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 Campus: 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 3.4 million volumes

Research Funding: $147.4 million in research and development expenditures (FY09). 

Faculty (Fall 2010)

Enrollment (Fall 2010)

Undergraduate: 7,553
Graduate: 5,832
Professional: 3486
Total: 16,871

Student-Faculty Ratio: 10 to 1

Gender (overall): 52 percent female, 48 percent male
Gender (undergraduate): 55 percent female, 45 percent male

Race: African American (6.2%), Asian American (8.7%), Hispanic American (5.6%)

Religious Affiliation: Catholic (46.76%), Other Christian (26.66%), Jewish (5.85%), Muslim (3.08%), Hindu (1.66%), Buddhist (0.87%), Other (3.01%), None (12.12%)
International students: 1,882 representing 135 countries

Degrees Awarded (2009-10)

Bachelor’s: 2,275
Masters: 2,313
Doctoral: 108
First Professional Degrees: 843

Tuition (2010-11)

Undergraduate: $39,768
Graduate: $37,848
MBA: $45,984
Law: $45,105
Medicine: $43,616