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Facility utilization

How intensively each institution uses its classrooms. Utilization is the average hours per day a room is occupied, over every room in inventory (idle rooms count zero); seat fillis enrollment as a share of the room’s inferred capacity. Cross-listed classes are counted once. Summer terms are low by design.

Average room utilization — Fall terms
TermGeorgia TechUGAGeorgia StateKennesaw State
Fall 20254.42 h3.25 h
Fall 20244.33 h3.20 h2.91 h5.73 h
Fall 20234.20 h3.19 h3.00 h6.28 h
Fall 20223.90 h3.12 h3.01 h6.39 h
Fall 20213.65 h3.04 h3.14 h6.85 h
Fall 20202.53 h2.76 h1.31 h2.49 h
Fall 20193.73 h2.94 h4.19 h6.53 h
Fall 20183.72 h3.02 h4.12 h4.32 h
Fall 20173.67 h2.99 h3.98 h4.64 h
Fall 20163.75 h3.08 h4.04 h4.54 h
Fall 20153.62 h3.08 h4.23 h4.56 h
Fall 20143.68 h3.45 h4.55 h5.29 h
Fall 20133.60 h
Fall 20123.72 h
Fall 20113.45 h
Fall 20103.64 h
Fall 20093.55 h
Fall 20083.73 h
Fall 20073.56 h
Fall 20063.71 h
123567Fall 2006Fall 2008Fall 2010Fall 2012Fall 2014Fall 2016Fall 2018Fall 2020Fall 2022Fall 2024
Georgia TechUGAGeorgia StateKennesaw State

By college — which units use their rooms best

College (Georgia Tech, Spring 2026)Rooms% usedHrs/daySeat fillAvg capacity
Scheller College of Business1995%5.19 h51%76
College of Computing17100%4.63 h61%117
College of Sciences10697%4.33 h58%67
College of Engineering10993%4.15 h61%53
College of Design20100%4.04 h46%87
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts4689%4.00 h56%41
Other / Interdisciplinary2986%1.60 h52%47

A room is any distinct building + room a class met in (online/TBA excluded). Occupancy = sum of distinct meeting slots (co-scheduled classes counted once) ÷ 5 weekdays. Rooms are attributed to the college/subject that used them most, so idle rooms still count against their owner. Only classes with enrollment > 0 count. Inferred capacity = the largest class that actually enrolled in the room (the scheduled cap is unreliable), so seat fill is measured against that observed peak. See ADR-012.