Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$35,499
Cost-adjusted: $36,894
Median debt (completers)
$16,500
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.47
3-yr default rate
0.0%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
1.3%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
14.9%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
8.8%
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 #2,712 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$165,000
20-year NPV
$404,000
40-year NPV
$761,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)