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: William J. Doyle, (C’72)
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
- McCourt School of Public Policy
Faculty (Fall 2017)
Main Campus
Full-time: 869
Part-time: 801
Total: 1,670
Law Center
Full-time: 149
Part-time: 272
Total: 421
Medical Center
Full-time: 371
Part-time: 122
Total: 493
University Services
Full-time: 25
Part-time:1
Total: 26
Source: Fall 2017 Faculty and Staff Official Statistics by Office of Assessment and Decision Support (OADS)
Degrees Awarded (2017*)
Baccalaureate: 1,801
Masters: 3,750
Doctoral – Research/Scholarship: 124
Doctoral: Professional Practice: 859
Total**: 6,534
Source: 2017-18 Common Data Set
*Degrees awarded between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.
**Total does not include 16 certificates/diplomas of at least one but less than two academic years.
Tuition* (FY2019)
Undergraduate: $53,520
Graduate: $49,560
MBA: $58,500
Law: $62,244
Medicine: $52,037
Source: Financial Plan 2019-2022
Applications, Acceptances and Enrollment (Fall 2017)
Undergraduate
Applications: 21,462
Admitted: 3,365
Enrolled: 1,601
Graduate
Applications: 10,471
Admitted: 5,092
Enrolled: 2,086
MBA (Full Time)
Applications: 1,742
Admitted: 833
Enrolled: 276
SCS
Applications: 1,589
Admitted: 967
Enrolled: 624
Medical Center
Applications: 14,062
Admitted: 403
Enrolled: 198
Law Center
Applications: 8,839
Admitted: 2,291
Enrolled: 580
Total
Applications: 58,165
Admitted: 12,951
Enrolled: 5,365
Source: Annual Disclosure Report
Enrollment (Fall 2017)
Georgetown College
Undergraduate: 3,644
School of Foreign Service
Undergraduate: 1,438
Georgetown University in Qatar
Undergraduate: 253
McDonough School of Business
Undergraduate: 1,296
Graduate: 1,205
Graduate (Distance): 153
School of Nursing & Health Studies
Undergraduate: 457
School of Continuing Studies
Undergraduate: 364
Graduate: 1,446
Graduate (Distance): 772
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Graduate (MN): 2,267
Graduate (MC*): 926
Graduate (Distance): 700
McCourt School of Public Policy
Graduate: 389
Law Center
Graduate: 826
Prof: 2,043
School of Medicine
Undergraduate: 11
Prof*: 815
Source: Official Enrollment Statistics Fall 2017 – Prepared by the Office of the University Registrar.
*MN: Main Campus, MC: Medical Center, Prof: Professional
Research Funding
$212.3 million in research and development expenditures (FY17).
Source: NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey
Main Campus Library Holdings
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.