Georgetown University: Statistics

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 79 of 13,329	In the World
# 55 of 2,137	In North America
# 51 of 2,128	In the United States
# 1 of 65	In Washington
# 5 of 1,070	For Plastic Surgery
Top 1-3	For 12 other topics

Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

13%

Enrollment

29,640

Average SAT

1,470

Average ACT

Avg. cost to attend

$39,083 /y

Aid receiving

44%

Undergraduates

7,833

Graduates

12,198

Male:Female Ratio

44:56

Religion

Roman Catholic

Type

Privatenot-for-profit

Highest Degree

Doctor's degree

Website

georgetown.edu

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Georgetown University has an acceptance rate of 13% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	13%	13%	13%
Applicants	26,131	10,768	15,102
Admissions	3,374	1,393	1,953
Freshmen enrolled full time	1,572	660	898

Admissions requirements

Recommendations	Required
SAT/ACT	Required
Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school record	Required
College-preparatory program	Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Considered but not required
Secondary school rank	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Considered but not required
Other Tests	Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

■ White	38%
■ Nonresident Alien	16%
■ Asian	13%
■ Hispanic	7%
■ Black or African American	6%
■ Two or more races	4%
■ Unknown	16%

Georgetown University majors

Georgetown University has granted 1,835 bachelor's degrees across 52 programs, 4,580 master's across 90 programs, and 1,046 doctorate degrees across 29 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Georgetown University.

Major	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Law	-	-	664
International Relations and Affairs	289	350	-
Finance, General	197	140	-
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse	24	259	29
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods	68	230	-
Business Administration and Management, General	21	255	-
Political Science and Government, General	178	29	9
Advanced Legal Research & Studies, General	-	207	3
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	138	50	12
Medicine	-	-	176
Real Estate	-	174	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	28	132	-
Intelligence, General	-	154	-
Management Science	-	151	-
Physiology, General	-	145	-
Computational Science	-	141	-
Sport and Fitness Administration & Management	-	139	-
Tax Law & Taxation	-	120	-
Information Technology Project Management	-	110	-
Business Statistics	-	99	-
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law	-	97	-
International Business & Trade & Commerce	56	38	-
Public Relations & Image Management	-	94	-
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	-	93	-
Public Policy Analysis, General	-	86	-
Psychology, General	81	1	3
Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia	-	76	-
Computer Science	40	28	6
Linguistics	25	27	19
English Language and Literature, General	55	11	-
Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance	-	65	-
Crisis & Emergency & Disaster Management	-	63	-
Biomedical Sciences, General	38	24	-
International Public Health & International Health	29	25	2
Human Resources Management & Personnel Administration, General	-	54	-
Political Economy	53	-	-
History, General	33	5	11
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	24	25	-
Biotechnology	-	45	-
Sustainability Studies	-	44	-
Biology & Biological Sciences, General	35	-	8
Higher Education & Higher Education Administration	-	41	-
Project Management	-	40	-
Neurobiology and Anatomy	38	-	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	37	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics	-	37	-
International & Globalization Studies	35	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies	17	11	7
Marketing & Marketing Management, General	35	-	-
International Law and Legal Studies	-	34	-
Nurse Anesthetist	-	-	33
Health Law	-	32	-
Mathematics, General	32	-	-
Health & Health Care Administration & Management	31	-	-
East Asian Studies	-	29	-
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other	-	29	-
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	-	28	-
Neuroscience	-	14	13
Molecular Biochemistry	-	24	2
Sociology, General	25	-	-
Physics, General	17	3	4
Accounting	23	-	-
Pharmacology	-	17	5
Spanish Language and Literature	4	12	6
Western European Studies	-	22	-
Legal Administrative Assistant & Secretary	-	21	-
Near and Middle Eastern Studies	-	18	3
Chemistry, General	7	3	9
Oncology and Cancer Biology	-	13	6
Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies	-	19	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	-	18	-
Educational & Instructional Technology	-	18	-
Latin American Studies	-	18	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	-	18	-
Development Economics and International Development	-	17	-
History, Other	-	17	-
American & United States Studies & Civilization	16	-	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	-	16	-
Journalism	-	16	-
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	-	16	-
Museology & Museum Studies	-	16	-
Biochemistry	14	-	1
Biostatistics	-	9	6
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	15	-	-
Education, General	-	15	-
Humanities & Humanistic Studies	1	13	-
Philosophy	9	2	3
Bioinformatics	-	13	-
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	-	12	-
Microbiology and Immunology	-	10	2
Applied Economics	-	11	-
Behavioral Aspects of Health	-	11	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration & Management	-	11	-
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other	-	10	-
Environmental Studies	-	10	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	-	10	-
Anthropology, General	9	-	-
Environmental Biology	9	-	-
Medical Informatics	-	9	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	8	-	-
Epidemiology	-	8	-
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other	-	8	-
French Language and Literature	7	-	-
German Language and Literature	2	4	1
Religion & Religious Studies	6	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	6	-	-
African-American & Black Studies	4	-	-
Medical Science & Scientist	-	4	-
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General	3	-	-
Religion & Religious Studies, Other	-	1	2
Art & Art Studies, General	2	-	-
Chinese Language and Literature	2	-	-
Health & Medical Physics	-	2	-
Hospitality Administration & Management, General	-	2	-
Italian Language and Literature	2	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	2	-	-
Music, General	2	-	-
Women's Studies	2	-	-
Bioethics & Medical Ethics	-	1	-
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology	-	-	1
Comparative Literature	1	-	-
Gerontology	-	1	-
Grand Total	1,835	4,580	1,046

Publications & Citations

Georgetown University is a world-class research university with 105,553 scientific papers published and 3,394,146 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Medicine, Biology, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Genetics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Political Science, Psychology, Law, and Pathology.

Publications

105,553

Citations

3,394,146

Publication / Citation count by topic

Medicine	64,391 / 2,359,272
Biology	60,445 / 2,392,162
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	51,754 / 1,497,490
Genetics	36,494 / 1,552,902
Chemistry	35,444 / 1,470,933
Computer Science	34,186 / 1,356,681
Political Science	32,593 / 865,928
Psychology	30,822 / 1,227,521
Law	30,060 / 831,606
Pathology	29,645 / 1,152,881
Biochemistry	27,949 / 1,233,528
Environmental Science	26,783 / 796,176
Sociology	24,607 / 769,271
Engineering	23,746 / 822,848
Philosophy	23,034 / 683,063
Physics	22,883 / 769,991
Surgery	21,672 / 734,042
Psychiatry	18,691 / 750,470
Economics	16,753 / 535,089
Business	16,192 / 562,918
Mathematics	16,140 / 591,482
Geography and Cartography	15,691 / 382,178
History	14,581 / 328,604
Immunology	13,901 / 609,128
Oncology	13,355 / 589,400
Statistics	12,889 / 499,320
Radiology	12,732 / 421,740
Organic chemistry	12,097 / 509,651
Quantum and Particle physics	11,436 / 361,979
Neuroscience	11,397 / 561,923
Linguistics	11,346 / 383,174
Geology	11,089 / 374,467
Archaeology	10,884 / 286,182
Public Health	9,911 / 371,985
Ecology	9,136 / 312,542
Development Studies	8,544 / 237,344
Paleontology	8,537 / 312,733
Demography	8,518 / 339,770
Nursing	8,215 / 251,955
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	7,955 / 297,617

Annual publication & citation counts

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