Georgetown College
Private College in Georgetown, KY. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $52,074.
Students who entered Georgetown College land at a median of $52,074 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 49%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $25,200 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 91% of applicants are accepted. With 1,353 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. About 26% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 6% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 500–590 | 20 (6%) |
| SAT Math | 460–570 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–25 | 134 (42%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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49% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,180 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,160 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $9,777 at the $0–30k band to $20,207 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $41,817 on average. About 49% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 307 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $9,777 |
| $30–48k | $7,834 |
| $48–75k | $9,797 |
| $75–110k | $16,577 |
| $110k+ | $20,207 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 579 of these 1,180 students, totalling $3,496,847 — an average of $6,039 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Scott County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)