GT College of Computing stats

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Just received the GT College of Computing brochure in the mail. A few questions on some numbers:

  1. Undergrad enrollment for Fall 2016 is 2,317, but total freshmen for 2016 is only 343 (Male 250, Female 93). If they only admit 343 a year, the total enrollment should be only 1,372. Where does the other 1,000 student come from? CC transfers?
  2. Academic faculty 87, research faculty 32, instructional faculty 108. Does this mean most classes are taught by lecturers rather than professors?
  3. In-state 135, OOS 169, international 39. Wow, so they actually admit more OOS than in-state? That’s great and should be a shining beacon for other prestigious state flagships.
  4. If you wonder about the Male:Female ratio, 2016 freshman class 250 Male 93 Female, so 73%:27%.
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  1. Transfers plus fifth years who are enrolled but working at internships and co-ops, gaining real world experience but extending their time as undergraduates.
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I think the numbers may include a GaTech Computer MEDIA degree?
The Media degree is in College of Computing.
ECE is in engineering and also huge but thats not in College of Computing
but there is overlap between ECE classes and some threads in College of Computing, so you are in class with
all three majors, Media, ECE and CS as well as math majors roaming around there too in the same classes.

GaTech has the best combinatorics program in the world, and you could major in math or in the theoretical thread of College of Computing to study that.

YES, I have noticed that for years now, more OOS students in GaTEch College of computing than in state Georgia kids. I don’t know how they get away with that, but any student can change majors, as far as I know but better change right away as its hard to change after even one semester at Tech into College of Computing, I have heard.

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@bogeyorpar all the classes are taught by very qualified teachers, not all may be tenure track
but you will not notice that and should not worry at all. GaTech vets teachers very very well for undergrad classes
in CS. Math teachers at Tech are outstanding and will be smaller class sizes. Teaching ability is not determining who is on tenure track. Tenure track is determined by : PhD and post doc, and research caliber, nothing to do with teaching. Your best teachers may be teaching staff in some cases, but tenured professors at GaTech take teaching pretty seriously and do a very good job.
You can use the website Rate MY professor to learn more about teachers at any major university.

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@bogeyorpar I don’t think as many CS students as engineering students, do co op at GaTech anymore. More CS students are theoretical in focus, and are doing REUs in the summers and getting PhDs, so I disagree that CS kids are in co ops, not so much. They get through quickly and get a PhD today. Engineering students at GaTech dominate the co op program NOT CS students. CS students need a PhD for data science, cybersecurity and all the top jobs today, although there are some jobs for masters CS students too. If you want to code, you can quit GaTech after two years and get a job in that easily though. Coding is a trade and you don’t really need a college degree to do that job.