Georgia Institute of Technology
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| Georgia Institute of Technology | |
|---|---|
| City: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Type: | Public |
| Sports: | football, basketball, baseball, cross country, golf, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball[1] |
| Colors: | yellow, white, (also occasionally blue and black) |
| Mascot: | Yellow Jackets |
| Expense/yr: | $50,270 out of state, $29,158 in state[2] |
| Endowment: | $2.2 billion (as of 6/30/19)[3] |
| Website: | http://www.gatech.edu/ |
The Georgia Institute of Technology (or Georgia Tech) is a Georgia public university founded in 1885.[4] It ranked #35 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[5]
Athletics
Georgia Tech and 8 men's and 7 women's sports teams.[1]
The football program has won 23 bowl games (while losing 13), including 3 national championships, and also participated in the largest blowout in football at any level, a 222–0 win over Cumberland University in 1916 (during that period in collegiate sports, teams were known for using semi-professional players claiming to be "college students") led by coach John Heisman (for whom the Heisman Trophy is named).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/
- ↑ Current Cost Overview. Retrieved on 2020-09-11.
- ↑ U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (PDF). Retrieved on 2020-09-06.
- ↑ http://www.gatech.edu/about-tech/history-traditions.php
- ↑ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php
