Media Kit

Overview

Established: 1789

Founder: Archbishop John Carroll, S.J.

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

Library holdings: More than 2.3 million volumes

Research Funding: $166.5 million in research and development expenditures (FY09)

 Faculty (Fall 2009)

Enrollment (Fall 2009)

Student-Faculty Ratio: 10 to 1

Gender (undergraduate): 55 percent female, 45 percent male

International students: 1,882 representing 134 countries

Degrees Awarded (2008-09)

Tuition (2009-10)

Financial Aid

• Georgetown University practices need-blind admissions --applicants are considered for admission without regard to their ability to pay or their need for financial assistance.
• Georgetown offers need-based financial aid to meet 100 percent of the demonstrated financial need of eligible students.
• Each year, more than 55 percent of undergraduate students at Georgetown receive some form of financial assistance, and 41 percent of undergraduates receive Georgetown grant aid. 

University Governance

Meet our Deans

Executive Leadership

Board of Directors

University Images

The following images are available for use if approved by the Georgetown Office of Communications. To request a high resolution version, please email gucomm@georgetown.edu with the name of the image.