Georgia Tech Ranked #1 in “ROI”

Georgia Tech is the best academic deal in the country according to a magazine published by The Wall Street Journal.

SmartMoney Magazine ranks Georgia Tech #1 when it comes to return on investment. That’s calculated by the annual salaries of graduates versus how much they paid in tuition and fees.

Rick Clark is Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Tech. Clark says he’s thrilled by the designation but not surprised: “This is just another testimony really to the fact that Georgia tech is a place people want to be, and especially in a down economy, they feel it’s necessary when they think about higher education.” 

Clark believes that previous good press led to an especially large freshman class this year: 3,000 versus the usual 2,700.

The University of Georgia also made the SmartMoney list, coming in at #4.