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Common Data Set 2025-2026

Georgetown University

DC · Private (nonprofit) · ~7,900 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
13.5%

Georgetown University's admit rate has fallen 6.3 percentage points across the 16 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1480
Range 1405–1530
6-yr grad
94.0%
Retention 96.3%
Undergrads
7,908
11:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from Georgetown University's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set.

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate13.5% SAT (50th)1,480 ACT (50th)34 Undergraduates7,908 6-yr graduation94.0% Retention96.3% Tuition (FT)$68,017 Student–faculty ratio11:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-202613.5%1,58994.0%96.3%1,480
2024-202512.9%1,57595.0%97.0%1,490
2023-202413.1%1,59994.0%97.1%1,480
2021-202231.0%1,58595.0%97.6%—
2020-202116.8%1,59294.0%94.0%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where Georgetown University applicants also apply
University of PennsylvaniaPA · 5.4% admit · SAT 1550 · 10,013 UG Duke UniversityNC · 5.7% admit · SAT 1548 · 6,523 UG Vanderbilt UniversityTN · 5.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 7,366 UG Cornell UniversityNY · 8.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 16,138 UG Brown UniversityRI · 5.4% admit · SAT 1540 · 7,910 UG Northwestern UniversityIL · 7.7% admit · SAT 1540 · 9,060 UG Boston CollegeMA · 16.2% admit · SAT 1500 · 9,654 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Tulane University of LouisianaLA · 14.5% admit · SAT 1460 · 6,839 UG Tufts UniversityMA · 10.8% admit · SAT 1500 · 7,031 UG Emory UniversityGA · 10.3% admit · SAT 1510 · 7,407 UG University of Notre DameIN · 9.4% admit · SAT 1500 · 8,950 UG

What the data says about Georgetown University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Highly selective — top tier of CDS Atlas schools.

Georgetown University's 13.5% admit rate places it among 50 of 334 covered schools admitting below 15% (~15.0% of the index).

02

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 38 percentage points.

Georgetown University's 94.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 37.7 pp.

03

First-year retention is among the highest in the index.

Georgetown University's 96.3% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 19.6 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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