Georgia Tech Says Nearly 15,000 Students Major or Minor in AI-Related Fields as Professors Build Course Agents

Georgia Tech's College of Computing this week posted a back-to-school interview with David Joyner, the university's interim provost in charge of AI in education. Joyner said nearly 15,000 students are currently majoring or minoring in AI-related fields such as computer science. He said some professors are creating their own agents to act as tutors in their classes, and that AI gives students a new tool to complete tasks quickly, generate ideas faster and help write software.

This is a verifiable signal of AI talent scale and teaching practice at the university level: nearly 15,000 students majoring or minoring in AI-related fields indicates a growing base for AI talent supply, while professor-built agent tutors show teaching tools moving from general chatbots to customized roles inside courses. For parents and students, the capacity and course format of AI-related majors are changing; for education product practitioners, professors building their own agents suggests real demand for in-course tools. The limitation is that the original text provides no scope of agent use, outcome data or student feedback, and the scale figure comes from a university interview rather than an independent count. The scale of AI-related enrollment at a major university is now publicly quantified, giving parents and students a more concrete reference for major selection. Professor-built agent tutors entering classrooms means education product practitioners face demand for customized in-course tools rather than general chatbots.