by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Georgetown University was awarded 117 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is political science & government.
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Georgetown landed the #11 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when Georgetown held the #15 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 7 colleges in District of Columbia, Georgetown is ranked at #1.
With an acceptance rate of 12%, Georgetown is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 72% of students accepted to Georgetown submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 770. Math scores were between 710 and 790.
The student to faculty ratio at Georgetown is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Georgetown University is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 97% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Georgetown University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Georgetown for first-time, full-time students is 90%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,357 undergraduates at Georgetown with 6,610 being full-time and 747 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,070 | $3,558 | $11,409 | $21,955 | $51,119 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Georgetown, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Georgetown, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $8,982 a year. That adds up to $35,928 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Georgetown are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 37Th And O St Nw, Washington, DC 20057-0001 |
| Phone: | 202-687-0100 |
| Website: | www.georgetown.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Research | 680 | NA |
| Law | 660 | NA |
| International Relations & National Security | 562 | $50,588 |
| Business Administration & Management | 455 | $77,479 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 356 | $106,218 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 344 | $92,963 |
| Nursing | 343 | $84,915 |
| Political Science & Government | 308 | $55,247 |
| Economics | 284 | $84,460 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 261 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,940 students took at least one online class at Georgetown University. This is a decrease from the 7,959 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,940 | 3,558 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,959 | 3,616 |
| 2020-2021 | 19,371 | 19,371 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,479 | 2,151 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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