Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$59,211
Cost-adjusted: $53,478
Median debt (completers)
$13,000
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.22
3-yr default rate
0.0%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
9.9%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
33.1%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
29.9%
Q1 students reaching Q5
- • High mobility score — moves 9.9% of students from bottom to top quintile.
- • Federal default rate 0.0% — well below national average.
Independent ROI ranking
Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked this school #550 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$193,000
20-year NPV
$583,000
40-year NPV
$1,167,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)