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The 2014 Georgia Tech Spring Commencement took place on May 2 and 3 and the sheer number of degrees awarded is impressive. Here is the raw data:

  •  2859 degrees awarded by Georgia Tech.
  • 1635 engineering degrees awarded.
  • 57.2% of degrees awarded were engineering degrees
  • Two schools (ECE and ME) awarded more degrees than any other College on campus.

Of the 1,635 engineering degrees awarded:

  • 1,118 were bachelor's degrees.
  • 403 were master's degrees.
  • 113 were doctoral degrees.
  • 398 (24.4%) were awarded to women.
  • 193 (11.8%) were awarded to African-American, Hispanic, or Latino students.

The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering awarded the most total degrees (370) and the most graduate degrees (201), while the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering led the way in bachelor's degrees, awarding 266. 
 

Engineering Degrees Awarded by School

  Bachelor's Master's Ph.D. Total
Aerospace 112 68 13 193
Biomedical 141 0 4 145
Chemical and Biomolecular 103 6 10 119
Civil and Environmental 101 41 13 155
Electrical and Computer 167 170 34 371
Industrial and Systems 175 42 9 226
Materials Science 53 9 9 71
Mechanical 266 68 21 355
Total 1118 404 113 1635

 

Note: All figures obtained via irp.gatech.edu and accurate as of 5/16/2014.