An economic impact study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business indicates that Georgia Tech made a $3.35 billion economic impact during the fiscal year 2018, the highest of any institution in the University System of Georgia (USG). The study also found that Georgia Tech generated 27,065 full- and part-time jobs. Most of the economic impact in the study consists of initial spending by USG institutions for salaries and benefits, supplies and expenses, and other budgeted expenditures, as well as spending by students who attend the institutions.
Georgia Tech also impacts the local and regional economy in several others other ways, including:
*Research partnerships with business and industry in the state of Georgia and throughout the Southeast;