Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$58,336
Cost-adjusted: $59,789
Median debt (completers)
$27,000
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.46
3-yr default rate
0.1%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
1.9%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
5.8%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
33.4%
Q1 students reaching Q5
- • Federal default rate 0.1% — well below national average.
Independent ROI ranking
Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked this school #928 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$75,000
20-year NPV
$466,000
40-year NPV
$1,050,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)