Key Facts

• Established: 1789
• Founder: John Carroll
• Religious affiliation: Catholic, Jesuit
• Type: Private
• Interim President: Robert M. Groves
• Motto: Utraque Unum (“both into one”)
• Board of Directors Chair: Thomas A. Reynolds III (B’74, P’03)
• Size of Main and Medical Campuses: 54 buildings on 104 acres

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

Schools within the university:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• 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 Health
• Berkley School of Nursing
• School of Continuing Studies
• McCourt School of Public Policy

Main Campus
Full-time: 2,351
Part-time: 1,134
Total: 3,485

Law Center
Full-time: 756
Part-time: 241
Total: 997

Medical Center
Full-time: 1,178
Part-time: 153
Total: 1,331

University Services
Full-time: 1,584
Part-time: 22
Total: 1,606

Source: Fall 2024 Faculty and Staff Official Statistics by Office of Assessment and Decision Support (OADS)

Baccalaureate: 1,835
Masters: 4,850
Doctoral – Research/Scholarship: 206
Doctoral: Professional Practice: 840

**Total: 7,731

Source: 2024-25 Common Data Set
*Degrees awarded between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
**Total does not include 292 certificates/diplomas of at least one but less than two academic years, and 34 post-bachelor’s certificate.

Undergraduate: $67,824
Graduate: $61,200
MBA: $67,184
Law: $79,672
Medicine: $63,040

Source: Tuition and Fee Schedule Approved by Georgetown’s Board of Directors 

Undergraduate
Applications: 26,131
Admitted: 3,374
Enrolled: 1,598

Graduate
Applications: 12,260
Admitted: 5,815
Enrolled: 1,535

MBA (Full Time)
Applications: 1,642
Admitted: 990
Enrolled: 263

SCS
Applications: 1,854
Admitted: 1,403
Enrolled: 669

School of Medicine
Applications: 14,480
Admitted: 419
Enrolled: 203

Law Center
Applications: 11,309
Admitted: 2,276
Enrolled: 655

Source: Annual Disclosure Report

$376.6 million in research and development expenditures (FY24).

Source: NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey

Georgetown University Library in Numbers

Note: For the most recent data and results, please see the official site of the Office of Assessment and Decision Support.