Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$49,505
Cost-adjusted: $52,303
Median debt (completers)
$18,500
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.37
3-yr default rate
0.0%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
3.6%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
15.1%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
23.9%
Q1 students reaching Q5
- • Federal default rate 0.0% — well below national average.
Independent ROI ranking
Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked this school #1,638 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$117,000
20-year NPV
$435,000
40-year NPV
$911,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)