Georgia Tech :
- has more awarded CS faculty (on the basis of ACM fellows, IEEE fellows, and NSF Career Award Winners)
- has a higher undergraduate EECS ranking
There has been more recruiting from GT to top companies between 2010 - 2020 (even though UIUC has had around 30,000 more alumni)
Google: 864 (GT) vs 736 (UIUC)
Amazon: 769 (GT) vs 536 (UIUC)
Microsoft: 738 (GT) vs 504 (UIUC)
Apple: 464 (GT) vs 313 (UIUC)
McKinsey: 148 (GT) vs 66 (UIUC)
The only top company that has recruited more UIUC students than Georgia Tech is Facebook:
355 (GT) vs 378 (UIUC)
- The average SAT score Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus (1403) is 98 points higher than at Illinois (1305)
- Incoming Georgia Tech students have a 3 point higher average ACT score (32) than students at Illinois (29)
- Illinois has a higher acceptance rate (63.3%) than Georgia Tech (21.3%)
- The graduation rate at Illinois is higher than Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus (82% vs. 79%)
- Graduates from Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus earn on average $16,100 more per year than Illinois graduates after ten years. ($82,600 vs. $66,500)
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign students graduate with a $3,500 lower median federal student loan debt than Georgia Tech graduates. ($20,500 vs. $24,000)
