GeorgiaTech Ranking Recently Improved

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@Stilltay

Their ranking is held back somewhat due to the graduation rate. Due to co-ops and internships it can take longer than 4 years to graduate.

The rankings use 6 yr graduation rates for that very reason, so GT’s ranking is NOT pulled down by its co-ops, internships, etc

Here is the methodology from US News, for example.

Retention (22.5 percent): The higher the proportion of freshmen who return to campus for sophomore year and eventually graduate, the better a school is apt to be at offering the classes and services that students need to succeed.

This measure has two components: six-year graduation rate (80 percent of the retention score) and freshman retention rate (20 percent). The graduation rate indicates the average proportion of a graduating class earning a degree in six years or less; we consider freshman classes that started from fall 2004 through fall 2007. Freshman retention indicates the average proportion of freshmen who entered the school in the fall of 2009 through fall 2012 and returned the following fall.