Key Facts

• Established: 1789
• Founder: John Carroll
• Religious affiliation: Catholic, Jesuit
• Type: Private
• President: Eduardo M. Peñalver
• Motto: Utraque Unum (“both into one”)
• Board of Directors Chair: W. Robert Berkley, Jr. (B’95)
• Size of Main and Medical Campuses: 69 buildings and student residences on 104 acres
• Size of Capitol Campus: 10 buildings on 13.2 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
• School of Medicine
• School of Health
• Berkley School of Nursing
• School of Continuing Studies
• McCourt School of Public Policy
• Georgetown University in Qatar

Main Campus
Full-time: 2,410
Part-time: 1,075
Total: 3,485

Law Center
Full-time: 735
Part-time: 248
Total: 983

Medical Center
Full-time: 1,186
Part-time: 189
Total: 1,375

University Services
Full-time: 1,689
Part-time: 21
Total: 1,710

Source: Fall 2025 Faculty and Staff Official Statistics by Office of Assessment and Decision Support (OADS)

Baccalaureate: 1,868
Masters: 4,365
Doctoral – Research/Scholarship: 187
Doctoral: Professional Practice: 886

**Total: 7,306

Source: 2025-26 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: $71,136
Graduate: $63,648
MBA: $70,108
Law: $83,576
Medicine: $65,880

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

Undergraduate
Applications: 26,822
Admitted: 3,618
Enrolled: 1,595

Graduate
Applications: 12,220
Admitted: 6,357
Enrolled: 1,798

MBA (Full Time)
Applications: 1,617
Admitted: 1,042
Enrolled: 248

SCS
Applications: 1,647
Admitted: 1,361
Enrolled: 682

School of Medicine
Applications: 14,542
Admitted: 437
Enrolled: 203

Law Center
Applications: 13,924
Admitted: 2,193
Enrolled: 672

Source: Provided by Admissions Offices

$366.4 million in research and development expenditures (FY25).

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.