Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$33,934
Cost-adjusted: $34,962
Median debt (completers)
$2,959
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.09
3-yr default rate
20.0%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
6.7%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
43.1%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
15.6%
Q1 students reaching Q5
- • High mobility score — moves 6.7% of students from bottom to top quintile.
- • Federal default rate 20.0% — above the 10% red-flag threshold.
Independent ROI ranking
Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked this school #2,584 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$161,000
20-year NPV
$409,000
40-year NPV
$780,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)