Georgetown Key Facts

Overview

Established: 1789
Founder: John Carroll
Religious affiliation: Catholic, Jesuit
Type: Private
President: John J. DeGioia
Motto: Utraque Unum (both into one)
Board of Directors chair: Paul Tagliabue
Size of Main and Medical Campuses: 54 buildings on 104 acres 

Traditions

Colors: Blue and Gray
Nickname: The Hoyas
Cheer: Hoya Saxa (What Rocks)
Mascot: Jack the Bulldog

Academics

Schools within the University:

• Georgetown College
• Robert E. McDonough School of Business
• Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
• Georgetown Law
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing and Health Studies
• School of Continuing Studies

Library holdings: More than 2.4 million volumes

Research Funding: $159.4 million in research and development expenditures (FY10). 

Faculty (Fall 2011)

Degrees Awarded (2010-11)

Baccalaureate: 1,817
Masters: 2,726
Doctoral: 102
First Professional Degrees: 834

Tuition (2011-12)

Undergraduate: $40,920
Graduate: $38,952
MBA: $47,544
Law: $46,865
Medicine: $44,641