in the Shanghai Rankings for the third time in a row. Moreover, QS Rankings has placed it at #13 for “Materials Sciences”. Some other Natural Science courses of Georgia Tech have been ranked as follows:

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

Shanghai Rankings
Earth Sciences #76-100 #76-100 #76-100
Physics #101-150 #76-100 #101-150
Atmospheric Sciences  #34 #21 #19
Ecology #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Oceanography #76-100 #51-75 #51-75
Chemistry #17 #13 #13
Mathematics #46 #33 #29

QS World Subject Rankings
Biological Sciences #105 #101 #90
Chemistry #42 #34 #28
Mathematics #25 #27 #27
Earth and Marine Sciences #51-100 #51-100 #51-100
Psychology #201-250 #151-200 #201-250
Physics and Astronomy #46 #47 #43
Natural Science #63 #56 #43
Environmental Sciences #40 #41 #44
Geophysics #51-100 #51-100 #51-100
Materials Sciences #13 #9 #7
THE Rankings Psychology #126-150 #126-150 #90 #92
Physical Sciences #45 #48 #40 #40
Life Sciences #100 #98

Georgia Technology Ranking Medical Science Subjects

The following table demonstrates how the medical science courses available at Georgia Institute of Technology have performed in the last couple of years in some of the top ranking lists:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Life Sciences and Medicine #346 #304 #314
Shanghai Rankings Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences #401-500 #301-400 #301-400
/Medical Technology #201-300 #201-300 #201-300

Georgia Tech Business Ranking

The Shanghai Rankings has ranked Georgia Institute of Technology at #22 for “Management”. Similarly, the US News considers it as the second-best university for “Management Information Systems” in USA. Here’s how the business courses of Georgia Tech have been ranked: 

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Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
QS World Subject Rankings Business and Management Studies #74 #76 #86
Accounting and Finance #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Economics and Econometrics #201-250 #201-250 #201-250
Shanghai Rankings Management #22 #18 #15
Economics #201-300 #151-200 #101-150
Business Administration #201-300 #101-150 #101-150
THE Rankings Business and Economics #75 #97 #92 #71

Georgia Tech Ranking for Humanities Subjects

Georgia Institute of Technology is placed at #44 for its “Library and Information Science” program. The table below shows some of the top humanities courses available at the university and their corresponding ranking trends:-

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021
Shanghai Rankings Library and Information Science #44 #39 #29
Public Administration #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Political Sciences #201-300 #301-400 #201-300
QS World Subject Rankings Modern Language #201-250 #201-250 #251-300
Arts and Humanities #302 #313 #271
Communication and Media Studies #201-250 #151-200
Social Sciences and Management #194 #203 #163
English Language and Literature #251-300 #251-300 #251-300
THE Rankings Social Sciences #126-150 #101-125 #126-150 #101-125
Arts and Humanities #176-200 #151-175 #126-150 #151-175

Georgia Institute of Technology Rankings by US News

As per the latest US News rankings, over 20 programs of Georgia Institute of Technology occupy a rank below #10 across the USA, such as:-

Subject Rankings 2023
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #4
Environmental Health #3
Industrial Engineering #1
Aerospace Engineering #2
Biomedical Engineering #1
Civil Engineering #2
Chemical Engineering #2
Computer Science #6
Materials Science and Technology #6
Analytics #3
Management Information Systems #2
Production/ Operation Management #6
Quantitative Analysis #4
Supply Chain Management #9
Artificial Intelligence #5
Cybersecurity #2
Data Science #6
Software Engineering #3
Economics #58

Georgia Institute of Technology Rankings: Miscellaneous

The following ranking table demonstrates how Georgia Institute of Technology has asserted global dominance across various academic and non-academic fields:-

Ranking Body Parameter Ranking 2023-24
QS WUR Sustainability Ranking #372
QS WUR By Subject #194
US News National Universities #33
Top Public Schools #10
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs  #3
Best Value Schools  #94
Undergraduate Research/ Creative Projects #7
First-year Experiences #51
Senior Capstone #12
Co-ops/ Internships #4
Most Innovative Schools #5
Best Colleges for Veterans  #17
Top Performers on Social Mobility #285
THE World University Rankings World University Rankings #36
CWUR National Rank #38
Employability Rank #174
Research Rank #115
Education Rank #307
Faculty Rank #26

As per the Niche ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology sits among the top 3 engineering universities and public universities in USA. Moreover, the university ranks at #21 for UG business programs in “Scheller College of Business Rankings.”