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Georgetown University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Washington, District of Columbia. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

3,975 Master's Degrees
1,014 Doctor's Degrees

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Georgetown University Rankings

We have ranked Georgetown as #18 out of 1,069 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. Georgetown also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in District of Columbia ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Georgetown has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#13 Best Doctor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#19 Best Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#33 Best Graduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Georgetown.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#3 Best Architecture/Urban Planning Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#4 Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#6 Best Foreign Languages & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#7 Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#8 Best History Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#9 Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#14 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#24 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Georgetown has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Graduate Degree Schools College Factual
#1 Best Legal Professions Graduate Degree Schools College Factual
#2 Best Communication & Journalism Schools College Factual
#4 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools College Factual
#11 Best Psychology Schools College Factual
#23 Best Schools Course Advisor

Where Is Georgetown University?

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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
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/georgetownuniv
Twitter: http://twitter.com/georgetown

Georgetown University Graduate Student Diversity

12,014 Graduate Students
53% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,014 graduate students at Georgetown, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgetown University graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,031
Black or African American 898
Hispanic or Latino 896
White 5,488
International Students 2,357
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,344

Geographic Diversity

District of Columbia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgetown University. At this time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 123 countries are represented at Georgetown. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Georgetown University

19,371 Took All Classes Online
19,371 Took At Least One Class Online
188.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 19,371 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Georgetown has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 3rd most popular in District of Columbia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Georgetown

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time graduate tuition at Georgetown University was $45,136 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Georgetown is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Medical Science #1 #1
Urban & Regional Planning #7 #7
Real Estate #7 #7
Architecture & Related Services #28 #28

Online Affordability Rankings of Georgetown

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time graduate tuition at Georgetown University was $53,591 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Georgetown is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Real Estate #1 #1
Engineering-Related Fields #26 #26
Engineering Technologies #35 #35
Finance & Financial Management #57 #57

Online Growth Rankings of Georgetown

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgetown University was 188.8%. This is the #186 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Georgetown regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Georgetown majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Information Technology 25%
Real Estate 7%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Georgetown ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Real Estate #1
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology #4
Engineering Technologies #4
Engineering-Related Fields #4
Finance & Financial Management #10
Information Technology #16
Biological & Biomedical Sciences #17
Computer & Information Sciences #37
Nursing #53
Health Professions #122
Business, Management & Marketing #140

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Georgetown University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Law 0 0 672 672
Business Administration & Management 0 364 0 364
Legal Research 0 315 2 317
Nursing 4 259 29 292
International Relations & National Security 0 283 0 283
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 256 8 264
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 237 0 237
Public Policy 0 201 0 201
Medicine 0 0 181 181
Real Estate 0 169 0 169
Public Relations & Advertising 0 157 0 157
Health & Physical Education 0 150 0 150
Information Technology 0 134 0 134
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 0 130 0 130
Economics 0 105 10 115
Area Studies 0 106 1 107
Finance & Financial Management 0 102 0 102
Computational Science 0 94 0 94
Homeland Security 0 69 0 69
Human Resource Management 0 67 0 67
Political Science & Government 0 49 13 62
Science, Technology & Society 0 60 0 60
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 42 9 51
Statistics 0 47 0 47
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 44 2 46
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 44 1 45
Educational Administration 0 44 0 44
Computer Science 0 34 4 38
International Business 0 37 0 37
History 0 17 16 33
Biotechnology 0 30 0 30
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 19 9 28
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 17 11 28
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 0 25 0 25
Public Health 0 23 1 24
Chemistry 0 14 10 24
General English Literature 0 23 0 23
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 15 6 21
Urban & Regional Planning 0 19 0 19
Journalism 0 19 0 19
General Education 0 15 0 15
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 11 2 13
Instructional Media Design 0 13 0 13
Museum Studies 0 12 0 12
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 11 0 11
Hospitality Management 0 10 0 10
Philosophy 0 6 4 10
Romance Languages 0 5 4 9
Health & Medical Administrative Services 1 8 0 9
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 9 0 9
Legal Support Services 0 8 0 8
Engineering-Related Fields 0 7 0 7
Medical Science 0 7 0 7
Gerontology 0 7 0 7
Public Administration 0 7 0 7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 6 0 6
Other Health Professions 0 6 0 6
Physics 0 2 4 6
General Psychology 0 2 4 6
Germanic Languages 0 1 3 4
Religious Studies 0 1 3 4
General Biology 0 0 3 3
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 1 1
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 0 1 1
Allied Health Professions 0 1 0 1
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 5 3,975 1,014 4,994

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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