Outcomes
Earnings trajectory
Earnings across the first decade (P25 / median / P75)
Median earnings · 10yr
$69,363
Cost-adjusted: $64,273
Median debt (completers)
$19,500
Debt/earnings ratio: 0.28
3-yr default rate
0.2%
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights)
Mobility rate
2.0%
Bottom → top quintile
Access Q1
4.4%
% from bottom quintile
Success rate Q1
44.5%
Q1 students reaching Q5
- • Federal default rate 0.2% — well below national average.
Independent ROI ranking
Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce ranked this school #303 of 4,419 US colleges by 40-year return on investment — the net present value of attending after costs.
10-year NPV
$110,000
20-year NPV
$588,000
40-year NPV
$1,304,000
Georgetown University CEW, Ranking 4,500 Colleges by ROI (2022)