The financial website WalletHub crunched the numbers to determine the top-performing, lowest-cost schools for undergraduates.  

Georgia Tech came in at No. 13 out of more than 700 institutions nationwide and is the top-ranked public school in the list of best universities and No. 2 in the South. 

The schools were compared in seven areas: student selectivity; cost and financing; faculty resources; campus safety; campus experience; educational outcomes; and career outcomes. WalletHub evaluated those dimensions using 30 relevant metrics, each graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the best school performance. Georgia Tech’s overall score of 75.12 landed the Institute in the No. 13 position. 

In each of the seven categories, Georgia Tech ranked: 

• Student selectivity: 32nd 

• Cost and financing: 336th 

• Faculty resources: 708th 

• Campus safety: 225th 

• Campus experience: 193rd 

• Educational outcomes: 31st 

• Career outcomes: 26th