Name: Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Founded: The history of the school can be traced to the Civil War, and I don’t mean the timeframe. Following the war, Georgia became aware of the industrial differential between the South and the North and devoted attention towards pushing their state in a technological direction. A committee was authorized in the early 1880s to study the tech schools of the north, and in 1885, Governor Henry McDaniel signed the bill to create Georgia Tech. The school opened its doors in 1888.